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Text on p. 236 of the full Ninth Edition and p. 204 of the shorter Ninth Edition.

Reading Questions

1. Why does Jing-Mei (June May) decide to go to China? What is she searching for?

2. What do you understand about Jing's relationship with her mother? What regrets and guilt does she have?

3. The Joy Luck Club is a group of four Chinese mothers, each with at least one daughter, who are close friends in San Francisco. This tale is the culmination of all the stories of Chinese mothers and their Chinese American daughters. How does this chapter achieve some reconciliation of the cultural and generational differences between daughters and mothers?

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