The Joy Luck Club

Songs that describe the St. Clair and Jong stories in The Joy Luck Club would capture themes of cultural identity, generational conflict, and the complexities of mother-daughter relationships....

Tan uses dialogue at the mahjong game in chapter 1 to characterize An-mei, Lindo, and Ying-ying by revealing their personalities through it. Kind An-mei guides June through the game and praises...

A resolution occurs between Lindo and her daughter, Waverly, in The Joy Luck Club. Their relationship, often compared to a chess match, reaches a draw as both women gain new understanding and...

Lindo Jong got engaged to Tyan-yu when she was just two years old, through an arrangement made by a matchmaker, as was the custom in China at that time. Her engagement to the one-year-old Tyan-yu was...