I am interested in this autobiography (Joy Luck Club, herein JLC) partly due to the fact that this book explores the experiences of Asian people who live in the US. Certainly, the generic term Asians vary in terms of nationalities, such as Pakistan, India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, and others. In each national group there are various races with a variety of cultural norms, traditions, manners, and belief systems. Joy Luck Club (1989) is a novel that represents a different culture of mine. Drawing upon the devastating impacts of the World War II, this autobiography presents two generational conflicts between four Chinese-born mothers immigrating to the US and their respective American-born daughters. This 288-page novel consists of the life stories of four mother-daughter pairs (i.e. Suyuan vs. June; Lindo vs. Waverly; An-Mei vs. Rose, and Ying-ying vs. Lena).
