喜福会（the joy luck club） amy tan.ppt

A Book Report
the Joy Luck Club
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Introduction of the author and the book
Amy Tan
Amy Tan (born February 19, 1952) is a Chinese American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships. Tan has written several other bestselling novels, including The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Sense, The Bonesetter’s Daughter and Saving Fish From Drowning. She also wrote a collection of non-fiction essays entitled The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings. In addition to these, Tan has written two children's books.
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Introduction of the author and the book
The Joy Luck Club (1989) is a best-selling novel written by Amy Tan. It focuses on four Chinese American immigrant families in San Francisco, California who start a club known as "the Joy Luck Club," playing the Chinese game of mahjong for money while feasting on a variety of foods. The book is structured somewhat like a mahjong game, with four parts divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters. The three mothers and four daughters (one mother, Suyuan Woo, dies before the novel opens) share stories about their lives in the form of tes. Each part is preceded by a parable relating to the game.
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Structure
Feathers from a Thousand Li Away
"The Joy Luck Club," Jing-mei "June" Woo
"Scar," An-Mei Hsu
"The Red Candle," Lindo Jong
"The Moon Lady," Ying-Ying St. Clair
The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates
"Rules of the Game," Waverly Jong
"The Voice from the Wall," Lena St. Clair
"Half and Half," Rose Hsu Jordan
"Two Kinds," Jing-mei "June" Woo
American Translation
"Rice Husband," Lena St. Clair
"Four Directions," Waverly Jong
"Without Wood," Rose Hsu Jordan
"Best Quality," Jing-mei "June" Woo
Queen Mother of the Western Skies
"Magpies," An-mei Hsu
"Waiting Between the Trees," Ying-Ying St. Clair
"Double Face," Lindo Jong
"A Pair of Tickets," Jing-mei "June" Woo
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Plot Summary
The Joy Luck Club consists of sixteen interlocking stories. about the lives of four Chines