... to Chinese traditions. She struggles to identify herself between the culture that exists in her home, and the culture that exists everywhere else. In the beginning of the story we find out that Jing-Mei's mother lost everything in China - her parents, first husband, and, the most important, her twin daughters. ... that she cannot become somebody else. She struggles to understand who she is, an obedient Chinese child, or a self-minded American. This conflict creates a lot of frustration for Jing-Mei, and as a result she chooses to passively rebel against her mother by not doing what she is...

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... Peter Pan. Next she wanted her daughter to be remembered as an amazing child from the book "Ripley's Believe It or Not". Than it was the piano lessons, her mother exchanged cleaning services so that her daughter could receive lessons. Her mother got the idea from the "Ed Sullivan" show when she saw ... this little Chinese girl playing the piano. Amy's mother pushed her so hard to become a genius because she felt that her daughter could do anything she wanted to if she tried hard enough. ... went along with her mother wishes reluctantly. Amy wanted to please her mother even though she h...

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• Grade Level: High School

... could ever be. What the film attempts to show us is that the mothers are Chinese and their daughters are Chinese-American and face a set of problems, that although may seem different than a Caucasian mother-daughter relationship really are not beyond the common. The mothers do have difficult time relating to ... Sugar Sisterhood states, there are many dubious phrases in The Joy Luck Club. Lindo's mother in law says "shemma bende ren!" translates as "What kind of fool are you!" This apparently is an unpardonable offense to a Chinese speaking reader, much like calling someone a "stupid dum...

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• Grade Level: High School