Joy Luck Club Final Essay: #4 Literary Analysis by Dustin Adams The Joy Luck Club is a representation of the persistent tensions and powerful bonds between mother and daughter in a Chinese American society and is written by Amy Tan. The book illustrates the hardships both the mother and daughters go through in order to please the other. Also, it shows the troubles the daughters face when growing up in two cultures. This book reveals that …
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…to embarrass me....." (Tan 307). Whether these traits were manifested due to lifelong exposure to her mother, or they were simply genetic, codes of DNA by which June's life and habbits would be determined, one thing, in this case, is for certain: daughters and mothers are alike. It can be seen in everyday life, and Amy Tan beautifully describes and exhibits this fact in her portrayl of the stories involving June and her mother. Bibliography none