... her mother and they never have a chance to confess their secrets because of their lack of communication. Winnie's strength and opinionated mind, greatly Yoo 5 resembling the mothers of Tan's previous work The Joy Luck Club, enabled her to suppress the tragedies and fears of her past from Pearl for so many years. However, once Winnie finishes explaining her life story, Pearl has a respect for her mother ... toward Winnie and Pearl's Yoo 6 relationship, the two may have never broken down the communication barrier. Hence, Helen's role in the story serves to act as a link between the past a...

• Word Count: 1822
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... dynamics of migration experienced by Chinese-American families. The medium for this perspective is the experiences of Lindo and Waverly Jong, the mother and daughter characters portrayed in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club (Putnam, 1989). Lindo is an immigrant from China who found her way to the United States after surviving a flood that separated her from her family, a failed first marriage and war. Waverly is born to ... Lindo and her second husband Tin Jong in the United States and becomes a national ... child chess champion as a child. Political and economic upheaval is the most often ....

• Word Count: 1056
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate