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Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir is an intimate portrait of the groundbreaking author that interweaves archival imagery, including home movies and personal photographs, animation and original...
- David Polk
- 2 min
- INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL
- Read the following quote:
- CHOOSE A RELATIONSHIP TO EXPLORE
- RELATIONSHIP | ACTIVITY
- Lindo
- Waverly
- RELATIONSHIP | REFLECTION
- RELATIONSHIP | OVERVIEW
- RELATIONSHIP | ACTIVITY
- RELATIONSHIP | REFLECTION
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- RELATIONSHIP | OVERVIEW
- RELATIONSHIP | ACTIVITY
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- SUMMATIVE ACTIVITY | MY SCRAPBOOK
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Amy Tan’s first novel, The Joy Luck Club, was inspired by her mother’s stories and is based largely on their relationship. A central theme in this book is mother-daughter relationships, which mirror many events in Tan’s mother’s life, especially her years as a young wife and mother in China. The novel illustrates the complexities that underlie the ...
“In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful of all the truths and hopes they have brought to America. They see daughters who grow impatient when their mothers talk in Chinese, who think they are stupid when they explain things in fractured English. They see that joy and luck do not mean the same to their daughters, and...
LEARN ABOUT LINDO + WAVERLY JONG LEARN ABOUT YING-YING + LENA ST. CLAIR LEARN ABOUT AN-MEI HSU + ROSE HSU JORDAN LEARN ABOUT SUYUAN + JING-MEI “JUNE” WOO
LINDO AND WAVERLY JONG Imagine there is a translation app that can help Lindo and Waverly communicate better with one another. How would this app translate what Lindo and Waverly are really trying to say to one another? Complete the chart below by writing a new sentence for each quote.
“How can she be her own person? When did I give her up?”
“Why do you have to use me to show of? If you want to show of, then why don’t you learn to play chess?” QUOTE FROM THE JOY LUCK CLUB YOUR TRANSLATION
LINDO AND WAVERLY JONG Think of a relationship you have had with someone who is an older generation than you (parent/guardian, aunt, uncle, grandparent, etc.) where you and that person express yourselves in very different ways, making it hard to understand one another. What are ways in which you and this person might help each other “translate” wha...
YING-YING AND LENA ST. CLAIR As a young girl, Ying-ying learned to hide her true self from others and keep quiet rather than speak her mind. She continued in this way throughout her life when she married an abusive man. After her husband died, she eventually remarried and continued to be a passive partner. When Ying-ying observes the problems her d...
YING-YING AND LENA ST. CLAIR Fill in the diagram below to show how Ying-ying might teach Lena how to speak up more for herself. Write what Ying-ying might tell Lena in each of the speech bubbles. Lessons I’ve Learned What I see now How to speak up for yourself
YING-YING AND LENA ST. CLAIR Reflect now on the relationship, based on what you know so far: How do parents pass on certain traits or habits to their children? What do they model? Write about what you’ve learned from The Joy Luck Club and from observing relationships in your own life.
SUYUAN WOO AND JING-MEI “JUNE” WOO Share your completed cube with a friend or classmate. After each person has shared, prepare a short response on a sticky-note or index card: ★ What was revealed about this mother-daughter relationship through the making of the cube? ★ What is the biggest idea that came out of making and sharing your cubes?
AN-MEI HSU AND ROSE HSU JORDAN An-mei Hsu does not know her mother and father. She lives with her aunt, uncle, and grandmother, “Popo,” and a younger brother. Eventually her mother returns for her. She learns her mother is disgraced by her family. An-mei’s mother became a concubine, or another wife, to a wealthy man. Ultimately, An-mei travels with...
AN-MEI HSU AND ROSE HSU JORDAN An-Mei wants her daughter, Rose Hsu Jordan, to stand up for herself in her unhappy marriage. For a few minutes, write in a journal: What does it mean to stand-up for yourself? Who taught you this skill? What is one time you had to stand-up for yourself? What was the situation? Was it resolved? After journaling, draw a...
AN-MEI HSU AND ROSE HSU JORDAN After sharing with a partner, make the following charts underneath your journaling: With your partner or in small groups, make a list of how people stand-up in their relationships, schools, and communities. Then, make a list of all of the important models you have in your life to teach you about standing up yourself. ...
You will create a personal scrapbook that reflects relationships in your life. Image Credit: Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir
Write at least 3 separate paragraphs that show important relationships in your life. It can be a story or an explanation of these relationships. Names can be anonymous. Possible topics include: Who has had a positive influence on you and how? How have you learned from someone in your life? How have you helped someone? Have you had a conflict with s...
What have you learned from the relationships you highlighted in your scrapbook? THANK YOU FOR READING WITH US.
Feb 2, 2021 · Amy Tan: An Unintended Memoir is really a story about a woman who decided to live her life in a way that made her happy. Her story is an inspiring one and while...
May 4, 2021 · Bestselling author Amy Tan has a new documentary out on her titled “American Masters — Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir.”
- jevon.phillips@latimes.com
- Multiplatform Editor
Apr 28, 2021 · With the premier of Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir, I’ve been reflecting upon the impact of her work on my life and many others in the decades since. The documentary — which includes poignant...
- Vanessa Hua
A profile of Chinese-American novelist Amy Tan is presented largely using words from her own mouth. While most of her novels use elements of her own life, she discusses the differences between fact and fiction when it comes to writing about issues arising from reality.
The process of writing itself can be an aggressively non-cinematic one, but “Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir” is as much about how the writer’s non-working life (from her memories of childhood...
