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The last three stories from the first section of the book were all so symbolic. The first one, the scar, was about a little girl who is left by her mother to live with her grandmother. Her grandmother tells her of how her mother is looked upon as a ghost because she dishonored her family and ran off to marry a guy who had already been married once before and had two lovers. The little girl grows up without her mother, until one day she just shows up. Her grandmother is really sick and her mother kind of takes over. She even takes a piece of her flesh and feeds it to her mother to make her feel better. This, I thought, sounded a lot like giving a little bit of yourself, to help someone in need. Family is so important in this country, and it shows how they prioritize their family before everything. The second story, the red candle, is about this girl who is forced to marry a guy a matchmaker picked for her when she is sixteen and she has to move in with him and serve him as if she were his personal maid. Her family moves away and she is basically left alone and helpless. She is labeled as a piece of property owned by the man. She finds a way to escape this life, and make everyone believe her marriage is cursed and that the guy is meant to marry someone else. She then is allowed to leave the house and go search for her family. The final story, the moon lady, was about a mother and daughter relationship and how the daughter is never paid any attention. While on a boat she falls over board and it is never even noticed that she is gone. She ends up on the boat of the moon lady. She wants to make a wish but when she runs up to her she finds out that the moon lady is actually a man. I don’t have a favorite story I like them all because they all end in a happy way.