7/29/2019 PLOT : The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

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PLOT

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EXPOSITION

Jing-mei has some big shoes tofill.

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Jing-meis mother has just died andJing-mei needs to fill her moms spotin the Joy Luck Club.

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Shes feeling pretty inadequate forthe job.

Example: play mahjong with her

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RISING ACTION

The task of completing hermoms biggest wish falls on Jing-meis shoulders.

v Suyuans most cherished wish wasthat she could be reunited with herlong-lost twin daughters, but she dies

before she can fulfill her dream.v However, the lost twin daughters

have been located and now its up to

Jing-mei to go to China, meet her

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CLIMAX

Jing-mei goes to China to meether sisters.

v Jing-mei is super stressed about thecoming meeting with her sisters. She

fears it will be like a funeral.

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DENOUMENT

The sisters hug and cry.

v Jing mei tell her twin sister that theirmothers is already died 4 monthago.

v They start hugging each other,crying, and laughing.