The Joy Luck Club | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

The Joy Luck Club - The mah jong club started in China, and continued in California.

First Chinese Baptist Church - Ying-ying, Suyuan, Lindo and An-mei and their husbands are members.

Kweilin - Where Suyuan abandons her twin baby daughters.

An-mei's Bible - What An-mei keeps hidden under her kitchen table.