How the four mothers in The Joy Luck Club relate to the first parable
...trail in hopes they would be found by good people. She moved to America, married, and had another daughter, June. Suyan wondered each day about her daughters in China and searched for them. Suyan aspired to be a good mother for June and now June must tell her sisters about Suyan. By bringing these girls together, Suyan became a swan, even after death. An-Mei was just little when her mother was sent away. She grew up with her family telling her that her mother was a bad person. When An-Mei’s grandmother ws sickly and dying, An-Mei’s returned home. Even though she was unwanted, she felt she must come home to be with her ill mother. An-Mei’s mother cut a piece of flesh from her arm, boiled it and fed it to her own mother. An-Mei’s mother then became a swan. Lindo grew up with a sense of not belonging. She was arranged in an unwanted marriage and was sent to live with her future husband’s family at a very young age. Eventually she was married. Using her mind and following her heart, knowing this was not what she deserved, she outwitted her husband’s mother into releasing her from this marriage. Lindo aspired to be a good wife, but she became more. She knew her worth and became a swan. YingYing was raised by her nanny, although from time to time she would see her mother. She would never listen. On a family outing on a boat, she didn’t listen to her nanny and fell off the boat. A fisherman discovered her and asked YingYing’s family if they were missing a little gir...