`joy luck club` and `the dirty girls social club`

The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club depicts the strong Chinese background of its characters . An amalgamation of deep emotions and a twist of humor , the story progresses the factual and typical stories of the Chinese migrating to a foreign land

Even if Lindo Jong loved her daughter , she could only follow the unwritten racial directive when it came to their Chinese daughters . She thought what she did was best for her daughter by picking a mate for her . What she did not know was the fact that the whole thing

was tearing Waverly down . Of the two , Waverly , whose upbringing is now mainly Americanized ' had a stronger sense of self-esteem by recognizing that the whole thing was wrong but by any means the best thing she could do for her mother . The decision to concede was much of a brevity for a twelve-year old daughter who had to be left behind by her family

When Jing Mei 's mother died , she knew she had to fulfill her mother 's long-time wish which was to go home to China and meet her daughters from her first husband . When the train left the Hongkong b and entered Shenzhen , China , Jing Mei felt different . She felt the skin on her forehead tingling , her bones aching with a familiar old pain . Her mother was right . She was becoming Chinese ' She felt it rushing through her as she and her father made the journey to China (Tan 306 She knew she felt it...