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Thesis: In Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, the importance of cultural knowledge for building relationships between mothers and daughters is exemplified through Waverly, An-mei, and June's stories.
Claim 1: The importance of cultural knowledge is shown by Waverly's lack of knowledge regarding her mother's hometown.
Claim 2: The importance of cultural knowledge is seen through An-mei's confusion and uncertainty about her mother.
Claim 3: The unlearned symbolism of the jade necklace Jing-mei was gifted by her deceased mother reflects the importance of being knowledgeable about one's culture.

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Thesis: In Amy Tan's domestic fiction novel, The Joy Luck Club, she teaches readers about the importance of having a balance in your life.
Claim #1: In Ying-Ying’s chapters, Amy Tan shows that balance was a crucial part of Ying-Ying’s life, and when things were off balance, they negatively impacted her life.
Claim #2: In Lena’s chapters, Amy Tan expresses how an imbalanced home life made her life miserable and it leading to her striving for balance and equality in her marriage.
Claim #3: During An-Mei’s and Rose’s stories, Bing’s life and death and his effect on the rest of his family’s life was thrown off balance.

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Thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, An-mei's and Suyuan's stories show that sacrifice is the only way to offer genuine love; in Lena's story, Harold's desire for equality and lack of sacrifice diminishes all genuine love between them.

1st Claim: An’mei’s mother sacrificed her own life to save the dignity of her daughter.

2nd Claim: Suyuan left her twin baby daughters behind in her flee from the Japanese in China instead of allowing them to perish alongside her and possibly die.

3rd Claim: In Lena’s story, Harold’s desire for all financial purchases to be spilt evenly and “fairly” did not allow for real love to flourish.

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Thesis: In the novel, The Joy Luck Club, the author, Amy Tan expresses the central theme of loss through the stories of the characters: An-Mei Hsu, Ying-Ying St. Clair, and Waverly Jong.
Claim #1: Throughout An-Mei's story, the central theme of loss is portrayed through the deaths of her son and mother.
Claim #2: The central theme of loss is portrayed through the character, Ying-Ying St. Clair, who struggles with loosing herself throughout her story.
Claim #3: The character, Waverly Jong, experiences the central theme of loss when she looses her passion for chess and looses her Chinese characteristics.

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Thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club, author Amy Tan demonstrates how life in traditional China for women encourages immigrant mothers that they can affect how they raise their daughters and how it impacts their own life.

1st Claim: Amy Tan demonstrates this in Ying-Ying's story when loses herself after falling of the boat. It also affects Lena's life when she is both a child and adult.

2nd Claim: An-mei moved to Tientsin with her mother, she discovers why she had to marry Wu Tsing. It changes her perspective of big mother; Mother later takes her own life. An-mei learns to talk back similar to rose learning how to talk back.

3rd Claim: Suyuan has to escape China, because of the war, she sadly has to abandon her babies which affects not only her but also her Chinese-american daughter, June. Suyuan always felt guilty leaving her babies in China and June feels guilty because she feels as if she doesn't know much about her mother to tell her half sisters.

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Thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan shows how grief is affected by the loss of a loved one, the sacrifice of family, and the loss of one’s freedom.

1st Claim: First, grief is affected by the loss of loved ones when Rose Hsu loses her brother Bing, and when Lena St. Claire witnesses her mother going through heartbreak after losing her baby.

2nd Claim: Furthermore, the sacrifices made by An-mei Hsu's mother for her mother Popo, and the sacrifices made my Suyan woo of her children were affected by grief.

3rd Claim: Lastly, grief is affected by the loss of one's freedom for Lindo Wong when she is forced into marriage, and for Ying Ying when she is told to be someone she is not.

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Thesis- In the novel The Joy Luck Club, author Amy Tan illustrates how young Chinese women are expected to be quiet and obedient while young American women are encouraged to choose their own path, creating a rift between the immigrant mothers and their daughters.

1st Claim- Throughout the the book, it is shown that young Chinese women were told to be quiet and follow orders.

2nd Claim- Dissimilarly, American women are encouraged by society to make their own futures and be successful themselves.

3rd Claim- This cultural gap creates a struggle for the mothers and daughters in the story to connect on many levels.

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Thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck by Amy Tan, Lindo, An-Mei's mother and Suyuan strengthen their mother- daughter relationships for the betterment of their daughters.

1st Claim: Lindo learns to encourage Waverly to work harder towards her chess career.

2nd Claim: An Mei's mother puts herself in the position of working as a concubine so that she can live a better life.

3rd Claim: Suyuan went through many hardships which Jing Mei uses as teaching lessons to prosper with.

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Thesis Statement (1 sentence): In the novel, Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, a major theme, love is full of sacrifices, is demonstrated by Suyann, An-Mei’s mother, and Lindo; showing they will do anything for their family.

Supporting Claim (1 sentence): Suyann showed her love for her children by leaving them for a better life, sacrificing her life with them so they could survive the war, thus showing she would do anything for her family.

Supporting Claim (2 sentence): An-Mei’s mother showed her love for her child by sacrificing her life so An-Mia could have more opportunities in her life, demonstrating the length a mother would go to for her family.

Supporting Claim (3 sentence): Lindo sacrificed her childhood and her life with her family to marry off to a boy she did not know to make her parents proud, exemplifying the sacrifices she will make for her family.

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Thesis: Amy Tan, the author of The Joy Luck Club, demonstrates how the loss of a loved one can negatively affect one's mental state and relationships through Lena, Rose, and Ying-Ying's stories.

1st claim: Losing her mom to depression causes Lena to no longer see love which causes issues in her marriage.

2nd claim: Feeling responsible for Bing's death causes Rose to no longer make decisions in her marriage, which causes it to fall apart.

3rd claim: The loss of her children causes Ying-Ying to slip into depression which causes issues in her family's relationship.

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thesis: In the novel the Joy Luck club by Amy Tan, Ying-Ying, Suyuan, and Ann-mei all experience the loss of a child; this is shown through their pain of grief, denial, and belief through the loss of their loved one.

claim 1- Through abortion, Ying-Ying suffers through the pain of her grief.

claim 2-  However, through the loss of her son Bing, Ann-mei expresses her beliefs

claim 3- Furthermore, the loss of connection between Suyuan and her daughters puts Suyuan in self denial.

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Thesis:  In Amy Tan’s novel “The Joy Luck Club”, the negative and long-lasting impact of the trauma from losing a family member is shown through An-mei losing her mother, Ying-ying losing her son, and Rose losing her brother.

1st Claim: Ying-ying’s mental health was affected when she lost her son, causing her relationship with her daughter, Lena, to be strained.

2nd Claim: Rose is significantly impacted by the loss of her brother, which later affects who she becomes as an adult.

3rd Claim: The negative impact of losing a family member is shown when An-mei loses her mother, but her story shows how you can change from trauma over time.

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Thesis: In the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, the importance of honor and obedience of women living in traditional China is compared to the modern beliefs and abilities of women in America today through Lindo's, Lena's, and Rose's experiences.
1st Claim: In the beginning, Lindo Jong tells the story of her laborious and monotonous life as an obedient wife in an arranged marriage she cannot leave.
2nd Claim: Throughout the course of the novel, Rose Hsu Jordan and Lena St. Clair tell of their struggling marriages and their processes in receiving a divorce, something traditional Chinese women could not receive.
3rd Claim: In contrast to Lindo’s experience as a young woman in an arranged marriage to a man she does not love, both Lena and Rose have the choice to marry for love.

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Thesis: In The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, love is shown through Suyan and Ani-mei’s mother’s sacrifices.

1st claim: Ani-mei’s mother sacrifices her own flesh to heal her mother, Popo.

2nd claim: Suyuan sacrifices her twins when fleeing from Kweilin, so that they may have a better life.

3rd claim: Ani-mei’s mother sacrifices her life for her daughter, Ani-mei, to have a better life.

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Thesis:  In the novel Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Lindo blowing out her marriage candle, Suyuan Woo leaving Kweilin, and  Rose choosing to fight for her house all show that a person's fate is not set in stone.

1st Claim: At the beginning of Lindo’s chapter she is betrothed to a man she does not want to marry but that soon changes.

2nd Claim: When Suyuan gets the news that the Japanese are approaching Kweilin she refuses to sit idly by and wait to die.

3rd Claim: When Rose’s husband came to collect the divorce papers, she refuses to stand by and not fight for her house.

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Thesis: In Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club, the author shows that the loss of a loved one has lifelong effects on their family by giving examples, like June losing her mother, Rose losing Bing, and Ying Ying losing her unborn child.

1st Claim: June’s future is permanently altered when her mother, Suyuan, dies and leaves her feeling incomplete and confused.

2nd Claim: Rose’s life is affected by her little brother, Bing, dying while she was responsible for him, leading to her not taking responsibility for anything in her adult life.

3rd Claim: Finally, when Ying Ying births a still born child, she falls into a deep depression which not only affects Ying Ying but also her daughter, Lena, showing that loss affects many more people than those directly affected.

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Thesis: The novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan show that self-love and independence are a result of marriages with a lack of love.

1st Claim: Lindo learns to love herself and fight for her independence on her wedding day because she knows she deserves more than a marriage without love.

2nd Claim: Lena’s stressful relationship that valued equality and money over love lead her to realize she deserves love from herself in the form of independence.

3rd Claim: Rose's selfish husband makes her realize she deserves the independence and self-love that comes with the courage of asking for her house.

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Thesis- In the novel They Joy Luck Club, author, Amy Tan shows how the woman lose themselves when a relative passes through the way Rose, June, and Ying-ying act throughout their stories.

Claim 1- When Bing drowns Rose no longer trust herself to make the decisions no depend on herself to preform normal activities.

Claim 2- June suffers feeling lost when she loses her mother which causes her to want to know about culture more; she gets stuck in her own head because she feels guilty for only knowing the American culture.

Claim 3- Ying-ying also feels lost when she is thrown off balance by her stillborn baby.

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Thesis: In the novel, The Joy Luck Club, written by Amy Tan shows the impacts of losing a child which Ying-Ying, Suyuan, and An-Mei live through presents the emptiness left behind from their traumatic event.
1st Claim: The unequivocal devastation that a mother feels when she loses her own son is shown when An-Mei loses her son Bing to a drowning incident.
2nd Claim: The sadness Suyuan felt after she left her twin daughters behind on the road was never relieved leading to more emptiness inside of her.
3rd Claim: When Ying-Ying falls into the lake, she loses a part of herself as a child leading to emptiness inside of her.

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Thesis: In The Joy Luck Club, a novel by Amy Tan, the author emphasizes the importance of independence, regardless the fulfillment of expectations when she writes three of the major characters, Waverly, Jing Mei, and Rose, to display rebellious natures in order to achieve what they think is best for themselves.

1st Claim: Amy Tan displays the importance of independence when Waverly defies her mother’s direction and acts on her own will instead, when she decides to stop playing chess and gets engaged to a man she knows her mother will disapprove of.

2nd Claim: June also portrays independence when she confronts her mother’s controlling nature and quits piano, which her mother took pride in.

3rd Claim: Rose exhibits independence when she disregards her mother’s urge to fix her marriage and stands her ground when telling her ex-husband that she would not leave their house.

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Thesis: In the novel, The Joy Luck Club, written by Amy Tan, many characters prove that trauma can change a person’s personality, their mindset on the world, and their viewpoint of themselves as a human.
1st Claim: In the story about Rose Hsu, we can see that stress and pressure as well as her brother passing made her change her personality.
2nd Claim: In Ying Ying's story she gets attacked by strangers and loses a baby, affecting her mind set on the world around her.
3rd Claim: In the story about Lena St. Clair, she is neglected by her parents and doesn't feel close to anyone making her feel like she isn't good enough and have depressing thoughts placed upon herself.