Study Guide Contents

The Joy Luck Club Message Board

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Key Literary Elements
• Setting
• Character List
• Conflict
• Short Plot/Chapter Summary (Synopsis)
• Themes
• Mood
• Background Information-Biography
• Literary/Historical Background

Chapter Summaries with Notes

Section I - Feathers From a Thousand Li Away
• The Parable
• The Joy Luck Club-Jing-Mei Woo
• An-Mei Hsu - Scar
• Lindo Jong - The Red Candle
• Ying-Ying St. Clair - The Moon Lady

Section II - The Twenty-six Malignant Gates
• The Parable
• Waverly Jong - Rules of the Game
• Lena St. Clair - The Voice From the Wall
• Rose Hsu Jordan - Half & Half
• Jing-Mei Woo - Two Kinds

Section III - American Translation
• The Parable
• Lena St. Clair - Rice Husband
• Waverly Jong - Four Directions
• Rose Hsu Jordan - Without Wood
• Jing-Mei Woo - Best Quality

Section IV - Queen Mother of the Western Skies

• The Parable
• An-Mei Hsu - Magpies
• Ying-Ying St. Clair - Waiting Between the Trees
• Lindo Jong - Double Face
• Jing-Mei Woo - A Pair of Tickets