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Thesis: In the novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, an unwillingness to acknowledge past traumas creates an unbreakable cycle of generational trauma.

Claim1: Suyuan's inability to express the strife of losing her first daughters puts a strain on her relationship with June.

Claim2: Ying-Ying's inability to communicate in her own relationships affects the way Lena communicates in her relationships.

Claim3: Ying-Ying's dissconection from herself affects how Lena is connected to her own body

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thesis: in the novel the joy luck club, survivors guilt heavily influences the relationships of rose, suyaun, and an-mei.
claim 1: roses guilt about the death of her brother bing causes her inability to make decisions in her marriage.
clain 2: sooyaun leaving her daughters in china caused her to be so hard on jing mei to make up for it.
claim 3: an meis guilt about leaving her brother caused her to give up everything for that part of her family when she visited china.

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Thesis: In the novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, An-mei, Rose, and Jing-mei finds the courage in their struggles throughout their daily lives.

#1 Claim: In An-mei's chapter, she found her inner strength when she confronted to the Second Wife's deception.

#2 Claim: Rose stand on her own ground for her own place against Ted's initial decision of taking the house.

#3 Claim: Jing-mei pushes through her own doubts and fears to approach to the other side of her mother's life: meeting her long-lost sisters from China.

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Thesis: In Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, feminine autonomy grants power to Lindo, Lena, and Rose within their relationships.
First Claim: Autonomy grants Lindo Jong power to free herself from a formally arranged marriage.
Second Claim: Autonomy grants Lena St. Clair power to finally address the inequality of her and Harold’s relationship.
Third Claim: Autonomy grants Rose Hsu Jordan power to refuse to vacate her home despite Ted’s oppositions.

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Thesis: In the novel, The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan shows, that the mothers' love towards their daughters enables their strength.

1st claim: To begin, An-Mei’s mother shows how the well being of her daughter pushes her to be stronger because she has to endure the rape of her husband in order to provide more for An-Mei.

2nd claim: Next, Amy Tan uses Suyuan to express that strength is fueled by love when suyuan has to work hard in America, in order to give her daughter a better life.

3rd claim: Finally, Suyuan proves that there is nothing greater than a mothers love for their daughter when she has to suffer and leave her daughters for them to stay alive.

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Thesis: In the novel, The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, the sacrifices of Suyuan, An Mei, and Lindo exhibit the optimism of the mother's to provide their daughters with a better life.
Claim 1:  Suyuan shows her desire to provide a better life for her children when she leaves her babies in China and works extra hours so that June could play piano.
Claim 2 : An-Mei shows her desire to give Rose a better life when she warns Rose about accepting her fate and stays supportive through Rose's marital issues.
Claim 3:  Lindo's desire to give Waverly a better life is shown by her pushing Waverly to have a chess career and supporting Waverly's marriage to Rich.

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Thesis:
In the novel, The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, Lindo, An-mei, and Suyan display a compelling theme that despite childhood trauma, a mother always fights for her daughters success.

First Claim:
Lindo's first marriage involved lots of verbal abuse. This drives her to push success on her daughter.

Second Claim:
After having to live with her mom, a concubine, An-mei found a way to rebound and try her best to love and understand her daughter.

Third Claim:
Suyan's trauma from escaping China pushes her to give June a better life.

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Thesis Statement: In the novel The Joy Luck Club, author Amy Tam stresses the theme of sacrifice through the heart-heavy stories of Suyuan Woo’s loss, Lindo Jong’s risk, and An-Mei’s mother’s sacrifice.

Claim 1: During Suyuan’s exhausting journey to escape the war, she was faced with a difficult situation of sacrifice.

Claim 2: Lindo sacrificed everything and put her whole life at risk to keep her promise of staying true to herself.

Claim 3: An-Mei’s mother gave up her whole life causing her to sacrifice both her sons and loose her life.

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Theme: In the novel, “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan, Ying-Ying, Lena, and An-mei show that endurance can lead to scars.
1st Claim: Ying-Ying's scar is formed from the endurance of her first marriage to a bad man.
2nd Claim: Throughout her childhood, Lena has to endure her mother's teaching, which led her to have an eating disorder and a fear of men.
3rd Claim: An-mei goes through her early childhood enduring trauma from her absence and constantly being told untrue things.

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Thesis Statement -
·         In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the mothers show unconditional love for their daughters when Suyuan leaves her twin baby girls, An-mei’s mother commits suicide, and Lindo gives up her “Chinese face.”

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·         Unconditional love is shown through the sacrifice Suyuan makes by leaving her daughters in order to have a chance in life.

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·         That never-ending love between a mother and a daughter is shown again when An-mei’s mother commits suicide.

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·         Lastly, powerful love is shown when Lindo gives up her “Chinese face.”

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Thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, An-Mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Suyuan Woo all expect perfection from their daughters which causes negativity in their relationships.

Claim 1: In the mother-daughter relationship of Lindo and Waverly Jong, Lindo pressures Waverly throughout her lifetime to be the best, which elicits stubbornness and resentment from Waverly.

Claim 2: Throughout her childhood, Jing-Mei Woo is pressured by her mother, Suyuan, to be a child prodigy in America which leads to great stress and feelings of insignificance in Jing-Mei.

Claim 3: Finally, An-Mei Hsu places immense pressure on her daughter Rose Hsu Jordan, whose marriage is failing, which leads to frustration on Rose’s behalf.

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Thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan the experience of loss affects a character in a positive way.
1st claim: The experience of loss in Roses’ life, challenges her to break her character and stand up for herself.
2nd claim: An-mei finds her voice and stands her ground after the loss of her mom.
3rd claim: Lindo’s loss of her son causes her to be persistence with her daughter, Waverly.

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Thesis:  In the novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Waverly, Lindo, and Suyuan show that invisible strength, not physical strength, allows an individual to endure.

1st: Waverly shows invisible strength through becoming a chess champion and using the same strategies on her mother.

2nd: Lindo shows invisible strength through escaping her marriage.

3rd: Suyuan’s invisible strength allows her to give up her children and never stop searching for them.

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thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, The childhood experiences of Lindo, An-Mei, and Ying-Ying teach the reader that one cannot succumb to duty to tradition, and can overcome those hardships

1st claim: First off, An-Mei’s mother’s experience as a concubine teaches one the dangers of succumbing to duty to tradition.

2nd claim: Another example of the dangers of succumbing to duty to tradition is Ying-Ying’s first marriage to “the bad man”.

3rd claim: Finally, Lindo’s experience in shaping her own fate by manipulating her first marriage teaches the reader the importance of going against the strictures of duty to tradition.

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Thesis: In the novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the characters An-mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Ying-ying St. Clair demonstrate that the greatest kind of strength is having perseverance through dark times.
1st Claim: An-mei Hsu shows perseverance by always making sure to choose her own happiness first.
2nd Claim: Lindo Jong exemplifies perseverance by not allowing others to control her future.
3rd Claim: Ying-ying St. Clair demonstrates perseverance by taking control of her situation when she can.

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Thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the characters Suyuan, Lindo, and An-Mei show how endurance leads to positive situations.

1st Claim: In the novel Suyuan withstands through the challenges of war back in China.

2nd Claim: Suyuan is not the only one who dealt with challenges, Lindo kept persisting through a loveless marriage and an abusive mother in law.

3rd Claim: An-Mei also has her own story of endurance which comes in the form of her prevailing over her abusive family