Chapters 15,16, Synesthesia, Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

Double Face- Lindo Jong

A Pair of Tickets- June Woo 

"It means were looking one way, while following another. We're for one side and also another...".

-Page 266

Lindo Jong discusses how she and her daughter are alike and different in the chapter Double Face. They both have the same physical traits, but they view circumstances differently. While in a beauty parlor for Waverly's wedding, Lindo describes how Waverly acts a lot more American than she does Chinese. However, Lindo comes to admit that she has also adapted American traits too, so much so that when she went back to visit China she was treated as a foreigner.

This quote sums up Double Face pretty well. It describes how their American and Chinese intentions are intertwined. It also reveals Lindo and Waverly's mischievous side once again. They have become accustomed to the American way of life. I feel that this quote relates to all of the characters of this book, especially the Joy Luck Club daughters. Lena, Waverly, Rose, and June have all wanted to embrace their life the American way, but this disappoints the mothers. The members of the Joy Luck Club feel embarrassed that their daughters would rather follow their own society, instead of wanting to be just like their mothers. This reminds me of my sister and my baby niece Bella. My sister was convinced when Bella was just a few months old that she liked our mother more than her. It really made her upset that her daughter preferred someone else over her. It's a common thing for a mother to want to be the most important person in their children's lives, but they must know that kids go back and forth between things. Parents will always reign as most important because they will always be there even as everything else in their child's life changes.

This quote also relates to June in A Pair of Tickets. This is so because when she goes to China with her father to meet her mother's long lost twin daughters, she is also in search of finding her Chinese side. She acts as an American women although she is of Chinese decent. She is looking to combine what was so important to her mother with how she has been living her life. June comes to find out that the part of her that is Chinese is her family.

The literary term I found in Double Face was SYNETHESIA. While describing how she acted and what she wore on her visit to China Lindo said this, "I did not wear loud colors"(266).