... reaches its limits, and as youthful ideals finally find fruition. Angela's ashes do not actually feature in the film, although they do in the book. The ashes are the remains of a coal fire, since expired, in the family kitchen. Angela, the mother, after years of disappointments ... his parental homeland, the oldest child of a father whose background in "the North" engenders continual suspicion, and a mother (Angela of the book's title) who had never known her father and whose own mother is as miserly with her affections as with offers of economic assistance. The ... " 'T. is." Commentary...

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The Joy Luck Club. Chapter Summaries. SECTION I - FEATHERS FROM A THOUSAND LI AWAY The Parable The novel opens with a parable presented by a Chinese woman living in America. While in China she had purchased a "swan" ... to travel to China to meet them, for they know this is what Suyuan would want. This section also begins to develop some of the key characters of the book. It becomes obvious that Suyuan and her daughter are different in their nature and temperament. Suyuan is a very ambitious lady with an iron-will and strong determination. ... scars caused by the separation of a daughter from...

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... fourth child, the father left her. She eventually can't take the pressure raising four kids on her own and abandons them. * There are many other characters as the book goes along. These are brief summaries of the minor characters. * Aunt Cilla - lives in Bridgeport, CT, where the family was going to visit with t heir mother. Edie & Louis - runaway couple the children met ... 's house because she has passed away. Would adopt the children but considers splitting them up. Abigail Tillerman - the grandmother to the children, takes them in at the end of the book after much resistance. Tom & J...

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• Grade Level: High School