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The Symbolism Of Wind In Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club

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When I first came here to the USA I was like a Bird with a broken wing. I was lost, no one there but that is what I thought. I was like Waverley trapped in my own world, lost not knowing what to do next. In the story rules of the game by Amy Tan , a nine years old girl named Waverley struggles with getting along with her mother and knowing the rules of her game. Lost and trapped in her own, mothers world her invisible buddy comes to the rescue and frees her and as soon as she was free she was soaring in the bright blue fluffy sky. Tan uses the symbol of wind to express the theme Of leaning on a piece of maternal wisdom despite her not feeling like she can openly need her mother's support. Waverley was lost but has been found by her buddy the wind. Even though the wind is not …show more content…

"When I was little my mother taught me about invisible strength." Her mom once knew that there is someone, or something out there that can help guide you and that is what she believed but what made her change her thoughts. She once said that it was a just coincidence every time. Later in the story Waverley gave up her hope just like her mother because she was trapped in her own little game. Until someone gave her freedom "Higher and higher, above the alley, over the tops of tiled roofs, where I was gathered up by the wind and pushed up toward the night sky until everything below me disappeared and I was alone." As she became trapped in her mothers world the wind is sitting her free, It has granted her her wish being free from the world she was stuck in her world. Although the wind maybe invisible to everyone but not to Waverley it was there in every battle telling her not to be naive, never trust anyone be sneaky so she she can win and be free as a

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