Some time ago, I took British and American culture as an elective, and one of the ethnic topics mentioned "The Joy Luck Club", so I came to see it.
The film is about three generations of women. The first generation of local Chinese women, although they lived a difficult and bumpy life, and there are many dross of old Chinese culture in their concepts, but they are always praised. Their strength and kindness are the gifts left to the next generation, just like The "feather" mentioned at the beginning of the film is a quality that will not be discarded after crossing the ocean.
Second-generation immigrant women. I personally think this generation is the bravest, they dare to get rid of their old life and come to America for a new life. For their hometown, a place full of pain and poverty, they may have despair or hatred, but they still miss it after many years, otherwise they would not support June to return to China to find her twin sister. This generation of women is a generation that connects the past and the future, able to accept American culture, but still traditional Chinese women in their bones. The way they educate their children, their views on family and marriage are still based on their early experiences in China. Therefore, they cannot avoid conflicts with their children. This kind of conflict is also a conflict between two cultures. When they were children, they had conflicts over education methods, and when they grew up, they had conflicts over family and marriage. But the movie, it all arranges an opportunity to reconcile these conflicts and let the mother and daughter release their previous suspicions.
The third generation is Native American women. They are a generation that has completely accepted the new American education. They have rarely seen the shadow of the Chinese in them. They have never been to China, they do not know their mother's past, and they cannot speak Chinese. estrangement between mothers. Mothers are reluctant to talk about their painful memories in China. Mothers are mysterious and majestic to them, just like China. Under the influence of their own eyes and ears, they will naturally be influenced by Chinese culture, but because of their resistance and incomprehension to their mother, they ignore or even deliberately downplay this influence. That set of ideas. It was not until they grew up that they understood the silent love of their mother and the importance of their mother in their hearts. It was only under the guidance of their mother that they found their self-worth.
In the end, June took the feather and returned to China to hug the twin sisters, probably because the mothers let go and the daughters accepted. Even with different cultural backgrounds, the three lives of three generations are closely linked at this moment.
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