The Joy Luck Club

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Across
  1. 1. Chinese word for respecting your elders
  2. 5. Lena’s job
  3. 7. Symbol of memory and legacy, often shown in black and white
  4. 12. Dual identity theme
  5. 15. Rose’s surname
  6. 16. The U.S. city where the mothers meet
  7. 17. Rose’s unfaithful husband
  8. 20. Lena’s mother
  9. 23. Animal symbol of transformation in Ying-ying’s story
  10. 24. Daughter who narrates “Rules of the Game”
  11. 25. An-mei’s strict grandmother
  12. 26. Jing-mei's American name
  13. 28. Rose’s profession
  14. 29. Mother who drowned herself
Down
  1. 2. An-mei’s inherited trait
  2. 3. Waverly’s young daughter
  3. 4. Precious gift given to Jing-mei at the end
  4. 6. Object Ying-ying loses that symbolizes her lost self
  5. 8. Author of *The Joy Luck Club*
  6. 9. Suyuan’s long-lost children
  7. 10. Game that represents strategy and control
  8. 11. Traditional Chinese dumpling, a comfort food
  9. 13. Lindo’s pride and weapon in arguments
  10. 14. Cultural identity theme
  11. 18. Group formed by Suyuan to bring hope
  12. 19. Jing-mei’s Chinese name
  13. 21. Waverly’s mother
  14. 22. The city where Suyuan fled during the war
  15. 24. Suyuan’s surname
  16. 26. Waverly’s Chinese surname
  17. 27. Lena’s failing marriage is symbolized by a broken ___