Characters
Is the main character of this section.
Who is Lena St. Clair?
Steep sidewalk Lena had to walk on
What is the struggle of integrating to a new society?
"So the secret danger was a ballooning stomach, the source of my mother's imbalance" (Tan 113).
What did Lena St. Clair say?
Was an executioner
Who was Lena's Grandfather?
Symbolizes strength
What is the Dragon/Tiger?
" A man can grab you off the streets, sell you to someone else, make you have baby" (Tan 109).
What did Betty St. Clair say?
The character that dies in the middle of the section
Who is Lena's brother?
The man in Lena's basement
What is the fear of male dominance?
" No brain, the doctor shouted/ His head is just an empty eggshell" (Tan 116).
What did Betty St. Clair say?
Fell into a lake when they were younger
Who is Betty St. Clair?
Eggs/Eggshells
What is birth or a new start? This demonstrates how Lena's family does not get a new start with her brother's death.
" Nesting instincts/ here is the nest and here is where the baby goes" (Tan 113).
What did the father say?
Is the next door neighbor of Lena who is kicked out of her house.
Who is Teresa?
The Voice from the Wall
What is the fear that Lena holds? Unknowingness of the present and the future?
" When something goes against your nature, you are not in balance" (Tan 112).
What did Betty St-Clair say?