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Transformation
In The Joy Luck Club, most of the transformations are accomplished through a combination of understanding and life circumstances. As the daughters in this novel grow up, their understanding of their mothers changes, transforming the mothers (at least in their eyes) from overly-concerned and embarrassing old ladies into sympathetic figures. And the circumstances that surround moving to American change the older generation in a fundamental, albeit confusing, way.
Waverly imbues her mother’s words with a strength they would not ordinarily have, allowing her mother’s off-hand comments to alter her perceptions and beliefs.
In The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan employs transformations primarily as a symbol of hope or, conversely, hopelessness.
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