The Joy Luck Club Flashcards
‘ I can never _____ things I didn’t _______in the first place.’ J-M
remember, understand
They must wonder how someone like me can take my ___ place. J-M
mother’s
‘These kinds of explanations made me feel my mother and I spoke two different languages, which we did. I talked to her in ______ , she answered back in ______.’ J-M
English, Chinese
My mother and I never really understood one another. We translated each other’s meanings and I seemed to hear _____ than what was said, while my mother heard ______.’ J-M
less, more
“What will I say? What can I tell them about my mother? I don’t know ______. . . .” J-M
anything
“Not know your own mother? How can you say? Your mother is in your _____!” J-M
bones
‘And then it occurs to me. They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ______. J-M
ignorant
In America, I will have a ___ just like me. But over there nobody will say her ____ is measured by the loudness of her husband’s ____ - Opening Parable 1
daughter, worth, belch
That’s the way Chinese mothers show they love their children, not through ______ but with stern offerings of _______ (JM)
Hugs and kisses, steamed dumplings
“My mother’s eyes turned into dangerous black slits. She had no words for me, just ___silence” waverly
sharp
A daughter who grew up speaking only English and swallowing more Coca-Cola than ____ - Opening Parable 1
Sorrows
I once sacrificed my ___ to keep my parents’ promise. - Lindo Jong
Life
My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in ______ J-M
America
‘These kinds of ________ made me feel my mother and I spoke two different _________, which we did. I talked to her in English, she answered back in _________.’ - Jing Mei
Explanations, Languages, Chinese
