At the same time, her mother was in a bad heart condition. In 1987, Tan decided to take a visit to her half-sisters in China. The end part of the novel ends up with a real-life experience from Tan. The theme of appearance and reality is exemplified In Tan’s life. In 1949, they migrated to America, but Suyuan still retained the hope that once he will locate her daughters (Tan, 199). Both Suyuan and Canning tried to find the girls, but their efforts did not bear any fruits. However, by then, the home was a factory. The foster parents tried their best to find the email address of the children’s marital home. When the girls were at the age of eight years, the adoptive parents tried their best locate their parents. The old couple raised the girls as their own. Luckily, the babies were taken by a peasant couple. It is in this instance when he meets with her while still in the hospital (Tan, 283). The moment she arrived at Chungking, she noted that her husband was already dead.
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She fainted along the way and later woke up only to find herself in a truck full of sick people who were being tended by the American missionaries. Moreover, she left a note as well as family pictures before living her babies. However, she placed a satiated jewelry under the shirt of one of her daughters and some money in the other. Suyuan left her children in a devastating condition. The moment she saw there was no any other option she decided to leave her family behind to look if she can manage to find something for them to eat (Tan, 282). She fell along the roadside because she was in a delirious pain. She began to bleed the weight of her daughters since they were too heavy for her. By then, she was carrying her three girls in her arms. She walked a long journey for about three days trying to escape from Japanese invasion. He described how Suyuan abandoned the half-sisters to Jing-Mei. The name “Hwa’’ in Chinese history meant flower (Tan, 281).This ideological order of deaths signifies the sequence of birth since “rain comes before flower” The explanation says that twins daughters would be inseparable.Ĭanning explains about the history of his wife to her daughters. On the other hand, Chwun meant spring and Yu meant rain, a name given to the first born. This means that Jing-Mei was of the essence to her two sisters. The first definition meant “Long-Cherished Wish,” and the other meaning was “Long-Held Grudge.” Moreover, he explained that Jing-Mei’s name meant pure essence or excellent. He explained that the name had two meanings. He started off by explaining the meaning of her wife’s name who was already dead. The meaning of names is momentous to pick up the sacred relationship that existed between Suyuan and her daughters Jing-Mei, Chwun Yu and Chwun Hwa. It is important for a reader to know the meaning of names used in the story to comprehend the Chinese culture. In the late night, Canning decided to teach about Chinese culture. The incidence shows her anxious nature (Tan, 278).Ĭanning explaining the meaning of the names was symbolic. The native-born Chinese decides to take meal including hamburgers, French fries as well as apple pie à la mode. While still, they were in the hotel, she was ready to enjoy the Chinese dish. In the story, Jing-Mei is portrayed as an anxious character. They decided to rent an expensive hotel contrary to Jing-Mei’s expectations. Her desire to the family a member is clearly expressed when she started taking photographs with her Polaroid camera.
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They were warmly welcomed by Canning’s great-aunt. In the end, a tedious and a tiresome journey from America, they Jing-Mei, and her father arrived in China. She later asked Auntie Lindo to write a letter to her sisters to inform them that their mother was dead (Tan, 269-271). Afterward, Jing-Mei admits being one of her half-sisters about the death of their mother. However, the message was taken to the Joy Luck Club by Auntie Lindo accompanied by women singing Suyuan Woo. Canning Woo tells Auntie Lindo to write a letter back to the twin girls to inform them that their mother had already died. In 1944, she forced the two children aside of the road (Tan, 268).
The twin daughters belonged to Suyuan in her first marriage. They were both weeping after receiving a letter from her twin sisters about their mother’s death. At first, they are on the train with her father, Canning Woo who was at the age of seventy-two. Jing-Mei has the feelings that she is a Chinese. “Literary Analysis of Amy Tan’s “A Pair of Tickets””
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