Characters
A Jing-Mei Woo Jing-Mei, daughter of Suyuan Woo, takes her mother’s place in the Joy Luck Club when her mother dies. Jing-Mei searches for her […]
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Construction
A Structure In presenting the stories of four Chinese immigrant women and their American-born daughters in The Joy Luck Club, Tan uses “cradling,” a formal […]
Historical Perspective
A Historical China While The Joy Luck Club was published in 1989, it is set in pre-World War II China and contemporary San Francisco. The […]
Questions
In an interview with Elaine Woo for the Los Angeles Times (March 12, 1989), Amy Tan said that her parents wanted their children “to have […]
Compare and Contrast
1930s and 1940s: The Japanese occupied China. Full war erupted in 1945 in Beijing between the Chinese and Japanese. After the war, civil war breaks […]
About the Author
William Gerald Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Cornwall, England. He lived an isolated life with his parents and nurse in a gloomy […]
Setting
The action of Lord of the Flies takes place during World War II on a deserted island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Golding […]
Themes and Characters
The principal Characters of Lord of the Flies are English schoolboys ranging from young children to older adolescents. These young men represent the upper level […]