Is Ji-Li Really Sad

Ji-Li is really sad because she is told not to do the audition, and she is trying to hide these emotions. When this occurs, she comes home really excited. She tells everyone how the Red Guard wanted her to do the audition. Her family tells her that her family's background will not pass the tests needed to pass to be a red guard. “I did not say anything. Putting down the half-eaten bun, I walked to the mirror on the big wardrobe that divided the room and pressed my forehead against its cool surface. I could not hold back any longer. I burst out crying” (pg 10). I have broken up the quote into some baby quotes, and I can get some information out of them. When it says “half -eaten bun,” it is saying she was so sad she lost her appetite. It tells