Struggles of Chinese Diaspora in Canada

1. Disappearing Moon Cafe The Chinese community Sense of self connections between individuals and group (influence on each other) struggle / gap within self and people gives rise to the mess around

2. Self Family Community

3. Diasporic situation diaspora : a scattering of seeds cause : trade and labour ex. Fong Mei and Foon Sing shared dilemma as an excluded race in Canada searching for roots (12), (140)

4. Inner conflicts Gwei Chang as the patriarch (the core of the community) : You dont want the help of the associations? Then youre alone! (79), (75) distrust and suspect between people : Theyre jealous of those who are more successful than they are. (36) What can Tang Peoples Street do for me? (79)

5. This dead town was full of vicious ghosts. ----- the gambling (107) You, no money! You dead boy, whos going to be taken in by that? (109) image of the Wong family : for others : everyone was full of compliments, (45), (48) for the family members : Why did I have to come to this place full of risks and dangers? (45), (230)

6. Isolation homeland (China) old customs : carry on the Wongs name Mui Lan : In the village, the customs were clear. (36), (59) the dead ghosts (49) What was it, the same old going-home- to-China one? (201) attitude : ambivalent (59), (79), (116), (123)

7. Family (relationship and thinking ) husband / wife (Choy Fuk and Fong Mei) Choy Fuk threw on his jacket, grabbed his hat and stumbled out without a single glance in her direction (91) the elder / the younger (Mui Lan and Mei) how good and kind and decent youve become suddenly. (203). (202). (35)

8. Canada unable to merge into the whites society (180) difficulties in working and living : That dead white devil! Cheating us all these years! (34), (71), (202) Janet Smith case

9. Sex Gwei Chang / Mui Lan Our sons wife has already chosen. (30) Choy Fuk / Song Ang whos that going to hurt? (110) the oppressed women as minority

10. Sense of self recognition of self : value of existence interactions between people defense mechanism parts of self (Johari Window)

11. Value of existence recognition + exploitation : He had watched her played the role of the perfect daughter-in-law all along, (53) until Fong Mei was able to take care of another child, (135) A child ... a little family to (183) what do you really have but two people busily trying to enslave each other? (186), (130)

12. making use of opposite sex : Choy Fuk Song Ang But this one with her hard face and cool indifferent stare made him want to squash (97) Fong Mei Ting An She backed him up the wall (119) Morgan Kae And I would have nothing to do with his stories. (174)

13. Interactions between people rely on others to construct ones identity : Ting An : worker of Gwei Chang (113) Fong Mei : Choy Fuks wife (53) Song Ang : being rescued by Mui Lan women childbirth : power responsibility, role-playing All my life I saw double. (128)

14. Defense mechanism Gwei Chang : transference (220) Mui Lan and Choy Fuk : rationalization (110) Fong Mei : displacement (156) and compensation reaction formation unconscious, distortion, disguise

15. Johari Window open / blind / hidden / unknown Of course, the darker side of the story stayed in the dark, privy to family members only. (148) she had no way knowing about the familys twisted past, (155) Why didnt you tell me! (191) I was kept in the dark about a lot of things. (199)

16. Self-disclosure as a way out Open self Blind self (the young) Hidden self (the elder) Unknown self

17. Suzie rebellious, overburdened with the dark past : dumb Chinese rules! (176) I want out! Out! (177) Untie them! Untie me! (189) Let me go! Please let me go! (194) nervous breakdown : a symbol false consciousness + disorder of the family the incest as a force to revolt

18. Another example The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (1989) Chinese American immigrants traces back to the family history for solutions conciliates the conflicts