"The Joy Luck Club," by Amy Tan, is about four mothers and four daughters talking about their relationships sharing key points in their lives. Lena St. Clair was one of those daughters; half ... her thoughts of a beggar's death, her reluctance to eat, and her actions in regards to her marriage. As a child, Lena St. Clair was always over imaginative and "could see the bad in everything"." Lena reveals her immaturity in the beginning when she thinks of multiple ways a beggar could die; "Did they slice off his skin first? Did they use a cleaver to ... ...

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The main characters of four mothers and each of their daughters, The Joy Luck Club tells a fascinating tale of two generations, in two different continents. The story ping pongs from mother to daughter, present, to past, and United States to China starts with Suyuan ... part of the Chinese culture. Lena St. Clair's marriage demonstrated how sometimes it takes a major event to trigger the building of strength that allows a person to take themselves out of a bad situation. Although she lost her marriage, she regained her self worth and integrity finally speaking up for herself to her controlli...

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... After I had the format, I made revisions that seemed necessary." "The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a story about a young boy who is desperately searching for luck and money in order to please his unhappy mother. In the end, this search leads to Paul's untimely death. One can easily view this story as a fairy ... at his mother and father. The story actually begins with a discussion of his mother, saying that she had the best opportunities in life, yet she lacked luck. Also, it states, "She married for love, and that love turned to dust." This is a very important line because although readers ...

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... those of the parents' past. If the parent had not accomplished something in their childhood, they would try to enforce it on their children. In Amy Tan's novel "The Joy Luck Club", four mothers use such tactics to gain things they never could have: honor, pride, and respect. (5/103) Honor has been a significant value among Asian cultures. Children have been strictly ... . Waverly and June hated each other because of a stupid competitive action the mothers did. Soon after June's mother's death everyone met at her house. Even on that day Waverly showed a bad sign of pride as she repeated t...

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... is in charged of it. When Miss Franny Block first saw Winn-Dixie, she thought it was a bear not a dog. She was all trembling and shaking. Miss Franny Block had bad experiences with a bear when she was little. Miss Franny Block had a drawer full of candy that was called Littmus Lozenge, it was sweet and it had a special ingredient, sorrow. She ... , everyone came. As soon as the party started, it started to rain. Everyone went inside except for Winn-Dixie. Opal was worried, so she searched the whole town, but no luck. When she came back to Gloria Dump's house, Winn-Dixie was right there. ...

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... which is not much more than a two rut dirt road. We get out walk probably three quarters of a mile down a fence row, sat down and called for coyotes with no luck, the whole time the wind is blowing unusually hard. We get up after probably forty five minutes and walk back to the truck. When we get back to the truck ... just done it. Also they both enjoy spending time with their sons. Also I guess that I myself am a lot like the child in the story, never really saying dad this is a bad idea, but always ready to say HA that was dumb I knew that was going to happen. ...

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... is in charged of it. When Miss Franny Block first saw Winn-Dixie, she thought it was a bear not a dog. She was all trembling and shaking. Miss Franny Block had bad experiences with a bear when she was little. Miss Franny Block had a drawer full of candy that was called Littmus Lozenge, it was sweet and it had a special ingredient, sorrow. She ... , everyone came. As soon as the party started, it started to rain. Everyone went inside except for Winn-Dixie. Opal was worried, so she searched the whole town, but no luck. When she came back to Gloria Dump's house, Winn-Dixie was right there. ...

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... was always in debt and blamed their poverty on the father for the unluckiness, as it's demonstrated like this: "...she said slowly and bitterly, "it's because your father has no luck"". Paul is told, "...If you"re lucky you have money. That's why it's better to be born lucky than rich. If you"re rich, you may lose your money. But ... that he cared the money more after he died as it's demonstrated: "My God, Hester, you"re eighty-odd thousand to the good, and a poor devil of a son to the bad." At this point he mentions the money first, which feels somewhat of a jealousy going on that he d...

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