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