Are there connections between the passage and your own life

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Provide reactions to each quotations from The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Quotations:

1. "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. She sees a list of things to buy, her checkbook out of balance, her ashtray sitting crooked on a straight table."

2. "It is in a book, The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates, all the bad things that can happen to you outside the protection of this house." "I don't believe you. Let me see the book." "It is written in Chinese. You cannot understand it. That is why you must listen to me."

3. "I also found out why I should never reveal "why" to others. A little knowledge withheld is a great advantage one should store for future use. That is the power of chess. It is a game of secrets in which one must show and never tell."

4. "I always thought it mattered, to know what is the worst possible thing that can happen to you, to know how you can avoid it, to not be drawn by the magic of the unspeakable."

Reaction (answer the questions below) Please make the reaction long.

What is the deeper meaning of the quote? Don't just re-tell me the quote! No summarizing!

If you want, you can answer one of these questions as well.

-Are there connections between the passage and your own life?

-Does the book remind you of what happened in another book you've read?

-Can you find any figurative language? Why did the author use figurative language?

-Are there any symbols present? What do they represent?

Make sure that your reaction is longer and has more detail than your quote!

Don't include other quotes from the book in your reaction.

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