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June

• The story talks of a woman going to America in hopes of a new life for her daughter
• June realizes that her mother died four months ago
• The Joy Luck Club was started by June’s mother
• June can’t (or chooses not to) understand Chinese
• June’s mother and Ying Ying compared their daughters heavily
• June’s mother had twins during the war that she abanded
• June’s aunties write to China to find out what happened to the babies
• The twins write back
• The aunties lie and tell June that her sisters want to meet her
• Lindo tells June that she signed the letter as Suyuan
• June tells her sisters the truth about their mother

Lindo

• Lindo’s mother had an arranged marriage set for her
• Lindo’s family moves to the south and leaves her behind to be married off
• Lindo marries a young man
• Lindo tricks her in-laws in order to get away from her husband

Waverly

• Waverly used to be a chess player
• Waverly won a chess tournament that put her on the cover of Life Managzine 
• Waverly married a Chinese man to please her mother
• Waverly started dating a white man named Rich
• Waverly forgets to tell Rich about Chinese manners
• Waverly only wants her mother to accept Rich
• Lindo finally tells Waverly that she approves of Rich

Ying Ying

• Ying Ying’s husband cheats on her after their son is born
• Ying Ying’s husband has no problem with no calling or hitting Ying Ying
• Ying Ying drowns her baby to get back at her husband

Lena

• Lena and Harold split their finances down the middle
• Lena is very unhappy in her marriage
• Ying Ying tells Lena to leave Harold until he can be respectful and tender towards her

An Mei

• An Mei’s mother was kicked out of the house for being with another man
• An Mei’s mother performs the bloodletting charm to try and save her mother
• An Mei chooses to leave with her mother, rather than staying with her family
• An Mei’s mother was Wu’s Fourth Wife
• An Mei gets kicked out of her room so Wu can have sex with her
• An Mei leanrs that Wu raped her and that’s why she was kicked out of the house
• Second wife’s son was the baby Wu fathered with An Mei’s mother
• An Mei’s mother kills herself
• An Mei forces Wu to accept her and her brother as his first children

Rose

• Ted’s parents are very wealthy
• Ted’s parents try to ask Rose to break up with Ted
• Ted defends Rose in of his mother
• Rose and Ted marry after six months
• Rose gets pregnant to try and save her marriage as a last attempt
• Rose finds out about Ted’s affairs
• Even in divorce, Rose still gives Ted gifts
• Rose refuses to sell the house with Ted
• Rose get back together with Ted

Suyuan

• Suyuan tells June that she has best-quality heart
  • That she has a style that can’t be taught
•  Suyuan almost died from dysentery
• Suyuan left a note with her babies to bring them to their father
• Suyuan was saved after abandoning the twins
• Suyuan saved the swan feather until June travels to China

~ by Angelica Perez on May 3, 2019 . Tagged: Class Notes