Vocabulary
eager or enthusiastic
keen
the boy she had a crush on at the age of 14
Robert
narrator of chapter one
Jing-Mei Woo
a comparison using like or as
simile
wolf girl who could not adapt
Mirabella
to lose hope
despair
gave a speech at this prestigious location
the White House
founder of the Joy Luck Club
Suyuan Woo
a literary device that uses words, people, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning
symbolism
Chinese mile, unit of distance (half a kilometer)
li
not harmful or offensive
innocuous
achieved higher grades in these subjects in school
math and science
her mother became a concubine
An-Mei Hsu
placing two ideas, images, characters side by side for the purpose of comparing or contrasting
juxtaposition
swan
the examination or observation of one's own mental or emotional processes
introspection
the message her mother conveys in "Fish Cheeks"
"your only shame is to have shame"
husband of Suyuan Woo
Canning Woo
a short story which usually illustrates a moral or teaches a lesson
parable
the city where the Joy Luck Club originated
Kweilin
an external form typically concealing the true nature of something
guise
at the hospital, her mother was told that the results of this were lost
CAT scan
she is the fastest mah john player
Lindo Jong
a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter
epigraph
St. Lucy's is an _________ to Native boarding schools
allegory