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Examples Of Sacrifice In The Joy Luck Club

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Kai Foote Martinez Sophomore Honors English 25 January 2023 The Sacrifices That Come with Love in The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club is about the hardships of relationships with different cultural beliefs and expectations and how they influence people. There are numerous examples of the hardships and sacrifices that mothers make for their children; these sacrifices teach and influence all the daughters to help them have a better understanding of the world and their expectations. Most of the character relationships with their mothers come down to conflict and expectations and heavenly influence their future. In the beginning of the book all the mothers decide, for their children, that it would be best if they moved …show more content…

Wu Tsing was An Meis mother, An Mei lived with her aunt and uncle in Ningpo and she never really had a relationship with her mother because she was outcasted from the family for pursuing the title of a concubine. An Mei and her mother had an interesting relationship, even though she didn’t really know her that well An Mei still felt like she could connect with her in a way that she couldn’t with anyone else, An Mei in Magpies said “My mother was strange to me when she first arrived at my uncle's house in Ningpo. I was nine years old and had not seen her for many years. But I knew she was my mother, because I could feel her pain” (Tan 216). because of this connection they had, An Mei decides to leave with her mother and go away from her aunt and Uncles House. An Mei’s mother from that point on devoted her life to guiding her daughter in the best direction possible. She used stories and past experiences to teach her about life's struggles and how to deal with them. Near the end of the chapter, two days before the Lunar New Year, An Mei is woken up by Yan Chang telling her that her mother took too much opium and "When the poison broke in her body, she whispered to me that she would rather kill her own weak spirit so she could give me a stronger one." This sentence clearly shows her mother's sacrifice for the good of her daughter. Her mother had committed suicide to give her children a better

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