Well apparently all they did at the San Francisco version of the Joy Luck Club was play Mah Jongg. They have a refference to the game where the author of the first story says that people came into the city from the East, West, North and South. In Mah Jongg one color or symbol represents all four directions. It seems that for the Joy Luck club for women were needed for four directions or for the number of players that is required fro Mah Jongg. Apparently the Joy Luck club would gather, bring lovely exotic dishes and would not say anything except Chinese phrases when taking a tile. The Joy Luck club will always play mah jongg for which I guess is why they were formed. There are a bunch of references in this story to Mah Jongg. Like the directions East, West, North and South.
I really liked this story because one it was well thought out and the plot was very good. Even though it was about war and how the Japanese tried to take what the Chinese had. It was still a pretty good story. And I am very interested in reading more of the Joy Luck Club.
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