E10/11 Sept 25

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Good morning, everyone.

We’ll get started at 8:30.

Today’s agenda

1. Finish The Jade Peony Chapter 2

2. Continue with “Literary Terms”

3. HW Read JP Chapter 3 (28p) for Monday, make notes on the Thought Questions

Monday- paragraph to pass in Test #2 Chapter 1-3 JP

HW Go home and tell your family members that you love them. See what happens.

The Jade Peony Ch 2

MY LECTURE NOTES (cont.)

decorative knots – learned by Poh-poh while child servant

“Teach me, my heart said” p31

PohPoh abused as child, nearly slaps Jook Liang

“ No, no, no… No more teach!” p31

Poh-Poh has a lot of unresolved trauma

“Mo yung girl” p33

mo – not

yung – useful, good

mo yung – useless

Jook Liang “I’m not mo yung, PohPoh… even though I am a girl!”

JL defends herself, stands up for herself

Wong Bak “bandit-prince in disguise” p35

READ PARAGRAPH “I was happy...” p36

PohPoh’s childhood “Too ugly” p38

JL talking about PP “She was always saying something discouraging.” p39

stigma – a negative cultural shame

“When would her mo yung granddaughter learn not to tempt the gods.” P40

PP “We know world.  No one spoil us.” p40

Jook Liang thought “I’m not ugly… I’m not useless.” p41, confident, strong

“I looked… seeking Shirley Temple… Something cold clutched at my stomach…” p41

Read all p41

Poh-Poh is always so negative, opposite, very complicated woman

“How are you?” “Die soon.”

Good advice to have a happier life: positive affirmations, showing gratitude, writing down good things in our lives , omitting negative people in your life, not complaining, being grateful

Poh-Poh would never be able to do these things. She likes to remember the sadness of the past and stew in the bad emotions. -not been loved as a child, hard to express love easily

Jook Liang and Wang Suk both needed that friendship, both needed the mutual caring and support of each other

-like a family relationship, grandfather and granddaughter

song by Paul Simon “Something So Right”

Some people never say the words

I love you

It's not their style

To be so bold

Some people never say those words

I love you

But like a child they're longing

To be told

can tell the dog but their child