https://padlet.com/steph_faucette/djgrkadk5nhmivrb Work as a group to pull a key passage with a citation. Be prepared to discuss your choice with the class. en-us 2021-11-30 15:03:16 UTC 2025-12-15 01:53:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1e8-1f1f3.png https://padlet.com/steph_faucette/djgrkadk5nhmivrb/wish/1923077500 "A girl is no better than what she follows! An-mei, you think you can see something new, riding on top of a new cart. But in front of you, it is just the ass of the same old mule. Your life is what you see in front of you"(Tan 245). ]]> 2021-12-01 15:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/steph_faucette/djgrkadk5nhmivrb/wish/1923077500 https://padlet.com/steph_faucette/djgrkadk5nhmivrb/wish/1923078228 "She learned these things, but I couldn't teach her about Chinese character.How to obey parents and listen to your mother's mind. How not to show your own thoughts. to put your feelings behind your face so you can take advantage of hidden opportunities. Why easy things are not worthy pursuing. How to know your own worth and polish it, never flashing it around like a cheap ring. Why Chinese thinking is best. No, this kind of thinking didn't stick to her. She was too busy chewing gum, blowing bubbles bigger than her cheeks. Only that kind of thinking stuck" (Tan 288).]]> 2021-12-01 15:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/steph_faucette/djgrkadk5nhmivrb/wish/1923078228 https://padlet.com/steph_faucette/djgrkadk5nhmivrb/wish/1923079203 "I became a stranger to myself. I was pretty for him. If I put slippers on my feet, it was to choose a pair that I knew would please him. I brushed my hair ninety-nine times a night to bring luck to our marital bed, in hopes of conceiving a son" (Tan 280).]]> 2021-12-01 15:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/steph_faucette/djgrkadk5nhmivrb/wish/1923079203 https://padlet.com/steph_faucette/djgrkadk5nhmivrb/wish/1923079550 "The gray-green surface changes to the bright colors of our three images, sharpening and deepening all at once. And although we don't speak, I know we all see it: Together we look like our mother. Her same eyes, her same mouth, open in surprise to see, at last, her long-cherished wish" (Tan 329)]]> 2021-12-01 15:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/steph_faucette/djgrkadk5nhmivrb/wish/1923079550 https://padlet.com/steph_faucette/djgrkadk5nhmivrb/wish/1923080001 "So I will tell Lena of my shame. That I was rich and pretty. I was too good for any one man. That I became damaged goods. I will tell her that at eighteen the prettiness drained from my cheeks. That I thought of throwing myself in the lake like the other ladies of shame. And I will tell her of the baby I killed because I came to hate this man so much" (Tan 281).]]> 2021-12-01 15:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/steph_faucette/djgrkadk5nhmivrb/wish/1923080001 https://padlet.com/steph_faucette/djgrkadk5nhmivrb/wish/1923080735 "And when I still did not move, she stood up and walked over, and lifted the necklace off. And before I could cry to stop her, she put the necklace under her shoe and stepped on it. When she put it on the table, I saw what she had done. This necklace that had almost bought my heart and mind now had one bead of crushed glass." (Tan 261.) ]]> 2021-12-01 15:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/steph_faucette/djgrkadk5nhmivrb/wish/1923080735