《喜福会》ppt

1、The Joy Luck ClubThe Joy Luck ClubCharactersThe Mothers The DaughtersSuyan Woo Jing-mei WooAn-mei Hsu Rose Hsu JordanLindo Jong Waverly JongYing-ying St.Clair Lena St.CairThe Plot of the FilmPart1 The mothers recall their relationships with their own mothers, and they worry about their daughters .Pa

2、rt2 The daughters relate their childhood relationships with their mothersPart3 The daughters narrate their adult troubles in marriage and with their caeersPart4 The mothers struggle to offer solutions and support to their daughters, in the process learning more about themselvesThe Joy Luck Club tell

3、s about the conflicts between Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-raised daughters and their struggling to understand each other. The film shows us these topics: the misunderstanding of love between the mothers and the daughters, the clash between the generations and cultures, and the strug

4、gle for the women to fight for equity. Now I am going to show you my understanding of them, emphasizing on the first topic. In many cases, we and those we love are easy to hurt each other because of the misunderstanding of love, the conflicts in generations and culture background, or unconsciousness

5、. Taking Waverly and her mother Lindo for example,Lindo grew up in a traditional Chinese family.She had been educated to obey from very young.Her mother treated her as something belong to others.But she successfully escaped from the ridiculous marriage.Theres no fate but she make.Lindos daughter Wav

6、erly tries her best to please Lindo in everything. Whether her mother approves or not becomes the master of all her choice. Even Waverly marries a Chinese man because Lindo likes Chinese, while she doesnt love. Waverly doesnt understand why Lindo disapprove or criticize whatever she has done. On the

7、 other side, Lindo thinks that her daughter is ashamed of her, which is her continual internal injury after Waverlys winning that chess contest, when Waverly shouted to Lindo if Lindo wanted to show off, won the chest by herself. Every time, Lindos disagreement with or indifference to Waverly direct

8、ly results from the thought that Waverly feels it shameful to be her daughter. Both of them deeply love each other, but in the meantime, they hostile and hurt one another. This is the way them get along with each other. Fortunately, they clear up their misunderstandings and discover themselves by co

9、mmunicating. Waverly Jong says to Lindo, sobbing, “You dont know, you dont know the power you have over me. One word from you, one look, and Im four years old again, crying myself to sleep, because nothing I do can ever, ever please you.” And after a short period of silence, Lindo smiles to Waverly

10、with tears in her eyes, “Now, you make me happy.” Then they laugh heartily, teary-eyed with happiness. Seeing the old Lindo bursts out laughing, like a child, and Waverly laughs joyfully, I sincerely feel delighted for them. Love needs communicating, understanding, and tolerance, which is what I lea

11、rn from them.I am deeply moved by this scene View from the whole film, the title, the Joy Luck Club may just be the old generations hope of better life for the next generation. On the whole, this is a movie made specifically for women. It is worth our appreciation. So ,we can see the changes in wome

12、ns status from the movie.There wii be an example.An-meis mother Passive life:She was raped after her husband died.By their parents out of the house as shame. So daughter away. For the child in belly, a wife turns to a concubine. But her son was robbed.An-meis daughter-RoseRose relegated to family life after marriage with Ted, imperceptibly husband is everything, to explore Chinese women live in