The short story, ‘Two kinds’ is the last story in Amy Tan’s book, The Joy Luck Club. The book was supposed to be a short story collection, but critics think that the book is more of a novel. In the short story “Two Kinds”, Amy Tan introduced a very complex relationship of a mother and a daughter who grew up in completely different eras. Suyuan was born in China before the revolution and Jing-Mei was born in the 20th century in America. Jing-Mei and her mother are different because of their considerably
perspectives on life and issues grow as well, no matter the gender. In The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the author demonstrates generationally influenced events with her novel’s characters. The novel is set about Chinese-born mothers and their American daughters living in the USA. Divided into sixteen parts and using the four different mothers and daughters as the narrators, the novel illustrates the complexity of the relationships between the two. In the first four parts of the novel, the mothers describe
would not win that from our family” (Tan 55). Lindo’s journey starts, or reaches the crossing of threshold stage, when she enters the home of Huang Tai-Tai, where she faces many hardships and criticisms. Her crossing into this stage of the journey is what triggered her hero’s journey in the first place, as placing her family’s honor over her own happiness left her feeling like something was lacking in her normal life. Next, her rebirth comes on her wedding day, where she becomes
“But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better.” This quote is from Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club. Amy Tan had many downfalls in her life, yet she still accomplished many achievements. She was, and still is, a famous successful writer. Through the quote above, Tan is saying that no matter the hard times that come into life, there is always something better in the future. Amy Tan affected American history and literature by showing her audience through
The book The Joy Luck Club, is a collection of short stories by the writer Amy Tan, and explores themes of family, Chinese-American culture, and strong women. This collection has many short stories that are examples of heroines and have marriage problems, family issues, and even anorexia. The main characters in this book, are strong, intelligent, and interesting women, that try to overcome their problems and save each other from heartache and even death. The modern example of a heroine in my