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Write your name in the subject line, then choose one of the following options (No matter what you choose, be ready to talk about it if called on):

1. Write out two questions you have about chapter 11 and 12 (one for each chapter).

2. Explain one part of the chapters you found interesting

3. Explain how the book demonstrates a trait of Asian literature.

4. Explain how the book connects to one of our themes

5. Copy a quote you found particularly interesting.

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"Lately I had been feeling hulihudu. And everything around me seemed to be heimongmong. These were words I had never thought about in English terms." (209)

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That the husband was so lazy, and required everything to be split 50/50, but then took and ate so much, and spent so much more than she ever did. So he escaped a lot of the costs.

That the mother took the dead crab, as well as how she knew that the crab was dead, before even checking, and took that one insteadof letting another person take it.

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I feel ths the book connects to the theme of Constructing Identities. This theme mostly relates more towards the daughter's who are caught in the middle of a struggle between who they think they are and who their mothers want them to be. The daughters are trying to balance both influences to create their Identities.

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1. What events transpire after Rose threatens her ex husband by the end of the chapter? (Chapter 11)

2. Why is a crab with a missing leg bad luck to eat? What is supposed to happen if one eats it? (Chapter 12)

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“I heard my mother saying to Waverly: ‘True, cannot teach style. June not sophisticate like you. Must be born this way.’” (230)

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"'I am not telling you to save your marriage," she protested "I only say you should speak up.'" (215)

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1. What is it that changes Rose's perspective, making her want to sign divorce papers and take the house in the divorce?

2. Why is it that Waverly is shown in a bad light in Jing-Mei's chapter whereas in Waverly's chapters she is shown in a more human light and it is easier to understand her perspective?

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“And below the heimongmong, all along the ground, were weeds already spilling out over the edges, running wild in every direction.” (chapter 11)

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5. "'Hong Kong ladies,' she said, eyeing two finely dressed women in long, dark mink coats and perfect black hairdos. 'Cantonese, village people,' she whispered as we passed women in knitted caps, bent over in layers of padded tops and men's vests.

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2. I think it is interesting that the crab Suyan got was dead, and then she died. Kinda reminds me of how Ying-ying can see the future.

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chapter 11

Ted sending the check was something I found interesting because we only get Rose’s side of it. I think it would be interesting to understand Ted’s motives and thinking behind his actions.

Chapter 12

When Jing-Mei and Waverly were trying to humiliate each other, why did they keep escalating the situation to that point rather than letting it go and moving on?

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The book demonstrates a trait of Asian literature in chapter 11 where Chinese words, such as hulihudu or heimongmong, are used to describe specific feelings and places.

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"'Don't pay attention to Old Mr. Chou. He is only a dream. You only have to listen to me.' And I cried, 'But Old Mr. Chou listens to you too.'" (P207)

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"' A girl is like a young tree' she said ' You must stand tall and listen to your mother standing next to you. That is the only way to grow strong and straight. But if you bend tl listen to other peropl, you will grow crooked and weak.....'" ( psge 212)

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But in the brief instant that I had peered over the barriers I could finally see what was really there: an old woman, a wok for her armor, a knitting needle for her sword, getting a little crabby as she waited patiently for her daughter to invite her in

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I feel that this book really connects to the theme of Relationships and Community because there are many instances in the book where the daughters are talking about their relationship with their mothers and how sometimes it is hard to get to know them and understand them. This book relates to the community aspect because it shows how the mothers are trying to adapt to a community other than what they are used to.