The Struggles Faced In The Color Purple And The Joy Luck Club
[2024-02-19 20:06:34]
The struggle between "Purple" and "The Joy Luck Club" is a common struggle connecting Alice Walker's novel "Purple" and Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club". Rape, suicide, death, war, oppression and racial discrimination invade two novels. In The Color Purple, Celie overcomes racial discrimination, violence and other problems in search of dignity and love. At Joy Luck Club, daughters struggle for acceptance, love, and happiness. These characters experienced many difficulties, but their survival is not because they did not become a bitter individual but also became a more complete individual.
When comparing 'Happiness Club' and 'Female Warrior', Amy Tan's popular novel 'Happy Luck Club' is exploring the problems faced by first generation and second generation Chinese immigrants, especially mothers and daughters. Tan's book is a novel, but much of the struggle it explains is also reflected in the autobiographical work of Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior: The Memorial of The Ghost of the Ghost. Among these two books, both mother and daughter are separated from culture and generation.
The bond of common struggle connects Alice Walker 's novel "Purple" with Amy Tan' s "The Joy Luck Club". Rape, suicide, death, war, oppression and racial discrimination invade two novels. In The Color Purple, Celie overcomes racial discrimination, violence and other problems in search of dignity and love. At Joy Luck Club, daughters struggle for acceptance, love, and happiness. These characters experienced many difficulties, but their survival is not because they did not become a bitter individual but also became a more complete individual.
For Joy Luck Club, the conflict between the first generation and the second generation Chinese-American character is an important theme. At "Happy Club", daughters of "Lucky Auntie" initially kept distance from ethnic background culture. Different experiences and values experienced by them and their parents have caused many misunderstandings. When their daughters are in their thirties, they will seriously try to learn more about their ethnic background culture. The conflict between the first generation and the second generation is also a very important topic in mona which is the promised land. Mona's choice, especially with her mother, put her in a very serious long-lasting confrontation. Novel insists on free choice of values and culture of individual countries