The Joy Luck Club is the stories of four families that migrated from mainland China in the last generation. It is the story of four mother-daughter relationships in the United States and the story of the four mothers’ lives in a repressive and sexist Chinese society. These stories are told in such a manner that illuminates the contrasts between the Chinese and American cultures. Each mother’s story shows the hardship placed on women in …showed first 75 words of 576 total…

…showed last 75 words of 576 total…there is or isn’t any truth to that argument. One thing is for sure though; the American environment has had its influence on the Chinese culture. As we saw with the characters in this movie, many Chinese immigrants have acculturated and assimilated into American life. Many Chines-Americans have moved out of the Chinatowns and into more integrated housing outside the inner city. A great number of them are college educated and occupy middle-class jobs.