Amidst the different vignettes that appear throughout The Joy Luck Club, one of the more seemly-emphasized dealings is that of Jing-Mei’s connection with her mother, Suyuan Woo. In the beginning of the novel, Jing-Mei, first shows the reader her fears of not being able to ever identify a connection with her mother by stating, “What can I tell them about my mother? I don't know anything...” This statement was probably meant to concur with …showed first 75 words of 738 total…

…showed last 75 words of 738 total…look like our mother. Her same eyes, her same mouth, open in surprise to see, at last, her long-cherished wish.” With this, Jing-Mei realizes her mother’s desires and motivation, and henceforth, comes to a connection as she sees her mother for a woman in a rational line of reason, and not a misunderstanding mother. Upon the last of these situations, Jing-Mei not only connects with her mother, but also finds herself as well, perhaps.