Joy Luck Club Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. – Animal that tells An-mei in a fable that swallowing tears will make you stronger.
  2. 8. – Fell into the water and let go of her identity after being rejected by a man.
  3. 9. – An-mei’s strict grandmother who rejects her mother for becoming a concubine.
  4. 15. – Game played at the Joy Luck Club meetings that frames the novel’s structure.
  5. 16. – New homeland for all four mothers, representing opportunity and loss.
  6. 17. – Bites her tongue until it bleeds to fake a dream and escape her marriage.
  7. 18. – Rose’s youngest brother who drowns
  8. 19. – Suyuan gives Jing-mei the best _, taking the broken one herself during dinner.
  9. 21. – Lena hears voices and discontent from it as her marriage unravels.
  10. 22. – Concept Lindo teaches Waverly to help her win at chess, and in life.
  11. 24. – Brought by Suyuan from China as a symbol of her hopes for her daughter.
  12. 25. – Literal burn An-mei got as a child, representing her mother’s banishment.
  13. 26. – Paralyzed by indecision after her divorce until she finally insists on keeping the house.
Down
  1. 1. – Wealthy man who manipulates An-mei’s mother into being his fourth wife.
  2. 2. – Suyuan writes a _ to her daughters in China but never sends it herself.
  3. 4. – Jing-mei’s deaf piano teacher who praises her terrible playing.
  4. 5. – Lindo Jong’s wedding candle meant to burn on both ends without going out.
  5. 6. – Figure Ying-ying sees as a child during a moon festival when she becomes lost.
  6. 7. – Travels to China to meet her half-sisters after her mother’s death.
  7. 9. – Instrument that represents Jing-mei’s resentment and later her reconciliation with her mother.
  8. 10. – Keeps separate bank accounts with her husband Harold despite their unequal incomes.
  9. 11. – The thing that led to Waverly’s path to fame and rebellion against her mother’s control.
  10. 12. – Embarrassed by her mother’s bragging in the market while she plays chess.
  11. 13. – Tells Rose to make the final decision about their house in their divorce.
  12. 14. – Scarred after pulling a hot soup pot that burned her neck in her grandmother’s house.
  13. 19. – Country where all four mothers were born.
  14. 20. – Rose finds it under the table leg, symbolizing her lost and rediscovered faith.
  15. 23. – Left her twin daughters by the roadside during WWII to escape Japanese forces.
  16. 25. – Jing-mei meets them in China, completing her mother’s lifelong hope.
  17. 27. – Drug used by Second Wife to manipulate Wu Tsing and other women.