Jade Peony Analysis

“Jade Peony”, by Wayson Choy, is a touching story that caused me to feel many emotions. Sek-Lung, a young boy which we follow, lives with his family in downtown chinatown, that consists of his father, three older siblings, stepmother, and grandmother. This story takes place in a time between the 1930’s, and 1940’s. A short summary of the story is that Sek-Lung’s grandmother goes through other people’s garbage to piece together objects to build a wind chime, and since Sek-Lung does not attend a school he follows her on her quest. We find out that the wind chime is for when she passes away, so her spirit can come back and say farewell. Sek-Lung’s older siblings are embarrassed at the fact that she searches through other people's garbage, so