Pg.18 "As I walk past the door, yellow pull-shade rustles.And suddenly a little girl appears,her hand pressed to the glass.She stares at me with somber expression. I wave, but she does not wave back." After analyzing this quote from The Kitchens God's Wife by Amy Tan , I think this quote is explainable on two different levels literate and figurative. Amy is back in her old neighborhood and it's the same as she left it back in her childhood . Although it isn't a warm nostalgic moment , she feels it's less noisy then the old Chinatown she left behind. The young girl through the glass door that she waved at could have represented how younger Amy would have reacted to a stranger waving at her , especially with the type of mother Amy had , Amy would have known better than to talk to strangers . Figuratively I think the young girl through the glass meant how before she enjoyed being with her family and , specifically her mother but now as an adult she contemplates whether she just visits her mother out of guilt.
"I hold my breath. There is only silence. And finally, I hear her sippers slowly padding down the hallway, each soft shuffle breaking my heart." Pg. 37. This excerpt from Amy Tan's, The Kitchen God's Wife, shows how the main character, Pearl, acts passive to her mother. Pearl realizes how she's comes off towards her mother. All her mother mentions is something that will benefit Pearl, not anything that will harm her emotionally or physically. Pearl is obviously still holding those grudges that result from the teenage girls years that are said to be "ruined" or made "embarrassing" by mothers. But Pearl acknowledges how her actions or lack thereof, affect her mom with "each soft shuffle breaking my heart". These words give off a regretful tone as if Pearl knows the outcome of being passive and distant from her mother.
Pg.18 "As I walk past the door, yellow pull-shade rustles.And suddenly a little girl appears,her hand pressed to the glass.She stares at me with somber expression. I wave, but she does not wave back." After analyzing this quote from The Kitchens God's Wife by Amy Tan , I think this quote is explainable on two different levels literate and figurative. Amy is back in her old neighborhood and it's the same as she left it back in her childhood . Although it isn't a warm nostalgic moment , she feels it's less noisy then the old Chinatown she left behind. The young girl through the glass door that she waved at could have represented how younger Amy would have reacted to a stranger waving at her , especially with the type of mother Amy had , Amy would have known better than to talk to strangers . Figuratively I think the young girl through the glass meant how before she enjoyed being with her family and , specifically her mother but now as an adult she contemplates whether she just visits her mother out of guilt.
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