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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.96,0:00:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her Auntie An-mei’s home,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.86,0:00:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jing-Mei reluctantly takes her seat
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.61,0:00:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the eastern corner \Nof the mahjong table.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.84,0:00:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the north, south, and west \Ncorners are her aunties,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.25,0:00:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,long-time members of the Joy Luck Club.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.90,0:00:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This group of immigrant families \Ncomes together weekly to trade gossip,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.74,0:00:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feast on wonton and sweet chaswei, \Nand play mahjong.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.76,0:00:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the club’s founder, Jing-Mei’s \Nmother Suyuan, has recently passed away.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.34,0:00:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first, Jing-Mei struggles \Nto fill her place at the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.67,0:00:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when her aunties reveal a deeply \Nburied secret about Suyuan’s life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.34,0:00:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jing-Mei realizes she still has a lot \Nto learn about her mother, and herself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.32,0:00:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Amy Tan’s 1989 debut novel, \N"The Joy Luck Club,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.74,0:00:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this gathering at the mahjong table \Nis the point of departure
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.36,0:00:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a series of interconnected vignettes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.11,0:01:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book itself is loosely structured \Nto imitate the format of the Chinese game.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.66,0:01:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as mahjong is played over four \Nrounds with at least four hands each,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.78,0:01:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the book is divided into four parts, \Neach with four chapters.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.56,0:01:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alternately set in China \Nor San Francisco,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.02,0:01:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each chapter narrates a single \Nstory from one of the four matriarchs
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.72,0:01:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Joy Luck Club \Nor their American-born daughters.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.10,0:01:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These stories take the reader through \Nwar zones
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.40,0:01:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and villages of rural China, \Nand into modern marriages
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.60,0:01:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tense gatherings \Naround the dinner table.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.31,0:01:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They touch upon themes of survival \Nand loss, love and the lack of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.65,0:01:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ambitions and their unsatisfied reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.44,0:01:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one, Auntie Lin plots an escape \Nfrom the hostile family
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.88,0:01:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of her promised husband,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.55,0:01:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ultimately leading \Nto her arrival in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.45,0:01:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In another, the Hsu family’s all-American \Nday at the beach turns dire
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.74,0:01:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Rose is overwhelmed by the \Nresponsibility her mother assigns to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.87,0:01:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The resulting tragedy traumatizes \Nthe family for years to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.14,0:01:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These tales illustrate the common \Ndivides that can form
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.94,0:02:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between generations and cultures, \Nespecially in immigrant families.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.72,0:02:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mothers have all experienced great \Nhardships during their lives in China,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.88,0:02:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they’ve worked tirelessly \Nto give their children
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.54,0:02:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better opportunities in America.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.37,0:02:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But their daughters feel weighed down \Nby their parent’s unfulfilled hopes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.22,0:02:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and high expectations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.96,0:02:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jing-Mei feels this pressure as she plays \Nmahjong with her mother’s friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.08,0:02:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She worries, “In me, they see \Ntheir own daughters, just as ignorant,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.77,0:02:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as unmindful of all the truths \Nand hopes they have brought to America.”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.64,0:02:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time and again,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.53,0:02:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mothers strive to remind their \Ndaughters of their history and heritage.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.14,0:02:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, their daughters \Nstruggle to reconcile
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.73,0:02:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their mothers’ perception of them \Nwith who they really are.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.86,0:02:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Does my daughter know me?" \Nsome of the stories ask.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.04,0:02:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why doesn’t my mother understand?" \Nothers respond.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.07,0:02:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her interrogation of these questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.67,0:02:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tan speaks to anxieties \Nthat plague many immigrants,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.74,0:02:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who often feel both alienated \Nfrom their homeland
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.68,0:02:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and disconnected \Nfrom their adopted country.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.14,0:03:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But by weaving the tales of these \Nfour mothers and daughters together,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.73,0:03:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tan makes it clear that Jing-Mei
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.90,0:03:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her peers find strength to tackle \Ntheir present-day problems
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.26,0:03:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the values their mothers \Npassed on to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.32,0:03:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When "The Joy Luck Club" \Nwas first published,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.54,0:03:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tan expected minimal success.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.26,0:03:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But against her predictions, \Nthe book was a massive critical
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.30,0:03:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and commercial achievement.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.38,0:03:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, these characters \Nstill captivate readers worldwide.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.87,0:03:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only for the way they speak \Nto Chinese American
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.40,0:03:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and immigrant experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.16,0:03:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also for uncovering a deeper truth:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.87,0:03:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the need to be seen and understood \Nby the ones you love.