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Part 1: Feathers from a Thousand Li Away Chapter 1: Jing-mei Woo: The Joy Luck Club

Part 1: Feathers from a Thousand Li Away Chapter 1: Jing-mei Woo: The Joy Luck Club. Opening Activity- Answer Questions: Why was the first Joy Luck Club started in Kweilin, China? What did the first members do at meetings? Why was the second Joy Luck Club started in San Francisco, California?

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Part 1: Feathers from a Thousand Li Away Chapter 1: Jing-mei Woo: The Joy Luck Club

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  1. Part 1: Feathers from a Thousand Li AwayChapter 1: Jing-mei Woo: The Joy Luck Club Opening Activity- Answer Questions: • Why was the first Joy Luck Club started in Kweilin, China? • What did the first members do at meetings? • Why was the second Joy Luck Club started in San Francisco, California? • What did the second set of members do at meetings?

  2. Part 1: Feathers from a Thousand Li AwayChapter 2: An-mei Hsu: Scar • Why does Popo tell An-mei stories about things like ghosts and melons? • How does An-mei feel about her grandmother, Popo? Why? • In An-mei’s life, who has power, and who does not? Why? • What action causes An-mei to start to love her mother? Why?

  3. Part 1: Feathers from a Thousand Li AwayChapter 3: Lindo Jong: The Red CandleChapter 4: Ying-ying St. Clair: The Moon Lady Opening Activity- Answer Questions: • How do Lindo’s husband, Tyan-yu, and her mother-in-law, Huang TaiTai, treat her? Why? • What is the significance of the red candle for Lindo’s marriage? • How does Lindo gain freedom from her arranged marriage? • What is the structure of Ying-ying’s family? • How are women and men portrayed in The Moon Lady’s story? • Why is Ying-ying so obsessed with the Moon Lady?

  4. Part 2: The Twenty-six Malignant GatesChapter 5: Waverly Jong: Rules of the GameChapter 6: Lena St. Clair: The Voice from the Wall Opening Activity- Read the passages on the handout; then write a paragraph on each of the following topics: Ch. 5: Analyze the relationship between Lindo and Waverly. Interpret the meaning of the chess metaphor. Ch. 6: Analyze the relationship between Ying-ying and Lena. Interpret the meaning of the baby metaphor and the sword metaphor.

  5. Part 2: The Twenty-six Malignant GatesChapter 7: Rose Hsu Jordan: Half and HalfChapter 8: Jing-Mei Woo: Two Kinds Opening Activity- Analyze the meaning of each passage. Chapter 7 1. “…you can never make up your mind about anything,” he said. And I protested, “But it’s only with things that aren’t important.” “Nothing is important to you, then,” he said in a tone of disgust… (Tan 120) 2. …My mother shouts for me to stop them. And right after I pull Luke off Mark, I look up and see Bing walking alone to the edge of the reef. In the confusion of the fight, nobody notices. I am the only one who sees what Bing is doing…Bing walks one, two, three steps…And I think, He’s going to fall in. (Tan 125) Chapter 8 3. The girl staring back at me was angry, powerful. This girl and I were the same. I had new thoughts, willful thoughts…I won’t let her change me, I promised myself. I won’t be what I’m not. (Tan 134) 4. …A few years ago, she offered to give me the piano, for my thirtieth birthday. I had not played in all those years. I saw the offer as a sign of forgiveness, a tremendous burden removed. (Tan 143)

  6. On a half sheet of paper, write a question about The Joy Luck Club. You do not need to write your name on it. The question may be about something you don’t understand, or it may be a discussion question that you would like the class to share their opinions on.

  7. Part 3: American TranslationChapter 9: Lena St. Clair: Rice Husband Chapter 10: Waverly Jong: Four Directions Opening Activity- Find and write down a passage (and page #) that answers each question. Chapter 9: Rice Husband • Why does Lena believe she is responsible for killing her neighbor, Arnold? • What bothers Lena about her husband, Harold, and their marriage? Chapter 10: Four Directions • Why does Waverly think that her mother, Lindo, hates her fiancé, Rich?  • What makes Waverly’s relationship with Rich so important to her?

  8. Part 3: American TranslationChapter 11: Rose Hsu Jordan: Without WoodChapter 12: Jing-Mei Woo: Best Quality Opening Activity- Find and write down a passage (and page #) that answers each question. Chapter 11: Without Wood • What makes Rose realize that Ted loves her when they are dating? (p. 118) • How does Rose stand up for herself when Ted comes over to pick up the divorce papers? Chapter 12: Best Quality • Why do Jing-mei and Waverly argue during the Chinese New Year’s crab dinner? • What does the jade pendant that Suyuan gives her daughter, Jing-mei, symbolize? Explain.

  9. Opening Activity • Write two quiz questions (with answers) for Chapter 13: An-mei Hsu: Magpies p. 215-241.

  10. Opening Activity • Write two quiz questions (with answers) for each of the following chapters: • Chapter 14: Ying-ying St. Clair: Waiting Between the Trees p. 242-252 • Chapter 15: Lindo Jong: Double Face p. 253-266

  11. Opening Activity The whole novel leads up to Jing-mei’s trip to China to meet her half sisters that her mother, Suyuan, left behind. List either: • Your predictions about what spending time with her sisters will be like for Jing-mei, OR • Your opinions about why Jing-mei meeting her sisters is the climactic event in the novel

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