last JLC entry

In the last story of the Joy Luck Club, June is traveling to China to find her two half-sisters. She travels there on behalf of her mother's friends and when she finds her sisters she is suppose to tell them their mother's life story. June feels as though she has no connections with her mother and won't be able to tell her life story. Although she is nervous about it she sums up her courage and does it. She will also develop a better connection with her mother through her travels through China. So in this essay I will explain how June has strengthened her relationship with her mother.

The first example is when June first arrives in China. June only thought of herself as Chinese on the inside, but never on the outside. When she arrives in China she feels for the first time in her life like an actual Chinese girl. I think that this feeling gives June a better understanding of her mother and how her mother views life. While in America June never understood why her mother did certain things, but her trip to China opened up her mind up to see the world in her mother's eyes.

The second example is when June gets off her plane and her half-sisters immediately recognize

her. I think that shows that the connection between June and her mother is getting stronger because even though at first she doesn't see the resemblance of her mom in her sister she realizes that her mom is a combination of all three of them. This made a strong connection between the three siblings and i think the strong bond between the three of them helped build a stronger connection with their mother.

I think that this was a satisfying ending because it tied up loose ends and reunited June's family. I don't think that June's sisters needed to know her mother to love her because i believe that their mom's story is valid and had a good reason for leaving them. She did try to find them, but unfortunately she couldn't make it long enough to meet them.