The Joy Luck Club: The Day that Japan Attacked

Living in the 1930's in China was not easy. Droughts occurred regularly; society was in constant struggle between the old Emperor system and the new Communist government. And just as everybody thought that things couldn't get worse. Japan declared war on China thus, initiating World War II. People lived under the relentless fear of Japanese threats, as China did not have a very strong or organized army at this time, which in its own way …

…and new strength to accomplish things that he thought he could have never done. That Yuan taught him that nothing in this world is impossible. To this day, the coin still exists in our family, although it may not mean much to us but it certainly was the one piece of item that saved Mu-Hu and his family, as well as the many generations that followed and will follow for my family in the future.