The Joy Luck Club

by Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club: Flashbacks 1 key example

Part 1, Chapter 4: The Moon Lady
Explanation and Analysis—Remembering Foolishness:

Ying-Ying St. Clair begins her first chapter with an admission of forgetfulness: for many years, “I forgot what I wished for,” she explains in Part 1, Chapter 4. One sentence later, she pulls the reader into the past:

But now I remember the wish, and I can recall the details of that entire day, as clearly as I see my daughter and the foolishness of her life.