What point of view is this story written in?
first person point of view.
Who is Sek-Lung?
The little boy, the main character.
Who is the sister?
Liang
Who is the middle brother?
Jung
Who is the oldest brother?
Kiam
what are the family's values and beliefs? how do they cause problems?
the grandmother wants nothing to do with Canadian culture. the father and stepmother want to keep their Chinese culture as well as Canadian culture, and the kids want Canadian culture only. The grandmother and seek-lung need to make wind chimes as it is one of their beliefs, but the others don't like it when they're in the alley way.
Write a character sketch of the grandmother
patient, loving, kind, stubborn.
what synecdoche is used to describe the grandmother?
her hands. it says her hands are soft, diligent and her nails are impeccable just like her whole. when she is ill, her hands begin to tremble.
why was the jade peony important to the grandmother?
the jade peony was given to her by her circus friend, and it is the last thing she has of him.
Why were the others mad when the grandmother and sek-lung were in the alley-way?
Because they were looking through trash to find objects to make chimes with, but by looking through the trash people thought they were poor, and the others didn't want their new friends to think that they are poor.
what happens in the resolution of the story?
Sek Lung's father goes up to grandmother's bedroom and hangs the jade peony chime. Also, Sek Lung puts his hand in his pocket and finds the Jade peony. He said he could see his grandmother smile, and heard the pink centre beat like a heart.
Perhaps this was a sign that she was okay.
