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Running head: JOY LUCK CLUB MOVIE ANALYSIS 1
Movie Analysis: Joy Luck Club by Amy Tans
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan is a relatable, inspiring, and heartwarming movie that
evolves around the lives of four Chinese immigrants' mothers and their American-born
daughters. The story line emphasizes the lives and friendship of these women and their
relationship with their daughters. The Joy Luck Club examines the full range of women
encounters speaking vehemently about generational transformations, cross-cultural
misperceptions, the variance between prospects and hope, and the discomfort instigated by
misinterpretation and lack of unswerving communication (Tan, 1993). The essay will use
Erikson reading alongside Urie Bronfenbrenner to analyze how environmemnt has affected
different characters.
Erikson stress on stages of development can be limiting since there are so many
individual differences in development, trying to place people in a particular stage based on their
age can be problematic. According to Erikson “societal norms and expectations about the
developmental processes that should occur at various ages are always changing.” This is evident
in the traditional activities of marriage and having children, which seem to characterize Erikson’s
stages of intimacy versus isolation and generativity versus stagnation. Besides, different ethnic
and cultural groups may hold views about the importance and timing of developmental
milestones that are different from Erikson’s. Similarly, people may find alternative ways to
achieve intimacy or generativity that do not include traditionally accepted activities
On the other hand, Urie Bronfenbrenner established the ecological systems theory in
1979 in an attempt to try and illustrate the role of environment in childhood development.

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JOY LUCK XLUB MOVIE ANALYSIS 2
Bronfenbrenner provides five environmental systems that affects a child as they develop
(Bronfenbrenner, 1992). When change happens in any given system it will affect the remaining
system. The five system are, microsystem, mesosystem, exosystemic, macrosystem, and
chronosystem. (Bronfenbrenner, 1992) The microsystem setting is the immediate environment
we have in our lives, such as family, friends, teachers, and neighbors. The mesosystem is the
relationship between an individual's life and microsystems. This means that a person's family
encounters may associate with school experience. For instance, child abuse may lead to violence
in school. The exosytem is the environment in which there is an association between the context
that a person may not have an active role and how a person might have an active role. The
macrosystem environment is the exact culture of an individual, which involves his ethnicity,
socioeconomic status, and living in third-world countries (Bronfenbrenner, 1992). Lastly, the
chronosystem is the transition and shifts in an individual's life.
According to Urie Bronfenbrenner, the environment has an impact on human growth. In
other words, human development and advance because of the interactions with the environment
(Bronfenbrenner, 1992). Amy Tans Movie, the Joy Luck Club, offers numerous commonalities
between Chinese and American culture. Bronfenbrenner states that "the microsystem consists of
the general pattern of a given culture of a subculture which particular reference to the belief
system (Bronfenbrenner, 1992)." This is evident in the movie given that Jing-Mei brought crabs
for her mother to cook as they celebrate Chinese New Year. This saddens her. She used to own a
pet crab, and she never thought she would be eating crab one day. For example, in the movie, the
mother of Jing-Mei states that "In the brief tag of war, my crab lost a limb. Could you put it
back? Whispered my mother? A missing leg is a bad sign on Chinese New Year (Tan, 1993)."

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Running head: JOY LUCK CLUB MOVIE ANALYSIS 1 Movie Analysis: Joy Luck Club by Amy Tans The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan is a relatable, inspiring, and heartwarming movie that evolves around the lives of four Chinese immigrants' mothers and their American-born daughters. The story line emphasizes the lives and friendship of these women and their relationship with their daughters. The Joy Luck Club examines the full range of women encounters speaking vehemently about generational transformations, cross-cultural misperceptions, the variance between prospects and hope, and the discomfort instigated by misinterpretation and lack of unswerving communication (Tan, 1993). The essay will use Erikson reading alongside Urie Bronfenbrenner to analyze how environmemnt has affected different characters. Erikson stress on stages of development can be limiting since there are so many individual differences in development, trying to place people in a particular stage based on their age can be problematic. According to Erikson “societal norms and expectations about the developmental processes that should occur at various ages are always changing.” This is evident in the traditional activities of marriage and having children, which seem to characterize Erikson’s stages of intimacy versus isolation and generativity versus stagnation. Besides, different ethnic and cultural groups may hold views about the importance and timing of developmental milestones that are different from Erikson’s. Si ...
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