The significance of the piano was how it affected the relationship between Ni kan and her mother. When Ni kan’s mother had sacrificed everything to come to America, she had high expectations for her daughter and the life that she would lead. This pressure for Ni kan to be a prodigy at the piano had negatively affected their relationship. In the beginning, Ni kan’s mother was trying anything in order for her daughter to be a prodigy. They did many different tests including, “multiplying numbers”, and finding the queen of hearts in a deck of cards”. Finally, after watching a child prodigy playing the piano on the Ed Sullivan show, Ni kan’s mother decided that Ni kan would practice piano “every day, two hours a day, from four to six. This