Raymond Chandler, a fiction writer, once said, "The most durable thing in writing is style." True, the style is often defined as one of the most important elements in writing. In Amy Tan's novel, "The Joy Luck Club", the style significantly contributes to the development of both the tone and the theme of the influences that a mother can have on her daughter. The author effectively portrays the somber tone and the theme by using …showed first 75 words of 1599 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1599 total…a method of expressing the theme. In Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club", the author efficiently depicts the somber tone and the theme by using a succinct style of diction, images, details, language, sentence structure, point of view, and organization. In all of these instances, the reader can see how the author's style affects the tone and theme. The writer visibly shows her laconic style as effective to the development of the tone and theme.