Wednesday, 21 September 2011

fish cheeks, why the "s"

Amy tan's story Fish Cheeks is one of humiliation and embarasment in front of her crush at that time. Takes place at dinner time where an assortment of chinese dishes are laid out for the visiting pastor's family and the Tan family. the prolem arises due to difference in culture, the american family to the chinese family. this difference in culture between Amy and her crush causes her to get really embarassed when her family is expressing table manners fround on by the americans but very polite in chinese culture. the title comes from one of the dishes given, fish. a whole fish was offered at the dinner table and the cheek comes in where they mention loudly that the fish cheek was her favourite part of the fish, singular. so why is it that the title is plural, all the dishes n the table were her "fish cheeks". she said at the end that upon reflection that all the dishes given that night were her favourite, her fish cheeks. 

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