Comparing Chinese Culture in Amy Tans The Joy Luck Club and Kitchen Go

Chinese Culture Exposed in Joy Luck Club and Kitchen Gods married woman Traditional Chinese customs are described in gigantic event in Amy burnings books. This rich culture adds interesting and magnetise detail to the intricate stories of both The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen Gods Wife. Traditions are probable throughout all of the stories in The Joy Luck Club. One of the starting instances is in the story from Ying-Ying St. Clair entitled The Moon Lady. Ying-Ying is describing the Festival of the Moon Lady, a festival dedicated to the lady who lives on the moon and once a year comes down to earth to grant your secret wish--something you want scarce cannot ask. This excerpt describes proper traditional dress (ornate clothing saved for fussy occasions), delicious foods such as rabbits feet and mooncakes (saved for special occasions), fireworks, and family gathered all together. This is oneness of the most richly detailed and culturally authentic stories in the novel. The opposite story that strikes the reader as containing vivid culture and tradition is Lindo Jongs The tearing Candle. This story, like Winnie Louies, describes in great detail the customs of arranged marriages. Lindo Jong begins by talking about the village matchmaker coming to her housewhen she was two geezerhood old. The matchmaker, Huang Taitai, looked her over and said, An earth horse for an earth sheep. This is the best marriage combination. Lindo says that Huang Taitai looked counterbalance through her and saw that she would be a perfect wife--a strong, hard, good worker, dying(predicate) to please her elders in their old age. Lindo describes what happened next This is how I became betrothed to Huang Taitais son, who I later discovered was just a baby, o... ...s not considered a fit departure for the deceased. Traditional Chinese customs are described in great detail in Amy Tans books. This rich culture adds interesting and mesmerizing detail to the intricate stories o f both The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen Gods Wife. whole shebang Cited Conrad, Tammy S. Creating an Asian-American Mythology Storytelling in Amy Tans Fiction. Tammy S. Conrads Thesis. 1998. Available <http//english.ttu.edu/faculty/conrad/thesis.html. Huntley, E.D. Amy Tan A Critical Companion. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1998 Tan, Amy. The Kitchen Gods Wife. parvenue York, Ballantine Books, 1991. Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. Vintage Contemporaries. New York A Division of Random House, Inc. 1993. Wu, Shelley. What is Chinese Astrology Available http//www.chineseastrology.com/wu/whatis.html