FILM LITERATURE THE JOY LUCK CLUB Hollywood has
FILM & LITERATURE { THE JOY LUCK CLUB
Hollywood has a history of showing non-White characters as stereotypes or “whitewashing” (very simplified, one-dimensional versions)* or “whitewashing” (using whites to play non-white characters Consider how you’ve seen the following groups portrayed in Western movies & TV – in ways that insult or inspire you Asians Blacks Native Americans Hispanics Muslims STEREOTYPES IN FILM *This is quickly changing – new directors & writers and a modern demand for authenticity
Reflect on your answer for Tuesday’s journal prompt. Consider how the following Asian stereotypes are either CONFIRMED or CHALLENGED in JLC: Child prodigy / Good or obedient students Parents’ sacrifice for kids CONFIRM: Suyuan-June; Lindo-Waverly Religious CHALLENGE: Suyuan’s abandoning her babies in China; Lindo’s parents marrying her off at a young age; An-mei’s mother leaving her Tiger mom CHALLENGE: June’s poor piano skills; Waverly’s lack of ability when she resumes playing chess CHALLENGE: An-mei rejects religion when son Bing dies; mothers rely on Chinese tradition rather than Bible for morality Submissiveness of women CHALLENGE: Lindo sabotages her marriage; Lena confronts her husband Harold; Rose keeps her house when divorcing husband Ted STEREOTYPES IN THE JOY LUCK CLUB
In your group, share the notes you took for the 3 rd part of The Joy Luck Club (“Queen Mother of the Western Skies”) Listen to others’ contributions & feel free to add ideas of your own LITERATURE CIRCLE
Reflect on the earlier clip from Joy Luck Club Consider: What does the scene show us about the difficulties in communication between characters in JLC? (Waverly-Lindo) JOY LUCK CLUB MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS
JLC shows people’s difficulty in communicating with one another – husbands & wives, esp. mothers & daughters Moms & daughters have a language barrier – native Chinese vs. native English speakers – and a generational barrier – old vs. young Mothers speak in metaphors & stories (especially from their youth) to – in their view – improve daughters’ lives and share what they see as truth in life (esp “Chinese thinking is best”) Daughters speak concretely of complaints against mothers – want to strengthen their own identity Both reach common ground by story’s end – daughters mostly realize mothers have their best interests at heart Mother-Daughter Communication in Joy Luck Club
GROUP A Yunjin Lee, Juhyun Park, Kwanghee Han, Yejoo Kim, Emily Man GROUP E Chaewon Hong, Minji Kim, Byunghoon Bae, Sera Jung, Donghyun Kim GROUP B Minseok Kim, Bryan Surya, Changyu Hou, Eunsol Hwang, Zoe Gao GROUP F Hana Zulkalpi, Kyunghyun Min, Jack Wang, Haejeong Nam, Hwiyeon Cho GROUP C Joonha Noh, Claire Guo, Jounga You, Hawon Noh, Aaron Shin GROUP G Changhyeon Kim, Hyunwoo Park, Wingki Tang, Daeun Kim, Yukyung Hwang GROUP D Yukyung Kim, Heegwon Yoon, Hyerim. GROUP H Wingyu Chan, Sungyoun Lee, Nawoon Jung, Emily Chen, Chris Han Kim, Truong Thi Hoang Ha GROUPS FOR NEXT UNIT
WRAP-UP Read Of Mice and Men Graded reader: Ch. 1 -5 Original book: Ch. 1 -2 (in pdf on blog p. 1 -14) Journal as… Discussion Director Summarizer Word Master Connector Character Curator
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