Vivian Le English 9HP Mrs. Galvan 15 August 2014 A). Mother/Daughter Relationships/Conflicts: Part I I. Suyuan Woo and Jing Mei “June” Woo 1.Suyuan Woo and June Woo lack interest in each other. example: p.12- June doesn’t take her mother’s stories about her past seriously. p.154- Suyuan Woo no longer has any interest or hope in her daughter after the piano recital incident. 2.They both aren’t very close and know very little about each other. example: p.31- When June Woo is asked to tell her long lost sisters about their mother, she responds with, “ What will I say? What can I tell them about my mother? I don’t know anything.” 3. June Woo learns more about her mother and her past when it’s too late example: p. 330- June Woo starts …show more content…
St. Clair family A. Ying-ying St. Clair thought it was foolish of her half sisters to want to marry guys who aren’t in the same social class as them. She believed that she knew how to obtain things that were only the best. (p.278) B. Ying-ying St. Clair’s family was one of the richest families in Wushi. Therefore she was very proud of her family’s wealth. (p.276) C. Ying-ying didn’t work because she was taken care of by her cousin’s family. Her cousin’s family owed her family because they had supported them before. She looked down on her cousins. (p.276) III. Hsu Family A. When Rose was getting a divorce with her husband, Ted sent her ten thousand dollars. Because Ted made a lot of money ten thousand dollars meant nothing to him and Rose realized that just like those ten thousand dollars, she meant nothing to him. (p.214) B. The Hsu’s house was often filled with odors of the chinese meals cooked. Their house was described as small which leads the reader to thinking that they were not very rich. Waverly’s mom also wrinkled her nose and said she could feel the stickiness with her nose. This showed how Waverly’s mom looked down on the Hsu family. …show more content…
Before Lindo’s wedding ceremony, she looked at herself in the mirror and reminds herself of the promise she had made with her family, but along with that promise she also finds herself. She sees that she is strong and that she is pure. She compares herself to the wind that no one can see. (p.53) 3. After the moon lady incident, Ying-ying St. Clair found herself, she discovered who she was and why she was who she was. In order to find herself Ying-Ying had to go through pain, she had to suffer to discover the truth. Now that she is old, she realizes that things are coming to an end, she she also feels like its the beginning of something else. (p.83) 4. Once again Ying-Ying St. Clair has to go through the pain of her past in order to find her true self. sh believes that if she tells her daughter about her past, her daughter will come to understand her. She will use her past to free her daughter’s spirit so that she can help her daughter find herself. (p.286) 5. Lena St. Clair discovers hat with pain comes the prize of finding yourself. She watched her mother’s pain grow every single day and because of that she learned about hope which then gave her strength. In order to find herself she looks back on her past and reflects on the things that she has done. ( p.