Quiz answers

In class we read a short poem about Chinese woman, and the hardships they had and what they encountered when they came to America.
The poem is written about woman's identity in China, and how it changed when they came to try and change their life. "The meager provisions and sentiments of once belonging¬ –– fermented roots, Mah-Jongg tiles and firecrackers set but a flimsy household in a forest of nightless cities." This quote deals with the differences the woman encountered when they left their home. The things that once made them comfortable and fit in now separated them from everyone else, and instead of helping the women, hurt and weakened them and their households they had.
This poem is written telling us the identity the woman from China had, and how they tried to go about changing it. I think that this poem is trying to show that if you leave something that is familiar and defines your life, whether good or bad, if you try to leave it you lose a part of yourself and feel lost and out of place. The Chinese woman were trying to define their own lives, to not have to conform to a set lifestyle, but in the end they were not successful and had lost their identity, and was always connected to it anyway "You find you need China: your one fragile identification, a jade link handcuffed to your wrist."