the joy luck club
DESCRIPTION
The Joy Luck Club. English 12A Mr. Laird. Notes: page 1-7. Parable Old woman and swan traveled to U.S. Dream for daughter officials take swan Grew up “Americanized” not understanding mother. Jing-Mei Woo (Mother Suyuan Woo). Joy Luck Club - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Parable Old woman and swan traveled to U.S.
Dream for daughter officials take swan Grew up “Americanized” not understanding mother
Joy Luck Club Group of four mothers from China
Suyuan Woo died, asked Jing-Mie to take place Started in 1949 in San Francisco (hid Chinese culture)
Suyuan Woo’s (dead) Kweilin story City in China Husband officer (left to fight)- 2 babies
Japanese winning- hard times Created Joy Luck
Four woman Act “well”
Played Mah Jong Played for $= worthless
They hoped to be lucky- hope was only joy in the world Japanese came to Kweilin-Suyuan Woo left to Chungking- wheelbarrow broke, left
food, bags, finally arrived with only herself (3 dresses she had on)
Joy Luck Club At Hsus’ house Jing-Mei (June) Woo new to group Club has $24,825 on account (Business as usual, no mention of mother) Ladies played Mah Jong
Competition between mothers June getting degree (too
much water) Waverly chess
Mothers wanted to send June to China to see sisters- tell them about Suyuan
June not sure she knows about what to say- mothers scared.
Scar 1923 China An-mei young girl living w/ Popo (grandma) Mother left @ age 4 to be 3rd concubine
after husband died. Popo hates mother/ puts An-mei through
hard times.
Scar (continued) Popo dying- mother came back- cared for Popo An-mei remembers how mother came for her and how she got the scar.
The Red Candle- Lindo Jong Lindo young girl in China Village matchmaker & Huang Taitai- picked her for
Tyan-yu Future husband
At 12, flood destroyed home moved to Taitai’s home
Well off Show
Real mom gave her chang, necklace of red jadeTyan-yu Rude, spoiled
WeddingRained, thunder- guests thought that it was Japanese bombs- few came
Wind- power of wind- saw who she was – under scarf knew who she was
Tyan-yu- made her sleep on the couch Candle went out- Lindo blew it out
Story Taitai- mad because no baby Ordered to stay in bed
Made up dream Ancestors said Lindo must
leave marriage Mole on back of Tyan-yu will
grow and eat flesh Lost tooth
Servant imperial blood carry baby
The Moon Lady Ying-ying St. Clair She’s quiet/ daughter doesn’t hear herChina-Young 4 years old Moon Lady Festival- make wish Going to lake with family
2 half sisters: #2 & #3Ying-ying Discovered shadow
Ying-ying St. Clair Father had concubines = $ On boat for Moon Lady Festival Fishing with bird cleaned fish & dirtied
dress Fell into water
fishing boat found her/ went to wrong boat = left on shore
Ying-ying St. Clair (continued)Moon Lady Performance she “saw” Moon Lady- but it was a manLost herself- lost innocence, trust =
fear, lonelinessAmah and parents didn’t find her right awayMoon lady = man
Parable Mom told daughter to not ride bike- she’ll fall
doesn’t believe mom & rides bike
She falls
Mom knew it (because of 26 Malignant Gates book)
Rules of the game Waverly JongWaverly was six lived in modest
aptCan be brat
Christmas from missionary ladies- older brother Vincent got chess set
Waverly observed then played brothers-won Played Lau Po- lost then won- learned Played tournament
Lindo gave Waverly her chang Showed Waverly off
mad- ran away “We are not concerning this girl”
Ying-Ying telling Lena stories Grandfather sentenced beggar to death
Basement & bad manYing Ying
Lost name & D.O.B change b/c husbandHusband spoke for herUneasy in new house- NOT balancedDidn’t protect Lena when crazy man
camePregnant- kept bumping into things
The Voice from the Wall Lena heard something shouting in other
apt.Imagination run wild about what was
happeningBaby brother was dead when born
Ying-Ying never the same- always resting
“No thought to killing my other son”
Neighbor girl, Teresa, came over to sneak back in her own room Her (Teresa) mom not bad- made up
Gave her (Lena) hopeDidn’t always see terrible things
Half and Half Rose Hsu Jordan An-mei Hsu Mom
Bible under table leg (lost faith)Rose
Wants to get divorced from husband Ted- mom doesn’t let herAn-mei
Believed in fate and GodFamily went to beach- Rose “in charge” of
4 brothers
Bing, 4 years old, fell in water Everyone blamed themselves
An-meiBelieved if she did what was right
(prayed- ask God, offered tea)- Angry didn’t work
Two kinds Jing-Mei Woo (Mom Suyuan Woo)
Suyuan WooThought you could be anything you wanted in
America Thought Jing-mei could be prodigy
Shirley Temple Knows all capitals
Stand on head without hands CTC
Jing-MeiKept seeing mom’s disappointed face-
something began to dieTook piano lessons- never tried
Talent show failedRefused to playSuyuan never pushed
Many disappointments as Jing- Mei got olderOffer piano to Jing-Mei
Parable Shows how mother silly superstitions beliefs- but- shows the wisdom hidden
in themCrazy Chinese mom- but- she’s right
Rice Husband Lena- voices from wall Ying ying: mom, moon
lady, lost baby
Ying Ying coming to stay for one weekSaid she would marry bad manAlways saw things before happened Lena stopped eating to kill boy she thought she would marry- he did die
Lena marries HaroldLena helped Harold start firm- she
never got a raise- 7x less $Split everything 50/50Marriage is struggling
Ying-Ying knows and asks “why didn’t you stop it” about vase falling
Four directions Waverly Jong chessLindo Jong: Red Candle
LunchWaverly and Lindo “fight”
Going to marry RichTakes Lindo to her apt. to show Rich lives
there Criticizes mink coat
ChessHow Waverly quit to get back @ Lindo
when she tried to play, she wasn’t as good
MarvinFirst husband of Waverly/ Lindo
“poisoned” marriageFather of Shoshona (almost aborted)
RichWent to dinner @ Suyuan so Lindo had to
“top”Took too much/ drank too much/ put soy
sauceWaverly started to be annoyed of him
LindoKnows about marriageExplained who she wasUnderstanding
Without Wood Rose Hsu Jordan: Bing died
An-mei Hsu: mom- ScarDreams with old Mr. Chou- listens to
mother
DivorceTed gives her divorce papers and
$10,000 check Trick?
Divorce (continued)An-mei want to know “monkey
business” Rose doesn’t know what to think or
what to do- takes sleeping pillsBad dream
Ted wants to marry someone elseDecides she wants the house/ gets
lawyer Stands up to Ted/ for herself
Best Quality Jing-Mei Woo: Piano Suyuan Woo: Died, started JLC
Chinese New YearBuy crabs“Friends” coming over (11)Jing-Mei tries to take bad crabWaverly- criticizes hair cut/ then announces her firm didn’t like Jing-mei’s work
Embarrassed
Chinese New Year (continued) Suyuan gave Jing-Mei her jade-
don’t always follow
Cooking dinner for dad- she is apart of her mom- she is okay with who she is
Magpies An-mei: scar with PopoSame as daughter (Rose marriage
falling apart)
An-mei’s mother3rd concubineTook An-mei with her- shameVery nice home- 1st wife not there or
Wu Tsing Husband
An-mei’s mother (continued) Yan Chang- servantWu Tsing home with 4th ConcubineAn-mei- nine at the time
Magpies (continued) An mei- had to leave room (Wu Tsing came)2nd wife gave An-mei fake glass pearls
Mother broke itFake suicides scare Wu TsingGave An-mei’s mom opium (?)Tricked An-mei’s mom to sleep with Wu Tsing
Raped herBrother Syaudi
An-mei’s motherSuicideWu Tsing scared- honor her by raising An-mei and Syaudi as his honored
children and revere as first wife
An-mei learned to shout- Rose needs to learn to shout
Waiting Between the Trees Ying-Ying St. Clair
Staying at Lena’s house for 2 weeksMust save daughter to show her who
she isYing Ying
From $$Married bad man- loved him- pregnant
Left her for opera singerLate term abortion
Ying Ying (continued)Lived for 10 years on poor farmAfter went to work- met Clifford St. Clair
Courted for 4 yearsMarried after husband died
Never “true” love/ gave up chi (spirit)Lena has no
chiGive up- let things happen
Double Face Lindo Jong: Red CandleWaverly: Daughter, chess
Waverly takes Lindo to get hair done for 2nd wedding
Putting Lindo down by talking to Mr. RoryLindo
Going to America- gets “help” from girlFinds a job at a fortune cookie factory
Meets An-mei