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joy luck
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- 1"... like fresh fish from a butcher, lay rows of people [...] who had never lost hope but lost their lives instead" what two types of literary devices are present?simile and irony
- 2why does june take her mother's seat at the mah jong table? what does this show about june and her mother?because her mother died
it shows that june is expected her fill in her mother's shoes and take care of her 'unfinished business' - 3in "the joy luck club", suyuan gives june the jade pendent when she sees her daughter's none selfish trait. what does she recognize and hope that june will eventually see?she recognizes that june does not think much of herself and hopes june will realize who she is and why she is important
- 4what does the jade pendant symbolize?life's importance
- 5june choosing the 'bad' crab at dinner symbolize's what?it symbolizes june's not choosing the best for herself
- 6during dinner, waverly and june get into an arguement about what? what two themes are illustrated in this scene of the chapter?they argue about freelance work.
identity and rebellion to gain self control - 7what does the red candle symbolize? what kind of connection does it represent between a married couple?the candle symbolizes a marriage's fate.
it represents eternal bond. - 8describe the two personality traits tyan-yu possessesimmature, coward
- 9"to chinese people, fourteen carats isn't real gold. feel my bracelets. they must be twenty four carats, pure inside and out". Lindo makes a promise to herself in this chapter. what is it? how does this quote connect to/ represent that promise?lindo makes a promise that after she gets out of her marriage, she will do what is right for herself.
the quote demonstrates not settling on anything less that what you deserve. - 10what does waverly say about the gifts in the grab bag at the christmas party? how does she utilize her gift to her advantage?she says the largest aren't always necessarily the best.
she uses the life savers as chess pieces - 11what does waverly come to realize about her and her mother's relationship?she realizes their relationship relies on chess, and her mother's pride in her overwhelms her and she thinks her mother is trying to take in the fame for herself
- 12who teaches waverly lessons regarding chess? what do they specifically teach her?lau po
he teaches her the etiquette of chess - 13what shocks june about communist china? list at least 2 thingsthe food in the fridge in the hotel
and
the modernization of the city - 14what is the main reason suyuan leaves the babies on the road?suyuan was too tired and weak to continue with them, she left them to be found
- 15what is situational irony?when an event opposite of what expected happens
- 16what does waverly's mother tell her she must have to get what she wants?invisible strength
- 17how did lindo get out of her marriage tyan yu? (three things)- tyan yu will die because there is a black spot in his back
- he's having a baby with the servant girl who's of royal descent
- lindo is diseased - 18what does the direction 'east' symbolize?where things begin, Suyuan started club, sun rises on east
- 19where is the most prominent user of imagery?description of kweilin
- 20what literary device is used in " the hills would become monstrous elephants"metaphor
- 21what does blowing out the candle symbolize? (the red candle)control of one's own life
- 22what does 14 carat gold symbolize?american promise
- 23what does 24 carat gold symbolize?chinese promise
- 24what does the color red symbolize in the red candle?happiness and luck
- 25what does jade symbolize in the red candle?purity
- 26in rules of the game, when paralells the pawns in chess?immigrants
- 27what does getting across the board in chest parallel?getting power and overcoming struggle
- 28what does wind symbolize?invisible strength
- 29what does chess symbolize?the tension between waverly and lindo
- 30what does the crab with the broken leg represent?broken relationship
- 31what the cat represent?mother daughter bond, suyuan's persistance
- 32what do the photographs symbolize?beginning and end
identity
hope
connection - 33what do the pair of tickets symbolize?motif of two, search/journey for family,
- 34what does the satin dress symbolize?chinese culture
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