1. FILM & LITERATURE
THE JOY LUCK CLUB

2. What stereotypes do non-Asian people have about Chinese, Korean or other Asian peoples? How does JLC challenge or confirm these stereotypes?
TODAY’S JOURNAL (7 May)

3. In your group, share the notes you took for the 2nd part of The Joy Luck Club (“26 Malignant Gates” & “American Translation”)
Listen to others’ contributions & feel free to add ideas of your own
LITERATURE CIRCLE

4. Hollywood has a history of showing non-White characters as stereotypes (very simplified, one-dimensional versions)*
Consider how you’ve seen the following groups portrayed in U.S. movies & TV – in ways that frustrate or inspire you
Asians
Blacks
Native Americans
Hispanics
Muslims
STEREOTYPES IN FILM *This is quickly changing – new directors & writers and a modern demand for authenticity

5. STEREOTYPES IN THE JOY LUCK CLUB
Reflect on your answer for today’s journal prompt.
Consider how the following Asian stereotypes are either CONFIRMED or CHALLENGED in JLC:
Child prodigy / Good students
Parents’ sacrifice for kids
Tiger mom
Religious
Submissiveness of women
Watch the clips from JLC. Discuss:
How do these clips – and the book – confirm or challenge the stereotypes?
Clip 3
Clip 4
STEREOTYPES IN THE JOY LUCK CLUB

6. WRAP-UP Select a Lit Circle role from the following:
Summarizer
Discussion Director
Word Master
Connector
Culture collector
Read section “Queen Mother of the Western Skies” & journal according to role
Storyboard project (optional) due Tuesday 5/14
Final project proposal due by Tuesday 5/21
One group member only send proposal