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The novel also provides the movie with the power of multiple perspectives. Eight different narrators telling their stories. Although some may argues that the film imposes on the viewer a single perspective or favors certain viewpoints, Wang’s film without a doubt speaks in different voices. The film combines shifts in scene with personal narration to represent each character’s individual memories. There are only one or two scenes in the entire movie that show one single collective viewpoint and those occur during the mah-jong club.

y, moviegoers are in search of pure entertainment causing film directors to go to great lengths to provide this commodity. Yet, the need for entertainment does not threaten Tan’s already entertaining and captivating Joy Luck Club. The novels easy-flowing, poetic language remains very much apart of the film. Though Wang slightly alters the novel’s plot, the changes occur without damage to the novel. Like the book, the film clearly expresses the gap between both generations, brought about by cultural misunderstanding, language barriers, and differing values. However, the film is more encouraging in that it concludes with an explicit reconciliation between the mothers and their Americanized daughters.

In comparing both the book and the film of The Joy Luck Club, I can’t say that I enjoyed one over the other. I had the pleasure of reading the book first and in my opinion the movie was a great form of clarity for me. Both were extremely warm and heartfelt. Each mother and daughter pair was a delight to read about as well as view on the big screen.

In my opinion, the film as a whole is very consistent with the novel; nonetheless, it does not trace all images and symbols consistently and weakens some remarks by placing them out of context. For example, an early comment by Suyuan Woo’s daughter that seems to be out of context is when she announces that she will sit at the East corner of the mah-jong table, “where things begin”(Tan 22). While the reader recognizes this phrase, the unwary viewer does not know

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