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Symbolism
Theme
Figurative Language
Characters
Etc
100

Jing's mother pressures her into reaching this standpoint by playing the piano.

Fame, celebrity, famous, etc
100
These are Jing-mei's mother's 'rules' that she essentially "lives by", pressuring her daughter into doing things that she does not want to do.

Parental expectations, toxic parenting

100

"It was like a stiff, embraceless dance between her and the TV set." What kind of figurative language is this?

Simile

100

The main character, narrator, etc.

Jing-mei Woo

100

Which perspective is this story written from?

1st

200

The piano represents some type of ____/award that Jing's mother wants her to win, but she doesn't want for herself.

Trophy

200
A lot through the story, Jing struggles with this and does not know who she really is due to her mom's constant stress.

Identity

200

"Instead of getting big fat curls, I emerged with an uneven mass of crinkly black fuzz. My mother dragged me off to the bathroom and tried to wet down my hair."

Metaphor

200

Jing's reason for why she plays the piano.

Jing's mother
200

Jing's mom had 2 _____ that died in China. Jing brings this topic up in an argument.

Daughters

300
This actress is a reasoning as to why the narrator's mother pressures her into playing the piano. She was popular in the 1900's as a child actress.

Shirley Temple

300
Jing and her mother share a lot of these. Jing can speak English well, while her mother speaks broken English. Jing does not want to play the piano, her mother encourages her to. 

Differences

300

"I met Old Lady Chong once, and that was enough. She had a peculiar smell, like a baby that had done something in its pants, and her fingers felt like a dead person's, like an old peach I once found in the back of the refrigerator: its skin just slid off the flesh when I picked it up." (This was too funny bye omg) What kind of figurative language is this?

Simile

300

The narrator's piano instructor.

Mr. Chong

300

How old does Jing say she is at the end?

30

400

This technology is a window into the American Dream, allowing for people like United States immigrants to peer into what the dream really is like. Jing loves to watch but hates that her mom takes inspiration into her own hands.

TV

400

At the end of the story, a lot of Jing's childhood materials were re-gifted to her as sentiments. This makes her feel a certain emotion. 

Guilt

400

"He marched stiffly to show me how to make each finger dance up and down, staccato, like an obedient little soldier."

Personification and simile
400
Jing's mom brags about Jing to this person, comparing her problems with Jing's ability to play the piano good.

Aunt Lindo

400
True or False: Once Jing has grown up, her mom has 'let go' of this idea that she has natural talent and can play the piano whenever.

False

500

The two halves of a book, Pleading Child and Perfectly Contented, are both representations of the narrators what?

Jing's life

500

The topic we're learning about in class, also the ideology that's seen as to be the 'standard' for living in America. Jing's mother sees this sort of ideology as an opportunity to turn her into a piano-playing prodigy.

The American Dream

500

Waverly Jong had gained a certain amount of fame as "Chinatown's Littlest Chinese Chess Champion." What kind of figurative language is this?

Alliteration

500

Aunt Lindo's daughter. She tries to offset Jing and is always considered snobby in the narrator's opinion.

Waverly

500

Which character does Jing compare herself to after she gets her hair chopped off?

Peter Pan