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"If I stood perfectly still no one would notice this change"

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"If I stood perfectly still no one would notice this change"

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shows how she felt as if no one would notice her even when she stood out as much as she could. Also because this scene is funny XD

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It shows how Ying ying is restricted and not allowed to play. It also reflects my everyday life :')

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The line was written in a way that it appears simple: Ying-ying wishing for her family to find her. But it also shows how she feels lost, her expectations of reality unmet and a feeling of being in a foreign environment she should not be in.
- Jarrell

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I did not lose myself all at once
Because its so deep lol

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We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing,unheard and not hearing,unknown by others.

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We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing,unheard and not hearing,unknown by others.

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That is how Amah found me: an apparition covered with blood.

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"I waved to them, envying their carefree ways, and soon they were far away, a little yellow spot bobbing on the water." 

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"I waved to them, envying their carefree ways, and soon they were far away, a little yellow spot bobbing on the water." 

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this shows how her freedom of expressing herself, is now gone, just like how the yellow birds become small and smaller."

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"And as the secret wish fell from my lips, the Moon Lady looked at me and became a man"

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"And as the secret wish fell from my lips, the Moon Lady looked at me and became a man"

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"Both of these things seemed an illusion to me, a wish granted that could not be trusted."

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"Both of these things seemed an illusion to me, a wish granted that could not be trusted."

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It shows how she found it hard to accept that the Moon Lady was not real and was a man.

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"I kept my mouth closed so selfish desires would not fall out

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"I kept my mouth closed so selfish desires would not fall out

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It shows how she sacrifices her own wants and resisted herself for the sake of being selfless. Her high self-discipline is highlighted.

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This shows how Ying-Ying feels that she is lost physically, emotionally and psychologically when she slowly drifted away in the water, off into the big world.

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"all these years i kept hidden,running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me"

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hehe

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"a girl should stand still" and "Standing perfectly still like that"

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"a girl should stand still" and "Standing perfectly still like that"

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it shows traditional upbringing and Ying-ying's innocence as she follows her mother without question

-Aryan

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"But now that I am old, moving every year closer to the end of my life, I also feel closer to the beginning." It shows that Ying-ying is growing older yet somehow feeling younger. Zhi hua

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"All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me."

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"All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me."

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this quote shows how ying-ying has hidden herself all these years so that people will not know who she really is. she does not reveal her true self easily.

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"I wished to be found"
Shows that Ying Ying wants to be found by her family when she was a child and by her daughter when she was a mother

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.. running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me.

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"A boy can and chase dragonflies, because that is his nature, " she said. "But a girl should stand still. If you are still for a very long time, a dragonfly will no longer see you. Then it will come to you and hide in the comfort of your shadow

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"A boy can and chase dragonflies, because that is his nature, " she said. "But a girl should stand still. If you are still for a very long time, a dragonfly will no longer see you. Then it will come to you and hide in the comfort of your shadow

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It shows that as a shadow, hidden in plain sight, people will find and surround you, unlike when you chase after them, you will only lose yourself and others.

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"You do not need to understand. Just behave..

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"You do not need to understand. Just behave..

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Shows the role of a child. Hi im Louis Tai

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And as the secret wish fell from my lips, the moon lady looked at me and became a man

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And as the secret wish fell from my lips, the moon lady looked at me and became a man

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This shows how her innocence is lost as she told the fake moon lady her wish
-Claudia

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i wished to be found pg 83
kieth

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But nobody was listening to him except my shadow and me in the bushes. -pg 82
~SW

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"All these years I kept my true nature hidden,running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me"

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"A boy can run and chase dragonflies, because 

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"A boy can run and chase dragonflies, because 

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"A boy can run and chase dragonflies,because that is his nature" "But a girl should stand still. If you are still for a very long time, a dragonfly will no longer see you. Then it will come to you and hide in the comfort of your shadow"

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"i remained quiet for so long now my daughter does not hear me"

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"i remained quiet for so long now my daughter does not hear me"

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i like this because it shows that when one does not voice/express out one's own thoughts and views, it will lead to a strained relationship
-qingggg:)

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"So I thought of Amah only as someone for my own comfort, the way you might think of a fan in the summer or a heater in the winter, a blessing you appreciate and love only when it is no longer there"
So true.