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Thesis: In the domestic novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Tan explores invisible strength through sacrifice by way of mother-daughter relationships.

1ˢᵗ Claim: An-Mei Hsu's mother serves as the impetus for An-Mei's view on raising and supporting her daughter.

2ⁿᵈ Claim: Ying-Ying St. Clair shows her love and care for her daughter through teaching her to stand up for herself by the way of her tradition.

3ʳᵈ Claim: Waverly Jong demonstrates the importance of inner strength by her standing up to her mother, exemplified by her skill in the game of chess.

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Thesis:  In the novel, The Joy Luck Club, author Amy Tan demonstrates to her readers how sacrifice is the truest measure of love through the stories of An-mei’s mother and Suyan Woo.

Claim 1: Suyan Woo selflessly sacrificed her children and her relationship with them in hope of giving them a better future.

Claim 2: An-mei’s mother took her own life in order to set her provide her a better one than her own.

Claim 3: Although not as large of a gesture, Suyan Woo tirelessly cleaned the house of a piano teacher in exchange for daily lessons for her daughter, June Woo.

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Thesis: In the novel 'The Joy Luck Club' by Amy Tan, the effects of trauma on each character affects them negatively, but also leads to a valuable lesson each of them will have to learn later in  their lives.

Claim #1: June fears she doesn't know much about her mother to tell her stories, but learns of her sisters and finds them, doing the one thing her mother had dedicated most of her life to, and sees that she is a lot more like her mother than she always thought.

Claim #2: An-Mei learns from being taught to stay silent and fight her battles alone, to finding courage and standing up for herself.

Claim #3: Ying-Ying had the trauma of letting go her first baby because of the toxic relationship she had been in, but then changed, trying to let him go, but now sees her daughter going through the same thing she did, and wanting to help her out while she still can.

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Thesis: In Amy Tan’s novel, The Joy Luck Club, Waverly, and June express to readers that pressure and high expectations can lead to anxiety and insecurities.

1st Claim: Lindo's judgement about Rich lead to June having anxiety and doubts about him.

2nd Claim: Lindo's high standards of Waverly caused her to loose confidence and her ability to play chess.

3rd Claim: An-Mei's high expectations for June lead to insecurities throughout her life when they were not met.

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Thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club  by Amy Tan, Suyuan's sacrifice, Waverly's relationships, and An mei's mother's determination prove that mothers and daughters' connections are infinitely strong, even through hardship.
Claim 1: Suyuan shows a connection to her daughters, through her sacrifice and search for her lost daughters.
Claim 2: Lindo's influence and Waverly's love for Shoshana show Waverly's unbreakable connection to both.
Claim 3: An mei's mother’s unwillingness to give up either Popo or An-mei displays her connection to her mother and daughter

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- Thesis Statement (1 sentence):

In the well-known novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the characters Lindo Jong, An-mei Hsu, and Rose Hsu become stronger and grow in spirit after losing a loved one proving, grief brings out a person’s greatest inner strength and spirit.

·          1 Supporting Claim (1 sentence):

Lindo Jong loses her family and is forced into a unhappy marriage, she exhibits courage and determination when she decides to control her own fate.

·         2 Supporting Claim (1 sentence):

Rose Hsu learns after being cheated on and abandoned by her ex-husband, how to grow through her grief to become assertive and confident in her own thoughts and opinions.

·         3 Supporting Claim (1 sentence):

An-mei Hsu after the death of her mother, became aware of other’s intentions and learned to vocalize her true feelings.

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In the engrossing novel, The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan skillfully illustrates how Jing-mei “June” Woo, An-mei Hsu, and Rose Hsu Jordan exemplify the impact trauma has on one’s life through the death of an immediate family member.

June Woo exhibits the impact trauma has on one’s life due to the death of a loved one, by June being left with the feeling she has not meet her mother’s expectations after her mother’s death.

An-mei Hsu reveals to us the impact trauma has on one’s life through the death of a loved one, showing us that after her youngest son’s death she lost her faith.

Rose Hsu Jordan illustrates the impact trauma puts on ones life through the death of a loved one by after the death of her youngest brother, Rose was tormented with the guilt that she was the reason for his death.

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Thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club the author Amy Tan demonstrates the central theme of  strength of mother-daughter relationships, even though complicated, persevering through hardships which is shown in Lindo and Waverly's head to head relationship becoming better in the end, June and Suyaun’s connection to each other even after death, and An-Mei and her mom persevering and loving each other through tough challenges.

1st Claim: Lindo and Waverly struggle with their relationship and seeing eye-to-eye, but because of the strength of mother-daughter relationships, they develop a stronger bond in the end.

2nd Claim: June and Suyuan build a stronger connection even through something as hard as death.

3rd Claim: An-Mei and her mom go through many hard struggles, but even through that, they are able to keep a strong bond and even keep that connection after death.

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Thesis:  In the novel The Joy Luck Club, author Amy Tan relays the idea that sacrifice is the ultimate form of love through the sufferings of An-Mei Hsu’s mother, Lindo Jong, and Suyuan Woo

1st Claim: Initially, Lindo Jong sacrifices her life for her parents’ reputation.

2nd Claim: Secondly, An-Mei Hsu’s mother shows her sacrifice through cutting her flesh to respect her mother.

3rd Claim: Finally, Suyuan Woo sacrifices her life to ensure the life of her two daughters.

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Thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Rose, June, and Lena’s stories all illustrate the common theme that regret can change people for the better.

1st Claim: Rose’s regret over the state of her marriage causes her to find her self-worth.

2nd Claim: June’s regret over failing to know her mother causes her to reunite with her Chinese heritage.

3rd Claim: Lena’s regret over eavesdropping on her neighbors gives her clarity over her own life and realationship with her mother.

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thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, the barrier between Chinese culture divides first generation immigrant daughters from their mothers, creating distance, misunderstanding, and missed opportunities.

·         Supporting Claim (1 sentence):  In the novel, Amy Tan shows the barrier the difference in culture creates, through the distance Ying Ying St.Clair, and her daughter Lena experience in their relationship.

·         Supporting Claim (1 sentence): Another representation of a barrier created by culture is the misunderstanding Waverly Jong feels, as she interprets her mother, Lindo’s, parenting and criticism.

·         Supporting Claim (1 sentence): Lastly, cultural walls separate mothers and daughters causing missed opportunities, as shown in the story of Suyan Woo, and her daughter June.

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Thesis: Throughout the novel, The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, the characters, Waverly, An-Mei, and Rose illustrate that courage is necessary when facing adversaries.

1st Claim: Waverly Jong first exhibits courage when she stands up to her mother after realizing that her mother is using her to show off her daughter’s chess achievements.

2nd Claim: Courage is also shown amidst An-Mei Hsu’s childhood when she stands up for herself and her mother for being harshly treated and abused by her mother’s husband, Wu Tsing.

3rd Claim: Lastly, Rose Hsu Jordan shows the effectiveness of courage when she stands up to her husband, Ted, after being cheated on and humiliated in their relationship, later resulting in a divorce.

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Thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the characters Rose, An-mei, and Jing-mei display how invisible strength surfaces after one endures hardships.

1st Claim: First, Rose finds her inner strength while facing divorce with her husband and realizing he has been seeing someone else.

2nd Claim: An-mei, Rose’s mother, also gains her hidden strength after her mother abruptly commits suicide.

3rd Claim: Lastly, Jing-mei’s inner strength emerges while she visits her sisters in China a few years after her mother’s death.

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Thesis: In Amy Tan’s novel, The Joy Luck Club, a mother-daughter relationship will stay strong even through disagreements and hardships, this is shown through Jing-mei and Suyuan, An-mei’s mother and Popo, and Lena and Ying-Ying.

First Claim: June never connected with Suyuan but fulfilled her life-long wish after she passed away.

Second Claim: Popo did not love An-mei’s mother, but An-mei’s mother always loved Popo.

Third Claim: Ying-Ying dislikes Lena’s relationship but believes she can lead her to find herself in the situation.

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Thesis: In the agony fueled novel The Joy Luck Club, author Amy Tan portrays individual trauma through An-Mei’s mother’s unwanted, forced marriage, An-Mei seeing this downward spiral from her mother, and Jing-Mei finding herself through her grief, showing that trauma uniquely affects a person’s character.

1st Claim: Amy Tan’s portrayal of trauma is shown through An-Mei’s mother when she is forced into marriage due to manipulation and her own submissive nature.

2nd Claim: Another way that Amy Tan illustrates trauma in a character is in An-Mei as she must watch her mother’s troubled past affect her to the point of suicide.

3rd Claim: On the contrary, Amy Tan writes Jing-Mei discovering herself and her lineage through the loss of her mother, Suyuan.

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-Thesis Statement: In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Chinese mothers An-mei Hsu, Suyuan Woo, and Lindo Jong prove invisible strength overcomes many adversities.
-1st Claim: An-mei Hsu shows her strength by continuously searching for her son Bing and never giving up.
-2nd Claim: Another Chinese mother, Suyuan Woo, displays great strength when she abandons all her material goods and loved ones in her escape from Kwelin, Japan.
-3rd Claim: Lastly, Chinese mother who prevails through hardships is Lindo Jong who uses the power of her mind to break free of a dreadful marriage.

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thesis:    In the novel The Joy Luck Club, the author, Amy Tan, proves invisible strength comes from endurance through hardships by the stories of Lindo Jong, Lena St. Clair, and An-Mei Hsu.

1st claim:·         Throughout the novel, Amy Tan uses the stories told in Lindo’s perspective to show that through enduring obstacles, one gains inner strength.

2nd claim:·         Lena St. Clair is another character Amy Tan uses to display that invisible strength comes from hardships.

3rd claim:·         Lastly, Amy Tan depicts An-Mei gaining her invisible strength through endurance in her designated stories to support the on-going theme.

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·         Thesis Statement (1 sentence): In the novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the stories of Ying-ying, Lena, and Lindo illustrate that balance is not always beneficial.
·         Supporting Claim (1 sentence): Ying-ying’s story proves that balance is not always beneficial in her reaction to her unfortunate miscarriage.
·         Supporting Claim (1 sentence): Lena’s story, like her mom Ying-ying’s, also exhibits that balance is not always beneficial when she blindly went into an unfair marriage.
·         Supporting Claim (1 sentence): Lastly, Lindo’s story supports the fac that balance does not always contribute to someone’s wellbeing when she is told that she is “too balanced” to partake in certain experiences.

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Thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Lindo finds her determination through her first marriage, Lena finds her voice after being suppressed by the equality in her marriage, and Rose finds her strength after Ted cheats and wants a divorce, proving that the path to self-discovery is never easy.

1st Claim: Lindo Jong journeys through self-discovery by finding her tenacity in her first marriage to Tyan-Yu.

2nd Claim: Lena St. Clair difficultly discovers her voice after being suppressed by the equality of her marriage with Harold.

3rd Claim: Rose Hsu realizes her strength after her husband, Ted, cheats and wants a divorce.