Across
- 3. Cultural stories told to warn children; recurring idea
- 5. Significant physical wound from An-mei’s childhood
- 7. Game the mothers play that symbolizes their bond
- 11. A mother cuts her flesh to heal her mother
- 14. Theme representing conflicting cultural roles
- 15. Used by Waverly as a metaphor for strategy in life
- 17. A mother who teaches her daughter "invisible strength"
- 18. This mother lost her faith after her son's drowning
- 19. Creature in a tale representing strength and fierceness
- 22. The act of leaving one's home country
- 26. Jing-mei travels here to meet her half-sisters
- 28. An emotion central to mother-daughter disconnection and reconnection
- 30. Gift Lena receives that becomes a symbol of imbalance in her marriage
- 31. Suyuan hoped her daughter would embody both East and West: China and __
- 32. Unspoken forces that influence events in the novel
Down
- 1. Conflict caused by romantic miscommunication and unfaithful partners
- 2. The number of Joy Luck mothers
- 4. Spiritual vision or warning, often interpreted by Ying-ying
- 6. Precious object associated with false value and sacrifice
- 8. City where the Joy Luck Club meets
- 9. Believes she was born with no spirit and passes her passivity to her daughter
- 10. What Waverly’s mother calls her daughter to shame her chess arrogance
- 12. Symbol of loss in An-mei's story
- 13. Jing-mei's American name
- 16. The founder of the Joy Luck Club
- 20. Common struggle between daughters and their mothers
- 21. The place where Suyuan leaves her babies
- 23. Waverly's failed marriage and expectations reflect this cultural pressure
- 24. Major theme involving the search for self in two cultures
- 25. Chess prodigy daughter of Lindo
- 27. Musical instrument symbolizing pressure and rebellion
- 29. Cultural heritage passed down in stories and symbols