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In the Disney film The Princess and the Frog, Tiana is stuck at a job she hates, trying to make enough money to start her own restaurant. When a Prince, who is stuck in frog form, offers to give her money in exchange for a kiss, she takes the opportunity. Tiana changed her fate similarly to how many characters in The Joy Luck Club changed their fate. In this novel by Amy Tan,  the ending of An Mei' s childhood, Lindo's first marriage, and Ying Ying's life in China shows that you can change your fate .

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In the outstanding film Moana, the main character, Moana, longs to become an adventurous explorer and travel beyond her small-minded village while also living up to the harsh expectations of her family. However, when she receives a surprising visit from Maui, a demi-god, he takes her on a remarkable adventure that enables Moana to find her real identity and purpose. Similarly, the heart-wrenching novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, shows the reader that surprising events and encounters allow individuality and identity to arise.

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In 2010 Disney film, Tangled, Rapunzel spends every single day in a tower for eighteen years because of her fear of the outdoors and the dangerous that come with it. She meets a man named Flynn Rider who helps her realize that the outdoors is a fear that needs to be faced. Rapunzel has faith in Flynn and finally leaves her tower for the first time in her entire life.  This leads to Rapunzel reuniting with her true family and learning everything about her life that she never knew. Just as Rapunzel’s faith led to an astounding outcome, in Amy Tan’s novel, The Joy Luck Club, Lindo, June, and Rose all demonstrate how faith and action determine fate.

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In the novel The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, the character Nie Huisang exemplifies severe anxiety in decision making after the death of his older brother. Huisang is required to take over his brother’s position of sect leader after watching him be killed, and goes on to worry constantly about ending up in the same position as well as disappointing his soldiers and the cultivation world. Huisang also loses his free, rambunctious spirit after this traumatic event, and becomes a weak winded, anxious man. This loss of spirit and anxiety in making every day choices are also shown heavily through many characters in The Joy Luck Club after they experience their trauma. In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the characters Rose, Ying-Ying, and An-mei exemplify the effects of PTSD through their poor decision-making skills and their weakened spirits.

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·In the 1998 film, You’ve Got Mail, Birdie Conrad declares, “You are daring to imagine that you could have a different life.” Birdie is expressing that even though her friend feels like a failure in the moment, she is marching into the unknown armed with only her own courage. Amy Tan displays the characters in the Joy Luck Club at the lowest points of there stories. They are witnessed at there worst, but just like Kathleen, Birdie’s friend, they are all fighting for their own “different lives.” Rose Hsu, Waverly Jong, and Jing-mei Woo suffered extensive amounts of individual trauma resulting in fears and timidness, which equips them with a newfound courage.

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In the movie The Pursuit of Happyness, Chris Gardner faces unimaginable trauma after his wife divorces him, leaves him no money, and puts his only son in his care ultimately becoming homeless. Living out of homeless shelters and train stations, Gardner faces arguably the greatest trauma any parent can face; knowing that he cannot properly care for his son. Yet, although he has seemingly lost everything, trauma’s effects cause Gardner to keep working and he receives a job position that can support him and his son. The effects of trauma that Gardner faces are similar to Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club that teaches readers that sometimes trauma leads to a loss of faith and guilt, but other times can lead to strong determination.

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In the fictional novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, pressure in mother-daughter relationships result in conflict. The television show Gilmore Girls, Lorelai Gilmore, Rory Gilmore’s mother, stresses the need for Rory to constantly succeed in academics and ultimately end up at Harvard university. From the age of four, Lorelai covered Rory’s walls with Harvard paraphernalia which continued to grow throughout the years. During Rory’s high school years, she is pushed to get the best chances of making it to Harvard, including switching to different schools. Lorelai’s pressure put on Rory relates to the similar pressure Ying-Ying, Lindo, and Suyuan put on their daughters, shown in The Joy Luck Club.

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In the Disney film The Lion King, Simba’s father Mufasa dies after getting pushed off a cliff. After his father’s death, Simba displays many emotions including self-blame and sadness. Simba’s emotions are similar to those of An- Mei Hsu in the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. In the novel, An- Mei Hsu experiences many deaths of loved ones which often leads to a loss of faith.

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In the fictional movie “The Lion King”, Simba suffers a great tragedy when his father, Mufasa, was murdered. Mufasa’s death caused Simba to be overwhelmed with so much grief and guilt. He secluded himself from his friends and family and refused to truly show his emotions similarly to the characters of The Joy Luck Club after experiencing the traumatic loss of a loved one. The fictional novel, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, exemplifies the trauma of losing a loved one which can lead to physical and emotional seclusion as seen in Jing-mei (June) Woo when her mother passed away, An-mei Hsu when her mother died, and Ying-Ying St. Clair when she lost her unborn baby.

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In the novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, the theme of sacrifice is shown when Liesel’s mother takes her to live with the Huberman’s. Liesel’s mother knew that she could not keep Liesel safe and provide her with the things needed to survive during war time. Because she loved her so much, Liesel’s mother found somewhere for her to go and took her there. Even though she would never see her last living child again, she knew that it was the only way to promise Liesel’s safety during the war. In a similar way, the novel The Joy Luck Club conveys the theme of sacrifice through the characters Suyuan Woo, Lindo Jong, and Ying- ying St. Clair, all of which made sacrifices in order to create better lives for their children.

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Everyone experiences their trauma differently. It can have a wildly different effect on different people even if they go through the same trauma. This is shown in the 2013 film Frozen when the two sisters lose their parents. It leads Anna to try to be closer with her sister and Elsa to shut herself away. Trauma can make some people stronger and tear others down. Sometimes it fades with time and sometimes it stays with you for the rest of your life In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the trauma of having no choice makes Suyuan guilty that she left her babies and she overcompensates in her relationship with June, But it can also have more positive effects such as teaching An-mei and Lindo to take control of their lives.

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In the Disney film, The Princess and the Frog, Tiana works vigorously to support her mother and herself after her father passed away when she was young. Tiana’s loss resulted in her chasing his dream of opening a restaurant, and her working every day and saving all her money to put into it. Tiana forces herself into work to prove herself to her father that she could achieve his dream of having a restaurant. Similarly, in the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the trauma of losing a loved one effects three specific characters, An-Mei Hsu, Rose Hsu-Jordan, and Jing-Mei Woo, forcing them to mature quicker and to declare their worth to others.

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In Disney’s Mulan, the title character makes the decision to leave her family to fight in the war disguised as a man. Her culture says she must marry, become a housewife, and have many children to bring honor to her family. Mulan craves more and cannot bear to watch her withering father go to war, so she chooses to change her predetermined fate of becoming a regular Chinese woman to becoming a warrior in disguise. Similarly in The Joy Luck Club, three characters also embrace the chance to change their fate. In Amy Tan’s novel, Ying Ying, An-mei's mother, and Lindo demonstrate that humans possess the ability to change fate.

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Life after experiencing trauma can be hard to overcome for anyone. Many stories include the influence of suffering across multiple generations. Throughout the novel, many elements of trauma, commonly the death of a loved one, are incorporated. In Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club, An-Mei’s story proves that the suffering mothers go through affects their own life, as well as the lives of their posterity.

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In the popular fantasy series Harry Potter by JK Rowling, Harry’s mother, Lily, preforms a courageous act of sacrificial love. By jumping in front of Lord Voldemort’s deadly spell, Lily casted a magical protection on her infant son that remains with him his entire life. Lily consciously chose death to save her son, laying the path for him to defeat Voldemort as a teenager. Lily’s astounding sacrafice is similar to those presented in the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. In the novel, the hardships of motherly sacrafice are illustrated through Suyuan and An-mei’s mother, proving that sacrafice is the ultimate sign of love

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In the Disney film, Moana, Moana’s grandmother, whom she has a close relationship with, tragically dies. Although Moana is distraught by the news of her grandmother’s death, she decides to follow in her grandmother’s footsteps and restore the heart of Te Fiti. On her journey, she calls on the help of a demigod named Maui to help her complete her mission. Although many altercations, Moana and Maui eventually make it to Te Fiti and become best friends. Moana’s trauma that leads to the development of a new relationship with Maui is similar to the trauma that many characters in Amy Tan’s best-seller The Joy Luck Club. In the novel, the traumatic experiences of Suyuan, Waverly, and June prove that loss allows them to form new relationships.

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In the Disney movie The Lion King, Simba shows the audience how to turn loss into an opportunity of growth. After losing his father and feeling responsible for his death, Simba used this pain to push himself to help his land in any way possible as his father would have. This relates to how many losses in The Joy Luck Club helped characters grow and persevere. In the novel by Amy Tan, traumas helped characters persevere and find their true identity, such as, Suyuan’s loss of her daughters, An-mei’s loss of her 4-year-old son, and Ying Ying’s loss of her aborted baby.

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Mothers and daughters have a specific bond that holds them together. This type of connection is built through many different experiences, lessons, and efforts. The importance in each mother-daughter relationship is strengthened through the teachings of the mother. In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, An-Mei’s relationship with her mother shows how mothers teach their daughters to stand their ground.

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In the Disney movie, The Princess Diaries, Mia and her grandmother are arguing over Mia getting married to become queen. Mia and her grandmother’s fight represents the differences in marriage customs between traditional and modern marriage. In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the reader can see the vast differences between marriage customs in traditional China and modern-day America.

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Trauma is an alarming, distressing, or depressing experience. It is a very a common thing that many suffer through causing effects on their mental and physical future. There are many different types of trauma but one of the most common ones is childhood, where a person goes through a scary or concerning event as a child. In the novel the Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Rose, Lena, and An-Mei go through childhood trauma that although negatively impacts their lives, they all grow as a person.

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·         In the Disney film Descendants Maleficent’s daughter, Mal, Gets chosen to leave captivity on the Isle of the Loss and go to school at Auradon. Mal has an evil plan to go to Auradon and steal fairy Godmother’s magical wand. Mal is acting wicked at Auradon because of how her mother raised her on the Isle of the Loss. Maleficent affects Mal behavior just as the mothers in the Joy Luck Club influence their daughter’s behaviors. In the novel, by Amy Tan, Lindo, Suyuan, and Ying-Ying show that the way mothers treat their daughters affects the way the daughters act as adults.

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In the popular 1997 movie Titanic, protagonist Jack Dawson meets and falls in love with Rose DeWitt Bukater on the Titanic ship. The first time Jack sees Rose on the top deck, he instantly falls in love with her, and they soon meet and get to know one another. Jack acts in an impulsive manner, which eventually leads to his death, because he decides to risk his life out of his uncontrollable love for Rose. Much like in The Joy Luck Club, the characters show great sacrifices, similar to how Jack sacrificed his life for Rose. In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Suyan, An-mei, and Ying Ying all show that people sacrifice for the hope of a better life and future.

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In the Disney series The Owl House, Amity Blight strives to be nothing like her toxic mother Odalia, but inevitably shows similar flaws to her mother. Odalia is a narcissistic and controlling businesswoman who is willing to do anything for business, even following by a family motto, “a Blight always upholds their end of the deal.” Amity shows very similar traits through her desire for perfection, expressing self-loathing when she loses her “top student” pin to Willow; she also feels the need to control, often bossing around her friend group. Despite Amity’s eventual development, she originally ends up acting very similarly to the abusive Odalia. In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, An-mei and Rose act as parallels for each other, showing how the flaws An-mei had wished to throw away ended up being passed down to Rose.