Across
- 2. Important value in Chinese family culture
- 5. Emotion mothers feel about their daughters
- 6. Chess prodigy raised by Lindo Jong
- 7. Rose’s husband who later wants a divorce
- 9. Family members honored in Chinese tradition
- 11. Rose’s younger brother who drowned
- 12. Belief that life events may be destined
- 18. The daughters’ struggle between cultures
- 19. Game that makes Waverly famous
- 20. Traditional beliefs influencing many actions
- 24. Utensils used in traditional Chinese meals
- 28. Jing-mei finally meeting her sisters in China
- 29. Stories from the mothers’ past
- 32. Daughter whose husband asks for a divorce
- 33. Idea Ying-ying believes is important in life
- 37. Lena’s mother who believes strongly in fate
- 39. Major Chinese city connected to the mothers’ past
- 40. Cultural customs passed from mothers to daughters
- 41. Relationship explored in several stories
- 45. San Francisco neighborhood where many scenes take place
- 46. Pressure mothers place on daughters
- 47. Stone symbolizing luck and protection
- 48. Disagreements between mothers and daughters
Down
- 1. Jade necklace Suyuan gives Jing-mei
- 3. What Jing-mei’s mother wants her to become
- 4. Difference between mothers and daughters
- 5. An-mei’s strict grandmother
- 8. Chinese city where Suyuan formed the first Joy Luck Club
- 10. Major issue in Rose’s storyline
- 13. Waverly’s American boyfriend
- 14. Trait expected from children in traditional culture
- 15. Mother who escaped her arranged marriage
- 16. Daughter in a strict “equal” marriage with Harold
- 17. Important idea discussed throughout the book
- 21. The mothers who moved from China to America
- 22. Feeling tied to family reputation
- 23. Instrument Jing-mei struggles to learn
- 25. Jing-mei’s mother who founded the Joy Luck Club
- 26. Skill Waverly learns through chess
- 27. Cultural background the daughters inherit
- 30. Hard choices mothers make for their families
- 31. Large meal shared by the Joy Luck Club members
- 34. Suyuan’s daughters left behind during the war
- 35. Daughter who travels to China to meet her half-sisters
- 36. The boy Lindo was forced to marry
- 38. Wedding candle used in Lindo’s marriage ritual
- 42. Mother whose childhood involved her mother’s sacrifice
- 43. Tile game the mothers play together
- 44. Lena’s husband who insists on splitting every expense
- 49. Central focus connecting all the characters