Happiness In The Joy Luck Club

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The word happiness comes from the word happy, which means to feel or show pleasure or contentment. In the novel, “The Joy Luck Club”, two daughters of the mothers in Joy Luck Club begin to compete with each other. Waverly Jong, is a child chess prodigy. June Woo, struggles to master the piano. The rivalry reflects values of success and worth depicted in the novel, “The Joy Luck Club”. In this novel, happiness does not truly come from the word happy. The daughters in the novel, are constantly being pushed by their mothers to do good in life. June Woo, does not want to play the piano. She does not want to be famous, or do what her mother wants. June Woo does not do what her mother wants. She does not practice piano. She does not succeed.

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