![]() ![]() At the end of the play, when Ying-ying goes to share her wish, she realizes that the Moon Lady was not what she appeared to be, but really a man in a costume-not a “wish granter.”ĭuring her lifetime, Ying-ying has also felt like a shadow: not a whole person. Taken to the shore to wait for someone to come for her, Ying-ying sees a play about the Moon Lady-told behind screens-showing only shadows. Because of these things, she has failed to allow her daughter to see and hear her.Īt the age of four, during the Moon Festival, Ying-ying falls into the water and is separated from her family. Ying-ying believes that she has lost herself because she has forgotten who she was as a child, lost her faith in the world-and has become distanced from the experiences that changed her then. And because I moved so secretly now my daughter does not see me…And I want to tell her this: We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing, unheard and not hearing, unknown by others. …because I remained silent for so long now my daughter does not hear me…All these years I have kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. The disconnect between Ying-ying and Lena is strongly stated at the beginning of the chapter: ![]() Ying-ying believes that her daughter has lost sight of what is important because Ying-ying has lost sight. The speaker in this chapter is Ying-ying St. ![]() The overall theme seems to relate to finding one’s place in the world. ![]() There are several themes in Amy Tan’s chapter entitled “The Moon Lady,” from The Joy Luck Club. ![]()
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