Lost Sister Quiz

In English class we were asked to pick out a quote that we thought was significant from Lost Sister, a poem we've recently read. The quote I felt was most significat was, "You find you need China; your one fragile identification, a jade link handcuffed to your wrist." This is important because the character thought that leaving China would be better but they realized that it wasn't what they hoped it would be. They long for the security they once had back in their home land. I also liked how 'jade' was used because the poem starts off by telling how all of the name Jade is given to the eldest daughters but when they left China, they also left their name behind. It was their only identification and no matter where they go or what they do, they'll always be Jade. They're handcuffed to their identity.

I believe that family and culture teach us who we are and the role we must play in life. Although in this poem it sounded like the culture was hellish, Jade still longed for it, because without that structure, without someone pointing us in a certain direction, we're lost. Jade needs China but what she really needs is knowing what her purpose in life is. She has been taught her entire life to follow someone else, to be locked away. Being given this freedom is like throwing her into the world of the unknown and it's unbearable.