Essay Archive - Joy Luck Club: Nationality
Joy Luck Club: Nationality
"Hey, Sabrina, are you Japanese or Chinese?" I asked. Her reply, as it
seems to be for a lot of minority groups, is, "Neither, I'm Chinese-
American." So, besides her American accent and a hyphenated ending on her
answer to the SAT questionnaire about her ethnic background, what's the
difference? In Amy Tan's enjoyable novel, The Joy Luck Club, about the
relationships and experiences of four Chinese mothers and four Chinese-
American daughters, I found out the answer to this question. The
difference in upbringing of those women born during....
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