And on that day, Second Wife's hair began to turn white.
And on that day, I learned to shout." (240)
Quote- "And now I must tell her everything about my past. It is the only way to penetrate her skin and pull her to where she can be saved." (242)
In chapter 12, Ying-Ying decides she must tell her daughter Lena about her past in order to pass off her soul to Lena. Ying-Ying claims that Lena and herself share part of their minds, but when Lena was born, she sprang from her and had been running away ever since. In the chapter, Ying-Ying reflects back on her life, her husbands and her children. Ying-Ying feels that Lena's father is a ghost and that is why she must give her daughter her own soul. Ying-Ying does this out of love for her daughter, which is evident by this quote. It shows that Ying-Ying cares more for her daughter than for herself. I think that Ying-Ying's love for her daughter is common to the love God has for all of us. He loves us so much that he gave his only son, Jesus Christ, so that all our sins may be forgiven. Similarly to Ying-Ying, God did this to save us from our sins.
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