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Monster Essays - The Joy Luck Club 2
Fasting of the Heart: Mother-Tradition and
Sacred Systems in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club
"Concentrate your will. Hear not with your ears
but with your mind; not with your mind, but with
your spirit . . . blank, passively responsive to
externals. In such open receptivity only can Tao
abide. And in that open receptivity is fasting
of the heart." (Chuangtze, in Yutang, 228)
"The Master said, 'Look at the means a man em-
ploys, observe the path he takes and examine
where he feels at home. In what way is a man's
true character hidden from view?' "
(Confucius, in Lau, 64)
Amy Tan weaves many elements of Taoism and Confucianism into the ....
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