Literary term- invective: "And when she found nothing, after inspecting my ears and my nose and counting my fingers, she called me names, using words I had never heard before. But they sounded evil, the way she hurled and spat the words out. She yanked off my jacket, pulled off my pants. She said I smelled like 'something evil this' and I looked like 'something evil that.'" (77)
Quote- "All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. And because I moved so secretly now my daughter does not see me." (67)
Ying-Ying St. Clair tells us this quote at the beginning of the chapter before she explains how she lost herself. Ying-Ying tries to keep her feelings to herself, but in doing so, it makes it as though her daughter does not know her. Her daughter is now concerned with material items, and Ying-Ying has become very distant from her daughter. They have differing opinions on what it important, however, neither of them express these feelings which results in a distance in their relationship. This quote shows how Ying-Ying kept her feelings hidden and how she would hide from her problems. The quote also expresses how her relationship with her daughter has severed because of this. This quote reminds me of something my mother once told me: "Keep your relationships with the ones you love open and honest, that way you will always know them." I believe what my mom is saying in this quote is not to forget the ones you love by forgetting who they are. One has to be honest about how they feel so there is no distance in the relationship, which can lead to people not even knowing each other anymore.
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