Important Passages

1) "With imagined tragedy hovering over us, we became inseparable, two halves creating the whole: yin and yang" (118). This quote is important because it shows the theme of being in balance.

2) "After a while, there were no more discussions. Ted simply decided...he started pushing me to make decisions" (119). This passage is important because it shows the change in gender roles of their marriage.

3) "But later, after my mother lost her faith in God" (116); "It was one of complete despair and horror, for losing Bing, for being so foolish as to think she could use faith to change fate" (130). These passages are important because it keeps the reader engaged by using a "question-answer) technique.

4) In the confusion of the fight, nobody notices. I am the only one who sees what Bing is doing...And I think, He's going to fall in" (125). This passage is important because it shows how Rose see the event unfolding and does nothing about it. This passage is also similar to her marriage and why she divorcing Ted.

5) "She had never swum a stroke in her life, but her faith in her own nengkan convinced her that what these Americans couldn't do, she could. She could find Bing" (126). This passage is important because not only are change in gender roles, but also it reinforces the idea of doing and finding something yourself, similar to the passage found on page 94.