Lecture 5 喜福会欣赏.pptVIP

The Joy Club Novel The Joy Club is written by Amy Tan (谭恩美） The novel describes the experiences of four women who emigrated from China to the United States. Each womans story contains horrendous experiences in China and shows how those experiences affected their relationships with their American born daughters. Story of Swan “In America, I would have a daughter just like me...Over there, nobody will look down on her, because I will make her speak perfect american english, and over there, she will be too full to swallow any sorrow, she will know my meaning because I will give her this swan, a creature which means more than it hoped for. ” [Waverly] -You dont know the power you have on me, one word for me, and one look, and I, for years I have cried myself, because nothing I do, can never, ever, please you! -Now, now you make me happy. [Lena] -You know what you want, I mean from him. -Respect, tenderness. -Now, leave this loft cold house, do not come back until he gives you those things, with both hands open. -I cant. -Losing him doesnt matter. It is you, who will be loved and cherished. [Rose] I tell you this story because I was raised the chinese way, I was told to desire nothing, to swallow others misery, and to eat my own bitterness. And even I taught my daughter the opposite, that still, she came up the same way. Maybe it is she was born to me and I was born a girl, and I was born to my mother and she was born a girl. All of this like stairs, one step after another, going up, going down, always going in ther same way. I dont know, this can not be, this not knowing what you worth, this didnt begin with you. My mother not knowing her worth until too late, too late for her, but not for me. Now, we will see, if it is too late for you. [June] -What do you mean disappoint? Piano? -Everything. My grades, my job, not get married. Everything you expected of me. -Not ex