The Joy Luck Club Essay

 
Ulises Moreno
3rd period
JLC essay

 The novel often focuses attention on how the mothers instruct their daughters and influence their decisions. Things would be very different if instead the daughters influenced there mothers decisions. Throught the novel the mothers teach their daughters to obey and to achieve perfectionism . For example when Lindo expected Waverely to excel in chess or when Suyuan wanted Jing Mei to become an expert pianist or when the mothers expected theirs daughters to marry the right man . If the daughters influened their mothers decisions then there mothers would learn that everone is different and that it's okay to make mistakes . The daughters make several bad decisions throught the novel like when Rose didn't take care of Bing which led to his death, or when Lena's marriage wasn't  going to well. Also all of the daughter's marriage ended up being a disaster. The mothers would learn from their daughters that it's okay to make mistakes and that no one is perfect.

Tom Leppard

9. Tom Leppard is called leopard man because he has transformed himself as a leopard . He has leopard spot tattoos & he acts like a leopard

10. The author thinks people with piercings and tattoos are freaks who just seek attention

11. Leopard man is different from other tattoed and pierced people because one, he looks like a leopard , and two, he does it to get away from society.

12. Leopard man lives in a cabin in an isolated Scottish wilderness

13. According to Feys, society fears freaks because they don't belong to society just because they're different

14. "World's most common but dangerous psychological disorder" is conformity because sometimes people give up their talents so they could be normal and fit in with society

15. Leopard man is so happy because he doesn't care about what society thinks of him.