The joy of luck club essay

                    The joy of luck club 

      In the novel, "The Joy of Luck Club" by Amy Tan tells a couple different stories about mothers from China who have there daughters in America. The mother, Suyuan Woo had a big impact on her daughter Jing-Mei. Even after not getting along, Suyuan had to fill in for her mothers spot after she had died. In order to pay back what her mother had gave her, Jing-Mei decided to fulfill her mothers legacy. 

        Throughout the doubts and all the thinking, yes I do believe Jing-Mei did succeed to fulfill her mothers legacy. Her mother, Suyuan legacy before she died was to go look for her twin daughters back in China. She wanted to catch up and fill them in with everything that's been going on. Before her mother had even had a chance to plan it, she didn't make it. Her mother had died before getting to go back to China to reunite back with her twin daughters. 

        Jing-Mei had felt it was important to go after her mothers legacy and so what she wanted to do when she was till here. Finally one day, Jing-Mei had got in contact with her sisters and was glad they had responded back to the letter. Later on she was then in China with her two long lost twin sisters she had finally met. Remembering the reason why she had went, she felt as if it was her job to tell her sisters about her mothers death. She felt that they had every right to know what happened to "their" mother as well. 

       Being in China was different for Jing-Mei. It was her first time going. I can't say I can relate, but I can just imagine how she feels going alone after her mothers death. Accomplishing her mothers goals is what she planned on achieving. After being in China and learning more about her twin sisters, she seen how she related to them. 

         Jing-Mei experience in China was as planned. She was more then glad to have fulfilled her mothers legacy. In China, she had seen how she was part Chinese. The trip had made her realize what her mother wanted as for them "sisters" coming together and hanging out. It's different for them because Jing-Mei is an American and the other two twins are Chinese. Even though they are both different, they have the same cultures. At the end, Jing-Mei went back to America. She travels from time to time to catch up with her twin sisters. She always fulfilled and accomplished what her mother always wanted in life. 

Leopard man questions 9-15

9. Tom leopard is called " leopard man " because he's known as a guy who has tattoos of leopard print all over his body. 

10. The another thinks that people with tattoos and pericings are desperate for societies attention and he finds himself unimpressed by them. He has these opinions because he thinks that when people try to attract in a positive form and have failed. They go for attention.

11. He's different from other people that have tattoos and pericings because this man lives in the wilderness wearing no clothes. People usually have a decent amount of tattoos but this man has it all over his body.

12. Leopard man lives in the wilderness. 

13. Society fears people who are lonely or known as " loners ". They pursue there own values without seeking others permissions. 

14. His argument was how even normal people have disorders as well as "normal" . They may suffer from alcoholism, eating disorders, amid attacks, depression, and ect. 

15. Leopard man is happy because he's free to himself and doesn't have to worry about what others think of him. He doesn't have to live up to anybody's expectations. 

Latin roots #6

Roots and Derivatives
1.corp(or): body
2.cred: to believe; to trust
3.cur(r), curs, course: to run; to flow
4.dic(t): to speak; to say

Word List
benediction-the invocation of a divine blessing, as at the close of a religious service, a blessing or a state of blessedness

 concourse-running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; a crowd or throng

 concurrent-occurring at the same time; meeting or acting together

 corporal-related to the physical body

 corpulent-very stout; fleshy and obese; fat

 credibility-the quality of being believable or trustworthy

 credulity-the (naive) willingness to believe too easily without proof

 cursory-done in a superficial or hasty manner.

dictum-an authoritative saying or maxim

incorporate-to form into one body or functioning unit; to combine several different things into a whole

incredulous-not believing, skeptical, or doubt

indicative-a characteristic of or very much like; suggestive

Diction

1."…I only climbed on the spare spar and leaned over the rail as far as I could, to bring my eyes nearer to that mystery floating alongside."

2.Opaque: not able to be seen through; not transparent.

Elongated: unusually long in relation to its width.

Phosphorescent: something glows with light without becoming hot to the touch

Elusive: difficult to find, catch, or achieve.

Immersed: dip or submerge in a liquid.

Cadaverous: resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony.

Ghastly: causing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre.

3. Elevated language makes the text & time more formal. Paraphrasing the passage will make it shorter.

4.Abstract & concrete diction:

a)saw b)climbed c)clutched d)stare

5. The authors chose to leave the captain, ship, & crew nameless to creat a mysterious tone.

Denotation & connotation: 

6. The Denotation of the title The Secret Sharer is that the sharer is secretive in a sense that the person says, or, shares something that is not meant for anyone else to hear or see.