Summary Of Amy Tans The Joy Luck Club - 1127 Words

â€Å"A true relationship is two imperfect people refusing to give up on each other† - Unknown. Relationships are never perfect, there are always a few bumps down the road. This goes for any relationship between boyfriend, girlfriend, brother, sister, husband, wife, etc. Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club brings to light the imperfections of family dynamics. This imperfect relationship focuses on the struggles between mothers and daughters. The broken relationships invite readers to question their own relationships, but also see how they relate to the relationships of The Joy Luck Club. Tan uses animate and inanimate objects to express the love and hate in one’s relationship, even if it’s through wobbly furniture, a jade pendant, or a†¦show more content†¦Like any mother seeing their child in a rocky relationship, Ying-Ying feels obligated to point out the hidden issues between Lena and Harold. Due to Ying-Ying’s critiques it forces Lena to view her marriage in a different way. Lena and Harold get into an argument about their unequal marriage when they hear a sound of shattering glass. Lena rushes upstairs and sees that the marble table has collapsed. When she sees this, she says, â€Å"I knew this would happen.† Questioning her daughter, Ying-Ying responds with â€Å"Then why you don’t stop it?† (165). When Ying-Ying says this, there is a double meaning about the broken table, but also Lena’s marriage. Due to the unfair nature of Lena and Arnold’s marriage, Ying-Ying brings to light how severe their differences are. Although the furniture symbolizes Lena’s relationship it also marks a turning point in Ying-Ying. Throughout the book Ying-Ying is seen as very soft spoken and a hidden from grief women, but when she gives her daughter advice on her marriage, she finally steps out of the shadows. Through her advice she reveals a story from her past life, about her other husband and how their relationship was much like Ted and hers. When relating the two, Ying-Ying strengthens her and Lena’s relationship by giving her daughter, motherly advice but also by sharing something from her past that Lena has never known. Tan uses the furniture as a catalyst that leads to theShow MoreRelatedIrony in A Pair of Tickets and A Rocking Horse Winner1405 Words   |  6 PagesDramatic irony as †¦irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play† (â€Å"Dramatic irony†). In reading D.H. Lawrence’s short story â€Å"A Rocking Horse Winner† and Amy Tan’s short story â€Å"A Pair of Tickets†, I find elements within each piece that are wonderful examples of both of the above definitions. Both authors have a similar use of situational and verbal irony, a use of irony in the way in which the charactersRead MoreHuman Oppressiveness i n Two Kinds and AP Essay2357 Words   |  10 PagesIt was Emerson who said it best, â€Å"For nonconformity, the world whips you with its displeasure† (Porter 1155). With a detailed look of Amy Tan’s â€Å"Two Kinds† and John Updike’s â€Å"AP,† you will find that this quote is entirely applicable in the context of oppressiveness and in the likeness of â€Å"coming of age.† These two stories document the different perspectives of two characters’ growing up and how the role of the invisible hand of oppression guides developing adolescents into mature adults; withoutRead MoreThe Sonnet Form: William Shakespeare6305 Words   |  26 Pageslines long, and are known as quatrains, rhymed ABAB; the fourth part is called the couplet, and is rhymed CC. The Shakespearean sonnet is often used to develop a sequence of metaphors or ideas, one in each quatrain, while the couplet offers either a summary or a new take on the preceding images or idea s. In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 147, for instance, the speaker’s love is compared to a disease. In the first quatrain, the speaker characterizes the disease; in the second, he describes the relationship of his