1. The Joy Luck Club The Red Candle The Moon Lady

2. “I once sacrificed my life to keep my parents’ promise. This means nothing to you, Waverly, because to you promises mean nothing. A daughter can promise to come to dinner, but if she has a headache, if she is in a traffic jam, if she wants to watch a favorite movie on TV, she no longer has a promise.” p 19 The Red Candle

3. Symbol = sign Hidden (secret) message Uses a thing or an action to show a deeper meaning Symbol

4. 1. Can you find the symbol? “To Chinese people, fourteen carats isn’t real gold. Feel my bracelets. They must be twenty-four carats, pure inside and out.” p. 19(3) 2. What is the symbol compared to? Symbol

5. 1. Can you find the symbol? “The only nice room was a sitting room on the first floor, which was used for receiving guests. It contained many precious things that gave the impression of wealth and ancient tradition. The rest of the house was plain and uncomfortable and noisy with the complaints of twenty or more relations.” p 21 (1) 2. What is the symbol compared to? Symbol

6. matchmaker – a person who brings two people together to get married amah – housemaid servant – housemaid matchmaker / amah / servant

7. Look down = to show/give NO respect “I realized they had a much better position than my family, which is why they looked down on us.” p 20 (5) Lose face = lose respect “But I was also determined to respect my parents’ words, so that Huang Taitai could never accuse my mother of losing face.” p 21 (2) Look down / Lose face

8. to give up something sacrifice

9. a unit of measurement for gold karat

10. to speak with great honor/pride boast

11. use words or actions so a person believes your idea persuade

12. a person who doesn’t share selfish

13. anger, bother, upset annoy

14. a person who helps somebody servant

15. to say someone is in error or wrong blame

16. follow the rules obey

17. admit to tell something you were trying to hide confession

18. want, wish, need desire

19. not clean, clean (un) tidy

20. smart clever (ness)

21. misery, sadness, no hope despair

22. pure, good innocence

23. wonder curious