In The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan explores the different mother-daughter relationships between the characters, and at a lower level, relationships between friends, lovers, and even enemies. The mother-daughter relationships are most likely different aspects of Tan's relationship with her mother, and perhaps a figment of her imagination. In this book, she presents the conflicting views and the stories of both sides, providing the reader and ultimately the characters with an understanding of the mentalities …showed first 75 words of 2882 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2882 total…y Tan." PAL: Perspectives in American Literature- A Research and Reference Guide. URL:http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/guides/joyluck.html Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. Burbank: Vintage Books. 1991. Tan, Amy. "Two Kinds." Literature: An Introduction To Reading And Writing. 6th ed. Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs. Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall, 2001. 226-34. The Joy Luck Club. Dir. Wayne Wang. Perf. Rosalind Chao, Joan Chen, Frane Nuyen, Tamlyn Tomita, Kieu Chinh. Hollywood Pictures, 1994.