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    This story by Amy Tan is about a young girl named An-Mei and the scar on her neck that helps her remember her mother. As a child, An-Mei went to live with her grandmother Popo after her mother became another man's concubine. Popo forbade talking about An-Mei's mother. Years later when Popo falls ill, An-Mei's mother visits and the sight of her helps An-Mei remember how she got the scar on her neck from spilt soup when her mother previously came to take her back. She also remembers her mother cutting her own flesh to make soup for Popo, hoping it would cure her, showing great filial piety

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    This story by Amy Tan is about a young girl named An-Mei and the scar on her neck that helps her remember her mother. As a child, An-Mei went to live with her grandmother Popo after her mother became another man's concubine. Popo forbade talking about An-Mei's mother. Years later when Popo falls ill, An-Mei's mother visits and the sight of her helps An-Mei remember how she got the scar on her neck from spilt soup when her mother previously came to take her back. She also remembers her mother cutting her own flesh to make soup for Popo, hoping it would cure her, showing great filial piety

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    This story by Amy Tan is about a young girl named An-Mei and the scar on her neck that helps her remember her mother. As a child, An-Mei went to live with her grandmother Popo after her mother became another man's concubine. Popo forbade talking about An-Mei's mother. Years later when Popo falls ill, An-Mei's mother visits and the sight of her helps An-Mei remember how she got the scar on her neck from spilt soup when her mother previously came to take her back. She also remembers her mother cutting her own flesh to make soup for Popo, hoping it would cure her, showing great filial piety

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    Scar by Amy Tan

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    HemavathiRajarajn
    This story by Amy Tan is about a young girl named An-Mei and the scar on her neck that helps her remember her mother. As a child, An-Mei went to live with her grandmother Popo after her mother became another man's concubine. Popo forbade talking about An-Mei's mother. Years later when Popo falls ill, An-Mei's mother visits and the sight of her helps An-Mei remember how she got the scar on her neck from spilt soup when her mother previously came to take her back. She also remembers her mother cutting her own flesh to make soup for Popo, hoping it would cure her, showing great filial piety

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    Scar by Amy Tan

    INTRODUCTION
    • TITLE: SCAR
    • AUTHOR: AMY TAN
    • BOOK: THE JOY LUCK CLUB (1990)

    • CHARACTERS: AN-MEI, POPO, MOTHER/GHOST, AUNTY, UNCLE


    SETTING
    • In the 1990s
    • Chinese Culture

    • Example:-
    Usage of Chinese words (Shuo, Ni)
    STORYLINE
    • An-mei’s mother became the concubine of a man named Wu-Tsing when An-mei
    was four, so she and her little brother went to live with their grandmother, Popo,
    who forbade them to speak their mother’s name. After a few years, An-mei
    forgot her mother entirely.
    • When Popo became terminally ill, An-mei’s mother visited for the first time in five
    years. As she brushed An-mei’s hair and caressed a scar on her neck, An-mei’s
    memory came rushing back; she remembers that when she was four, her mother
    arrived at Popo’s house to beg her to give An-mei back. An-mei cried out for her
    mother, and a bowl of boiling soup spilled over her neck like a flood of boiling
    anger. Popo and the rest of the family chased An-mei’s mother away, and after a
    while, the burn wound turned into a scar.
    • Later, just before Popo died, An-mei saw her mother cut a piece of her own flesh
    out of her arm and put it in a soup for Popo. According to ancient tradition, such
    a sacrifice might cure a dying family member. It is also a sign of bone-deep filial
    respect. After that night, An-mei loved her mother, who wounded her own flesh
    in order to alleviate Popo’s pain, and in order to remember what was in her
    bones.
    VALUES AND BELIEFS
    • Chinese Culture (Buddhism)
    Filial Piety- a virtue of respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors
    The term can also be applied to general obedience.

    Filial piety means to be good to one's parents; to take care of one's parents;
    to engage in good conduct not just towards parents but also outside the
    home so as to bring a good name to one's parents and ancestors; to perform
    the duties of one's job well so as to obtain the material means to support
    parents as well as carry out sacrifices to the ancestors; not be rebellious;
    show love, respect and support; display courtesy; ensure male heirs, uphold
    fraternity among brothers; wisely advise one's parents, including dissuading
    them from moral unrighteousness; display sorrow for their sickness and
    death; and carry out sacrifices after their death.
    SOCIAL ISSUE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIP
    • Fights among the family members
    • A daughter’s love to her mother
    GENDER ISSUE
    • Polygamy issue (concubines)
    ROLE OF MODELS AND HEROES
    • An-Mei looks up to Popo (grandmother) and she respects her by
    being obedient
    • Popo always talks about shuo (respect)
    LANGUAGE
    • Use of Chinese Language
    • An-Mei said she lived in China when she was a kid

    • Example:

    Shuo (respect)
    Ni (traitor)

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