Character List. Jing-mei Woo (June) is the narrator as well as the protagonist. After being pushed by her mother to become a prodigy, she develops a rebellious attitude toward her mother. Mr. Chong is Jing-mei's piano teacher.
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Always respect what other people do, they do it for a reason and you do not have to agree or approve of their reasoning
Anna Quindlen's purpose is to help us to realize that the US as a whole, even though we are many different cultures and religions, we manage to find common ground as a whole.
The correct answer should be they have both literal and figurative meaning
It is always unknown what things might really mean in poems or what they represent. This is why it is ambiguous as you cannot know whether the poet meant it literally or figuratively.