Look at the front cover, read the 1st line of the book, think about the title. What do you think this book will be about? Take some guesses and see where they lead you…
I've seen bits and pieces of the movie so I already know that the novel is about a family of Asian immigrants in California. I'm going to take a guess and say the title has something to do with their culture-I'm not exactly sure how it pertains yet.
I have ordered the book but it has yet to come so I googled the book and saw a few different covers. The cover has Chinese dragons on it so I would assume your guess could be right. I also saw the movie cover when I searched the book and it had Chinese women on the cover with two American men looking very happy and content. It also had the Golden Gate bridge on the cover so I am eager to see how their experiences lead the story.
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I read Amy Tan's "Two Kinds" in 512, a short story about her own experiences that became a basis for The Joy Luck Club. Her mother was extremely traditional and always had high expectations for Tan, expectations that were nearly impossible to fulfill. I believe this book is going to tell a similar story, one about the Chinese (the dragons) American experience in California (San Francisco?). I expect to read about tense relationships with family members and the continuation of this idea - unfulfilled expectations. But, whose expectations are they? I wonder, however, if there will be any positives for the relationships in the novel. Tan's mother was very hard on her and even later in life the two of them found it difficult to communicate. There was love, but it was a different kind of love than we are accustomed to. Amanda, you commented on one of my earlier responses that we need to be conscious of other cultures and how they perceive education and authority. This story should help inform us of the differences between Asian (Chinese) and American cultures. Should be interesting.
So far I am enjoying the family relationship between the mother and the daughter. I also think it is important to consider traditional values and cultural identity. I think many students of different backgrounds and ethnicities feel this tension between what goes on in their home and then out in school and other social places. It will be interesting to see how the mother and daughter's relationship progress.
I've seen bits and pieces of the movie so I already know that the novel is about a family of Asian immigrants in California. I'm going to take a guess and say the title has something to do with their culture-I'm not exactly sure how it pertains yet.
ReplyDeleteI have ordered the book but it has yet to come so I googled the book and saw a few different covers. The cover has Chinese dragons on it so I would assume your guess could be right. I also saw the movie cover when I searched the book and it had Chinese women on the cover with two American men looking very happy and content. It also had the Golden Gate bridge on the cover so I am eager to see how their experiences lead the story.
ReplyDeleteawwww crap....it didn't post!!!! I am not rewriting all of that so here is the abridged version.
ReplyDeleteI read Amy Tan's "Two Kinds" in 512, a short story about her own experiences that became a basis for The Joy Luck Club. Her mother was extremely traditional and always had high expectations for Tan, expectations that were nearly impossible to fulfill. I believe this book is going to tell a similar story, one about the Chinese (the dragons) American experience in California (San Francisco?). I expect to read about tense relationships with family members and the continuation of this idea - unfulfilled expectations. But, whose expectations are they?
I wonder, however, if there will be any positives for the relationships in the novel. Tan's mother was very hard on her and even later in life the two of them found it difficult to communicate. There was love, but it was a different kind of love than we are accustomed to. Amanda, you commented on one of my earlier responses that we need to be conscious of other cultures and how they perceive education and authority. This story should help inform us of the differences between Asian (Chinese) and American cultures. Should be interesting.
So far I am enjoying the family relationship between the mother and the daughter. I also think it is important to consider traditional values and cultural identity. I think many students of different backgrounds and ethnicities feel this tension between what goes on in their home and then out in school and other social places. It will be interesting to see how the mother and daughter's relationship progress.
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