Joy Luck Club Pleading Child. Term Paper

Total Length: 359 words ( 1 double-spaced pages)

Total Sources: 4

She had come here in 1949 after losing everything in China: her mother and father, her family home, her first husband, and two daughters, win baby girls" (141) America was a place of infinite opportunity for her children, thus she would drive her daughter to compete. She cannot see that there is no way that Jing can compete with the stuck-up Waverly, and by forcing her daughter to do so, she is only making her unhappy. Jing becomes filled with a sense that if she is not a prodigy at something, she is worthless.
"I was so determined not to try, not do be anybody different," that she never even realized the talent she may have had for music (148). To spiter her mother's pride, she half-deliberately fails, and when her mother tries to force her to practice, she says she wishes she was dead, like the twins in China. She is not the obedient daughter, when faced with the choice of being the….....

     Open the full completed essay and source list


OR

     Order a one-of-a-kind custom essay on this topic


sample essay writing service

Cite This Resource:

Latest APA Format (6th edition)

Copy Reference
"Joy Luck Club Pleading Child " (2007, March 09) Retrieved July 5, 2025, from
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/joy-luck-club-pleading-child-39515

Latest MLA Format (8th edition)

Copy Reference
"Joy Luck Club Pleading Child " 09 March 2007. Web.5 July. 2025. <
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/joy-luck-club-pleading-child-39515>

Latest Chicago Format (16th edition)

Copy Reference
"Joy Luck Club Pleading Child ", 09 March 2007, Accessed.5 July. 2025,
https://www.aceyourpaper.com/essays/joy-luck-club-pleading-child-39515