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What is Characterization?
The description of a certain character.
How does her image effect her character?

color

lighting

costume

facial expressions

In this shot Ying-Ying looks  psychotic.

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Jade pendant

- represents Chinese heritage
-Shows how much the Chinese value that they are Chinese
-Shows a mothers love to their daughters without words or affection. The daughters can carry this love with them as long as they live.
-the Jade is close to the heart and it carries the love with it and is passed down from mother to daughter.

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The gold bracelets
-The mothers refer to their bracelets as their worth and promises and marriage.
-Lindo says Chinese people are like twenty-four carat gold. They are pure inside and out.
-The Chinese way is to  keep your promise and the Lindo wants Waverly to do that.
-The bracelets also represent a mans promise o his wife to only love her and stay faithful to her.

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Mah Jong Table
- 4 corners
- 4 directions
- 4 sections of the book
- 4 mother daughter
relationships
- Playing a game of mah jong represents peace and friendship

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Flashbacks

Flashbacks do not occur in chronological order.

Story Structure

Story does not appear in the order of the book but events are similar.