Without Wood/ Best Quality Blog

I thought these chapters of the book were very interesting. I find a lot of these stories interesting because of how the relationships between the daughters and mothers continue to change throughout the story. I think that the book it starting to change for the better, because it seems like each person is starting to realize that each person is not what they turned out to be. After reading Four Directions, I was curious as to how this will have an impact on how they treat their daughters. One example of this came in both chapters. In Without Wood, Rose’s mother came to her and told her not to given into what Ted was doing. In the end, Rose ended up with a voice and let Ted know how she felt and as a result got exactly what she wanted. The next example came in Best Quality. I thought this chapter stood out the most because it showed how much the relationships in the story had changed. I think that the most significant part in the story came when Jing-Mei was given the pendant. I think that for her mother to give her such a valuable thing says a lot about the trust she has for her daughter, despite the issues that she had spoken of before. I think that because the daughter’s realize the things that they have done to cause the rifts in the relationships with their mothers. I am very curious to see where the story goes from here, because it is getting closer to the end.