Which one most touched you?
Suyuan having to leave her twin daughters behind?
Lindo's arranged marriage and her mother's heartbreak having to leave her?
Ying-Ying's terrible marriage and the accidental death of her son?
An-Mei's mother's rape and suicide?
Mari
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I'd have to say I found Ying-Yings the most thrilling. I didnt quite think her sons death was accidental though. She does say something about taking from her husband the only thing she could.
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Ying-Ying's story was the most powerful.
I don't think the baby's death was entirely accidental but at the same time, I don't think Ying-Ying was in her right mind at the time.
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"My name is Sue! How do you do!?! Now you gonna die!" - Johnny Cash
I thought Lindo's was the most powerful - betrothed at a young age, trained to be a good daughter-in-law throughout her childhood instead of playing, being separated from her family without a chance to say goodbye, and forced into a marriage with a young boy with an overbearing mother. This struck me because it seemed that her childhood was taken from her, and forever knowing that she couldn't stay with her family. I loved the way she got out of the marriage though - very clever!
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Probably Suyuan's story. I guess what was so disturbing was that she never knew if her two girls lived or died. How could you live your whole life wondering like that? Knowing you might be responsible for their death. No matter how much others could convince you it wasn't your fault, you would forever have that feeling of guilt. I guess what makes the story even more heart wrenching is that they lived and she never knew!
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Actually, I love all of their stories!
It's very hard to decide because they're all powerful ones...
If I must choose one of them, I would choose Lindo's.
She was so clever to run away from that terrible family as a child.
I totally admired her courage and wit when I watched the movie.
I think An-Mei's was the most tragic.
shareEvery scene is so touching.
A mother's sacrifice and struggle can obviously be seen in Joy Luck Club.
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I agree. An-Mei's mother was widowed, raped, disowned by her family and had to become a concubine in order to save her child, who was taken from her the moment he was born - all this within a few years. Then coming home when her mother was dying and making soup from her flesh; something only the most dutiful daughter would do, and after taking An-Mei back with her, she soon took her life so An-Mei could have one.
"Oh, please, just shut up. You're wounding my soul!"
As an Asian myself (Filipino), I find Ying-Ying's story the most powerful. I condemn abortion, absolutely detest it, especially if it's a baby borne between a man and wife. But I grew up from a similar background, privileged, protected by my family, and quite innocent up until college. For a young woman barely out of her teens to suddenly be separated from her family and thrown into this depressing marriage where she has no control, coming from where she's from, I see how she came to do what she did. It doesn't mean I agree with her, but I get where she's from.
All four women's stories are powerful, but I like how Ying-Ying's story shows that things are not always black and white.
Lindo's added some well needed humor I think so that is why I like it best.
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