Jade Pendant

2.Best quality

3. In the beginning of the chapter, I thought it was really sweet of Jing-Mei to wear the pedant her mother gave her even though she thought it was garnish and overly decorated. It was really interesting how Jing-Mei’s mother could tell where each Chinese woman came from by the way they acted or dressed. During the dinner celebration, I couldn’t believe how selfish the guests were when they chose the best crabs for themselves and didn’t even consider leaving a good crab for their hosts. I don’t understand why Waverly picked the biggest crab for her daughter, because she’s only 4 and wouldn’t finish half of it anyway. I also thought it was really snotty how the Lindo pointed out that a color looked “too young” on Jing-Mei’s mother. Maybe it did look out of place on her, but it’s not her job to point it out so rudely. I also thought the way Waverly was making snotty remarks at Jing-Mei were also out of place. Jing-Mei invited her over for dinner, prepared a large crab dinner for her family, and she comes and she points out petty things about Jing-Mei. That’s one of the rudest things I’ve ever heard of. When Waverly said that her company didn’t accept Jing-Mei’s work, I thought that it was horrible of her to say to in front of everyone at the table. She could of at least had the manners to call Jing-Mei aside and say it to just her.

4. The relationship between Waverly and Jing-Mei is one that is considered friend-enemies. They’re friends to some point, with Jing-Mei inviting Waverly over for dinner and Waverly complimenting Jing-Mei’s haircut. Unfortunately, they’re also enemies because Waverly also uses sneaky attacks to embarrass Jing-Mei in front of the entire dinner table.

5. A writing technique that Tan uses is flashbacks. The entire chapter is a flashback to when Jing-Mei’s mother gave her the necklace she wears in the beginning of the chapter. The flashback explains in detail, her relationship with her mother and how she obtained the necklace in the beginning. After the flashback, she thinks of her mother and notices the cat that her mother was accused of killing in the flashback.

6. In this chapter, I learned some Chinese superstitions. One sign on bad luck is a crab with a missing leg on Chinese New Year. A belief is that even a beggar won’t eat a dead crab because a dead crab will taste bad after it’s cooked. Another Chinese belief is that if Jing-Mei wears the jade everyday, it will become greener.