Amy Tan

Amy Tan's theme is related to the re-identification with the motherland (China, her mother and half-sisters), but ironically the story's theme is weakened by Tan's focus on China's modernization....

"A Pair of Tickets" is the final chapter of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, and it centers around Jing-mei's trip to China to meet her mother's twins. Jing-mei's mother, Suyuan, had twin daughters in...

June May changes gradually from the beginning of "A Pair of Tickets" as she travels to China to meet a family she has never known. She travels with her father, having lost her mother only three...

Amy Tan's story, "A Pair of Tickets" describes both a physical and emotional journey experienced by Jing Mei Woo and Canning Woo, her father. Jing Mei's mother is recently deceased, and the pair...

"Two Kinds" and "Rules of the Game" are both short stories in their own right, as well as sections of Amy Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club. Both describe difficult relationships between Chinese...

Jing-Mei's mother clearly abandoned her babies because she felt she had no other choice. She may not have survived the journey, and even if she did, how would she care for them? She likely hoped...

In this essay Amy Tan places the issues facing women today in the context of her family history. She suggests that one can gain strength by an awareness of the cultural differences that have...

"A Pair of Tickets" is the final story in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, and it focuses on Jing-mei Woo's trip to China to meet her mother's twin daughters. When Suyuan Woo was a young woman in...

The most prominent literary term in the last four paragraphs is anaphora. Anaphora refers to the repetition of a word or a phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, lines, or sentences. Here...

In reading "A Pair of Tickets," it could be argued that the authentic use of the Chinese language lends itself to the authenticity of the story. However, I believe that it is more than this;...

One thing particularly remarkable about Amy Tan's writing is that she takes autobiographical accounts and turns them into fiction. We particularly see her accomplish this fantastic feat in her...

From a general view on love, a couple loses much of their own individuality when they fall in love. They come to depend upon each other, losing much of their own desire to do things individually....

Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) was a native of Maine. She had her first story published at the age of 19 and her stories became standard fare in the Atlantic Monthly magazine for more than three...

In an interview on June 28, 1996, Amy Tan mentioned loving fairy tales, particularly Grimm fairy tales. She also mentioned liking Bible stories, and Gothic works in general. Tan makes reference...

In “Fish Cheeks,” food and eating are inextricably intertwined with cultural identity and background. Culinary choices as well as behaviors sharply contrast Chinese and white American cultures. As...