Joy Luck Club

So far, I have noticed that there is a lot of symbolism throughout this book. In one of the other stories I likes, "Rice Husband," I think that the vase that Lena had put on top of the wobbly table symbolized her marriage. Like her marriage, even though she realized the vase was going to eventually fall off the table and break, she did nothing to prevent it. She saw that her marriage was going nowhere wand that it would eventually shatter like the vase, but she refuses to help prevent it. Her husband, Harold, also played a part in their unsuccessful marriage. Harold built the table when he was studying design, and he may have contributed because he wasn't stable or supportive enough. In the end, Lena's mother told her that you should prevent disasters it you know they are going to occur, then ignore then like she has done all her life.