Category: Amy Tan

Critical Analysis of Amy Tan’s Story Rules of the Games Amy Tan is a Chinese American writer and novelist, whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and the Chinese-American experience. Her story. Rules of the games is partly inspired by the stories of her own family. In this story, Amy Tan uses chess as a tool of…

Immigration and Cultural Identity in Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue United States has embraced of the most diverse population in the world today. It is diverse in terms of its ethnic makeup and religious practices for immigrants. Immigrants from different nation congregate upon the United States in Seeking for a better life for family or simple…

Representation of American and Chinese Cultures in the Novels of Amy Tan: Analytical Essay The first quarter of the book, Feathers from a Thousand Li Away, primarily focuses on four Chinese mothers, and their past lives. In the first chapter, The Joy Luck Club, the narrator, Jing-Mei Woo, describes her late mother, Suyuan Woo, who…

Critical Analysis of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club The third quarter of the book, American Translation, explores the stories of the four daughters. In Rice Husband, Lena St. Clair discusses her deteriorating marriage with her husband Harold. From the beginning of their courtship, the two had always split things–money, chores, etc. Lena doesnt fully…