In the book “The Joy Luck Club,” by Amy Tan, talks about four immigrant women who come to America to give their family the life they always wanted. The women would have a meeting every couple of weeks and talk about their past experience. Also it was a way for the women to bond and someone that understands them to know what they are going through.
In the story, Suyuan Woo told a story to her daughter, but every time the women would tell the story to her daughter, Jing-mei Woo, the ending of the story would change over the years. The ending of her story would get darker and darker, as her daughter gets older. The more Suyuan Woo told the story to her daughter the more her daughter believed the daughter and thought life would get darker.
The reason Suyuan Woo changed her story over the years and why the story got darker is because at one point the story was a happy story it had an happy ending but then over time Suyuan realized life would not be full of happiness. In the past, Suyuan thought that when she would come to America, that her life would be perfect but then it did not. Over the years, she would realized that her hopes were a let down and kept telling that story to show her new perspective on life. She wanted to changed the story over the years because she did not want to lie to her daughter the way she lied to herself over the years. Suyuan Woo wanted her daughter to know the darker side in life. That not everything you hope and dream for can come true and sometimes it is best to show your child this so they are able to understand the let down in the future life. In addition, Suyuan is showing giving her daughter knowledge about what she has gone through and the pains she has been feeling and she hides it in the story. Also, Suyuan wants to tell her daughter the truth of what is happening and they best way she can is through the story.
In the story, Suyuan Woo told a story to her daughter, but every time the women would tell the story to her daughter, Jing-mei Woo, the ending of the story would change over the years. The ending of her story would get darker and darker, as her daughter gets older. The more Suyuan Woo told the story to her daughter the more her daughter believed the daughter and thought life would get darker.
The reason Suyuan Woo changed her story over the years and why the story got darker is because at one point the story was a happy story it had an happy ending but then over time Suyuan realized life would not be full of happiness. In the past, Suyuan thought that when she would come to America, that her life would be perfect but then it did not. Over the years, she would realized that her hopes were a let down and kept telling that story to show her new perspective on life. She wanted to changed the story over the years because she did not want to lie to her daughter the way she lied to herself over the years. Suyuan Woo wanted her daughter to know the darker side in life. That not everything you hope and dream for can come true and sometimes it is best to show your child this so they are able to understand the let down in the future life. In addition, Suyuan is showing giving her daughter knowledge about what she has gone through and the pains she has been feeling and she hides it in the story. Also, Suyuan wants to tell her daughter the truth of what is happening and they best way she can is through the story.
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