Family Relationships in The Joy Luck ClubA passage from the novel The Joy Luck Club, written by Amy Tan, reveals the complex relationships and emotions that are involved in families. This passage concerns the story of four Chinese women and their daughters. The author guides the reader through the mothers' experiences when they left China and arrived in America. The girls were raised in America, as Americans. This is what the mothers wanted, even though it also causes them great distress. This is illustrated in the passage I have chosen. “My daughter wanted to go to China for her second honeymoon, but now she is afraid. “What if I fit in so well that they think I’m one of them?” Waverly asked me. “What if they don’t let me come back to the United States? » “When you go to China,” I told him, “you don't even have to open your mouth. They already know you are a foreigner. » “What are you talking about?” she asked. My daughter likes to answer. She likes to question what I say. “Aii-ya,” I said. “Even if you put on their clothes, even if you take off your makeup and hide your costume jewelry, they know it. They know just look at the way you walk, the way you carry your face. They know you don't belong. » My daughter didn't look happy when I told her that, that she didn't look Chinese. She had a sour American look on her face. Oh, maybe ten years ago she would have applauded – hooray! - as if it were good news. But now she wants to be Chinese, it's so fashionable. And I know it's too late. All these years I tried to teach him! She followed my Chinese habits until she learned to go out alone and go to school. So now the only Chinese ...... middle of paper ......mes, for all members, but it is also a support network that can be beneficial for everyone. I think as girls grew up, they became more and more aware of the importance of family, even though it can sometimes be a source of frustration. Works cited and consulted Feng, Pin-chia. “Amy Tan.” Dictionary of Literary Biography. Volume 173: American Novelists Since World War II. Fifth series. Gale Research, 1996: 281 -289. Heung, Marina. “Daughter Text/Mother Text: Matrilineage in Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club.” Feminist studies. Fall 1993: 597 - 613. Schell, Orville. “Your mother is in your bones.” The New York Times Book Review. March 19, 1989: 3.28. Seaman, Donna, Amy Tan. “The Booklist Interview: Amy Tan. » List of books. I October 19%: 256 257.Tan, Amy. The Joy Chance Club. Vintage contemporaries. New York: a division of Random House, Inc..., 1991.