The "Joy Luck Club" is one of the
interesting movies I have ever seen. This was an adaptation of Amy Tan's
novel about the four Chinese women bound together by hope.
Wayne
Wang's directorial style is truly a remarkable and commendable. He uses
flashbacks to connect 16 different stories. The movie might be more
focused on the feminine side of life since the movie does not have a
major male actor. However, despite of this one-sided view, I must admit,
I was captured by the movie's emotional pull. Every line speaks
directly to my heart.
Amy Tan did a good job writing this novel, and Wayne Wang for putting this in the big picture. The story focuses on four Chinese immigrants families in San Francisco who started the club known as "The Joy Luck Club".
For a non-movie fanatic, the story may be a bit confusing because it's a story within a story which some people can hardy follow.
Many times in my life, I was dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions I made and the circumstances around. When I hit a wall of failure, it was often resulted in feelings of worthlessness.
Those were the moments wherein, I just found myself sitting back and pitying myself. I based my life’s worth then on what I can do and what I own.
But attending a Christian fellowship for some years taught me to trust on what God says about me. Not on what I knew and not what I saw or heard from the world. It took me through a time of rediscovery, affirming myself clearly that I was on the right track and that my worth was still derived from the truth that I am created in His image.
These truths helped me securely understand that I have a great worth. My worth is given by God and can’t be taken away by failures.
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