Characters
The wild girl in her youth in China and the mother of Lena St. Clair
Who is Ying Ying St. Clair?
This feeling is represented by the state of Ying-ying's disappointment when seeing the condition of the house where Lena lives.
What is lost/unmet expectations?
This item was stolen by the St. Clair Children
What is a Jade Jar?
This character is upset that her daughter will not give her the master bedroom in their house
Who is Ying Ying St. Clair?
This theme is represented by the tiger which Ying Ying is commonly associated with.
What is representing Ying-ying's former energy, variety in character and sense of Duality?
This character left her for an opera singer, Ying-ying discovered she was pregnant and made this decision.
What is an abortion?
This character humilated Ying Ying St. Clair at the dinner table.
Who is Ying Ying St. Clair's first husband?
Ying-ying says this will cause her to fight Lena's spirit and make it harder to penetrate her daughter's soul and pass on her spirit.
How does Lena also being a tiger make it harder for her to submit to her mother's character?
This character left her home and went to where and for how long
What is Shanghai?
What is 10 Years?
This character was deffered marriage for 4 years by Ying Ying St. Clair
Who is Clifford St. Clair
What is the theme behind Ying Ying's anger over her being made fun of over her misprounciations such as "Arty-tecky" and "So so Security"
What are mother daughter conflicts?
On the day that her daughter was born, This character brought out these items given to her by her second husband.
What are the trinkets that Mrs. St. Clair's second husband gave her?
Who is the family that this character stayed with whilst being away from their home village of Wushi?
Who is second cousins family?
What is the theme behind Ying Ying's feeling that her daughter is "swimming away ever since"
What is tradition vs modernity
This character did what every night in attempt to please her first husband?
What is Brushing Hair 99 Times?
DAILY DOUBLE QUESTION: Symbolism
Explain the meaning of the symbolism of the knife and watermelon and how it reflects the themes of duality and loss of innocence?
Answer in Complete Sentence(s)
The knife and watermelon symbolize loss of innocence and duality, as the knife represents both crude symbolism of virginity loss and the later revelation of abortion. The opposite nature of these items stregthen the thematic topic of duality.