Jessica B Ochoa
AS 3451
The Joy Luck Club
November 8, 2012
The
Joy Luck Club is a great movie in which almost all the actors are Asian
representing first and second generation of mother and daughter showing four
different stories, all four stories are full of experiences, love and
situations lived by everybody regardless of their culture, religion, sex
preferences in their everyday life. They project real life and are a great
example of how unpredictable life can be.
The first story is about a young Asian girl name June who
was born with the gift of music and grew up playing piano influence by her
mother who was very strict. Mother believed her daughter can be anything she
wants to be in life preferably the best pianist. Mother had planned her
daughter day scheduled with a specific time to play, time to study and time to
play the piano. One day, daughter refused to play the piano, mother tried to
force her and the girl response was “I am not your slaved, this is not China. From
this moment on, mother never asked to play piano ever again. Mother arrived to
United States from China full of dreams and hopes, leaving behind a world of
war, the lost of her baby twins and a lot of suffer. She arrived to United
States and made a new life, made a new strong person decided to provide her
daughter the best and only the best, feeling guilty for leaving behind her baby
twins.
The second story is about the mother who was sold by her
one mother at a very early age to marry another kid with fortune and make many
babies. In this case, the husband controls his wife life and decisions, she did
not have a say about anything. Eventually, she made up three lies about her
ancestors and was able to divorce her husband and be free. She arrived to
United States, had a daughter who was very smart, but she show off her daughter
in order to make her feel good of herself. Her daughter grew up and marries a
white men who did not know Asian culture and customs that much, leading to insult
to her mother and in different occasions, daughter feeling ashamed of her own
mother.
The third story is about a mother who falls in love this
man whom she marries later when she was young girl. They had a baby who was the
treasure of her husband. He was physical and verbally abusive to her and will
bring other women in the house to have sex. One day, she felt very empty and
upset at the situation, he took everything good from her such as young, beauty,
happiness; so in revenge, she kill their son leaving him empty as well. She
arrived to United States, remarries and had a daughter. Daughter was everything
she did not want her to be. Mother will always say: “my daughter looks but she
does not see”.
The four story is about a mother whose mother was a widow
and a rich men rape her. Nobody believed her so she left with the men who rape
her leaving her daughter. One day she returned, and the mother(back then young
girl) left with her to leave in a rich
house but was often discriminated and treat wrong. Eventually her mother killed
herself , she killed her weak spirit to get a stronger spirit for her daughter.
Daughter later mother, came to United States, marry and had a daughter.
Four stories represent the first and second generation,
racism and sacrifices Asian women faced back their home country and the way the
second generation grows up in the middle of a new culture. This is my favorite
film.
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