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She is a Chinese American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships. In 1993, Tans adaptation of her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, became a commercially successful film. The book has been translated into 35 languages. In 1993, the novel was adapted into a feature film. The screenplay was written by the author Amy Tan along with Ronald Bass. synecdoche The substitution of the naming of a part for the whole, a material for a thing, or the reverse of any of these We had dinner at ten dollars a head. No eye saw him, but a second later every ear heard a gunshot. He cut me open and took out the appendix and stitched me up again. Cotton suits you. oxymoron The link of two sharply contrasting terms Cheerful pessimist, the wisest fool, living death, freezing fires, glorious defeat Tearful joys, Cruel kindness The main characters in this story are the daughter by the name of Jing-mei (her English name is June) and her mother (Suyuan, its meaning in Chinese is 宿愿). There are some minor characters including the girl’s father, Suyuan’s friend, Lindo, the latter’s daughter, Waverly and the piano teacher, Old Chong. A conflict b/w two generations b/w two cultures The mother’s attempt to change her daughter into a prodigy and the daughter’s resistance to such change represent a bittersweet relationship between mother and daughter and a sharp conflict between two generations What is the meaning of “two kinds”? Part I (Para.1-3) the beginning of the story Part II (Para 4幻灯片 28 to 76) the middle of the story (6subsections) Part III (Para 77 to 93) the end of the story (2subsections) The beginning part of the story provides the reader with some background information. It tells abut the mother and her hopes for her daughter. This paves the way for the development of the conflict between the daughter and the mother. This part (paras. 4-11) is about the mother’s unsuccessful attempt to change he daughter into a Chinese Shirley temple. In the beginnin