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Amy Tan - The Joy Luck Club - Term Papers

Amy Tan - The Joy Luck Club

What is the significance of Suyuan's secret about her abandoned babies, in the relationship with her daughter, June? What significance was attached to the swan feather and how is it important/relevant?
Suyuan lost hope in Kweilin, she lost hope for herself when she abandoned the babies on the side of the road. When she went to America, she could leave all this behind. She had high hopes for her Daughter June, the swan feather also represents these hopes, it represents all of her good intentions.
Suyuan wants the very best for June "She had come here in 1949 after losing everything in China…and her two daughters, twin baby girls. But she never looked back with regret. There were so ...

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she perseveres with her determination, optimism, and strong will. These are exactly the kind of things she tries to pass on to her daughter when she forces her to play the piano. She says "Only ask you be your best. For you sake." In trying to do her best for June, she is trying to do for June, what she could never do for her other babies.
The conflicts that June and her mother face are based on misunderstandings and negligence concerning each other’s feelings and beliefs. June does not understand or know her mother fully because she does not really know about her tragic past and the pain she still feels from the memory of it. One conflict that the two experienced was after June failed to be a genius at playing the piano. Suyuan was angry that June had given up playing the piano, she was trying to force her to play more. June was also angry and as she was fighting with her mother she remembered the babies her mother left behind in China, she shouted "I wish I had never been ...

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Added: 11/1/2007 12:22:54 PM
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