Character
What's the name of the narrator "I" in this novel? (Page 19)
JING-MEI WOO
In page 20, how did the narrator's parents meet their friends in the Joy Luck Club?
They met them in the church.
What is the "mah jong table" mentioned in the novel?
the table where the four Chinese mothers gather regularly to play mah jong, a traditional Chinese tile game
In page 19, the author mentions "chabudwo" and "butong." Then the author says "I can never remember things that I didn't understand in the first place." what does the author imply?
The two words and sentence suggest that the daughter didn't understand her mother both in language and culture.
In page 20, why does the narrator say that the story her mother told her was a "Kweilin Story"?
The idea of Joy Luck was from the days of her mother's first marriage in Kweilin.
In page 20, the author writes: "my mother recognized the numbness in these women's faces." How can we understand the word "numbness"? what does this word suggest?
It suggests that the women had the same tragedy in China which had strong negative influence on them.
The real Kweilin is strange and beautiful which exceeded her imaginations and expectations.
Evidence: "These were things so strange and beautiful you can't ever imagine them."
How can we understand the last sentence ("Over the years, she told me the same story... eventually into mine.") in the first paragraph in page 21?
his sentence reflects a shift in perspective — from viewing stories as only about the past to recognizing them as mirrors of the present. It shows how storytelling becomes a bridge between mother and daughter, past and present, China and America, and ultimately leads to healing and understanding.