Talk:The Joy Luck Club (novel)

message: I've noticed that the Random house External link is down, and searching their site I could not find the web page specified, let alone anything about the Joy Luck Club  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nohano (talk • contribs) 18:06, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Source Accessibility

message: There are also quite a few inaccuracies in general in The Joy Luck Club, mainly having to do with the authors attempt to establish verisimilitude.  One notable example is in a passage where one of the mother characters mis-hears the word "fucking" as "Fukien," which is a joke that would only work if the character spoke a dialect other that what she was purported to speak -- not to mention the fact that the two terms sound so different as to stretch credulity beyond acceptable limits.  This and other problematic passages have raised questions with the authenticity of the book from a number of critics over the years, but being relatively new to Wikipedia, I'm not sure how controversies are usually handled, so I'll defer on the matter for now. Sangrito 23:05, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  One notable example is in a passage where one of the mother characters mis-hears the word "fucking" as "Fukien," which is a joke that would only work if the character spoke a dialect other that what she was purported to speak -- not to mention the fact that the two terms sound so different as to stretch credulity beyond acceptable limits.
Oh wow. I didn't even notice that whole "fucking"/"Fukien" thing. I do remember reading that part and I was like, "What?" (why is he so specific in insulting her?) It doesn't really make sense... but I just let it go because I thought that he was probably Chinese too, and Chinese are very racist towards each other if we can't speak the same dialect as the other person.
Um, "fucking" actually does sound like "Fukien" in an Asian accent. If you have a European/White/American/Australian accent when you speak English, "fucking" and "Fukien" won't sound similar at all. But it will in an Asian or even Mexican accent. ― 梁燁文 ★彡  Refill/lol 04:08, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

text: these are all interesting comments, but they have no direct bearing on the article. If someone is inspired by this discussion to find a reliable source discussing the novels authenticity, that can be added, but our speculation, no matter now informed, is irrelevant to an encyclopedia article. this is NOT a forum for discussing the book. (mercurywoodrose)50.193.19.66 (talk) 17:52, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Inaccuracies and Inauthenticy

message: I removed the following two sentences because they contradict information in the Amy Tan article. thx1138 08:59, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed sentence

message: Ying Ying had an abortion in the book. She does not divorce or kill her son in the novel, just the movie. Please stop changing it. ★Dasani★ 23:27, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ying ying 

message: I think this article would much benefit from a section concerning the symbolism of meals in the novel.--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 18:44, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Meals

message: Rearranging the order would seem to improve readability.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.62.137.114 (talk) 06:05, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion: Place each Daughter under her Mother 

message: The article does not specify whether or not the work is fiction. TI really hope that Wikipedia isn't in the habit of excluding that information. Whether or not it is fiction, should be in the infobox. MagnoliaSouth (talk) 20:15, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Isn't whether or not this is fiction encyclopedic? 

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