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TWO KINDS
from THE JOY OF LUCK CLUB download - Coggle Diagram
TWO KINDS
from THE JOY OF LUCK CLUB 
- SETTING
Chinatown in San Francisco, California
clue: it was mentioned in the text
- GENRE OF THE STORY
Realistic Fiction
clue: the events in the story can happen in real life
- GENRE OF THE BOOK
Domestic Fiction, Novel
clue: the setting is in the home of the main character
A. JING-MEI. the narrator in the story
She narrates the events from her point of view. The readers are given omniscient view of the story.
B. SUYUAN-WOO. mother of the narrator.
She brings about the external conflict between her and her daughter and the internal conflict in her daughter. She also represents the daily struggles of every Chinese immigrant to America.
C. MR. CHONG. the piano teacher of the narrator
He was hired by the narrator's mother to teach the daughter how to play the piano in exchange of cleaning service. He triggers the rebellion in the daughter which heightened the conflict between the mother and daughter.
A. AUNTIE LINDO JONG. mother of Waverly Jong
The narrator's mother brags to this character about her daughter being able to play the music, which is a contrary to the reality.
B. WAVERLY JONG. neighbor and used to be friends with the narrator but now a competition for fame.
She is every Chinese parent's dream child because of her excellent talent in playing chess.
C. JOY LUCK CLUB. Chinese immigrant mothers of the American born Chinese children.
they are friends of the Woo family.
They all boast about the talents of their children.
- COULD THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY EXIST IN REAL LIFE?
Yes, the characters in this story can exist in real life since the tackled issues are immigration of Chinese to America, the struggles of every child to fulfil the frustrations of their parents, the conflict between parents and their children, among others which happen in the story and can definitely happen in real life.
- VOICE
The story is told from the first person point of view.
clue: the use of I, me, we, us
PLOT
- CONFLICT
Man vs. Himself
Although a conflict between the main character and her mother is prominent in the story, which is Man vs. Man, the internal conflict is stronger and more linger as it is presented at the beginning until the end of the story where she struggles between pleasing her mother and working on who she really is and what she really wants to achieve.
- BEGINNING
The story starts off at a brief introduction about the narrator's mother who immigrated to America. The narrator was born and raised in America but was strictly raised under Chinese traditions.
- MIDDLE
The narrator is forced by her mother to imitate Shirley Temple so that she can become the "Chinese Shirley Temple"; however, the narrator either does not have an interest to be so or does not at all have the talent. The mother ventures into other talents to discover and develop in her daughter but fails to do so. The peak of the story happens when the narrator was forced to play the piano in the talent show, only to prove that she is not as talented as what her mother thinks she is and brags about to other people.
- ENDING
The narrator and her mother eventually reconciled their differences before the latter passed away: the mother accepting that her daughter is not a prodigy, and the daughter apologizing to her mother through the same object that made the big gap between them.
- In the end, the daughter played the two piano pieces that were enforced to her to play when she was young. finally, she realized that the two songs that she played are "two halves of the same song", just like how her mother will always remain half of her.
- Question to the author.
What did you like to become while growing up that it was so hard for you to follow your mother's request?
- I want to know more about what happened to the narrator after she realized that she can actually play the piano.
- I want to remember how the mother sacrificed for her daughter, because I want to remember how my mother sacrifices for me and siblings.
- Most Interesting Parts of the Story
a. The climax where the mother was devastated after her daughter played a wrong piano pieces.
b. The ending when the narrator realizes the unavoidable and unending connection of her to her mother.
- Main Idea of the story.
The main idea of the story is parents will always want the best for their children.