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The Jade Peony
In the short story “The Jade Peony” by Wayson Choy, the author uses colours to create symbolic meanings in the story to express the feelings and emotions from the characters. For example, Sek-Lung said that his Grandmama kept her “jade pendant in a tiny red silk envelope…” (2). This means that the jade peony is something she loves, or was given to her by someone she loves, because red means love and marriage in the Eastern culture. This is important because the jade is the only reminiscence from the juggler she loves; therefore it shows the importance of the peony to Grandmama. Additionally, upon grandmama’s death, she gave the peony to Sek-Lung which means that Sek-Lung is truly important to her as well. In addition, as Sek-Lung’s Grandmother’s sickness grew worse, she “sipped a bluish decoction of an herb called Peacock’s Tail.”(1). This shows that Grandmama is not afraid of death since blue means calm and peaceful. This quote is important because it illustrates how Sek-Lung’s grandmother feels towards dying and how she can still remain calm and peaceful. One evening, Sek-Lung’s Grandmama saw a “long, lean, white cat” (7), Grandmama said the cat “was all white and had pink eyes like sacred fire” (8). This indicates that Grandmama is going to pass away because white means death in the Eastern culture. The cat also represents the juggler Grandmama loves that had possibly died in the famine long time ago; the family believes the cat was the juggler since the juggler as described by grandma also has pale white skin and pink eyes. As a result, the author uses a lot of colors to signify the feelings and emotions of the characters in the story. The author stated that Grandmother kept her peony in a red envelope meaning love and marriage which shows how she still remember the juggler she loves from long time ago and the importance of her grandson(since she gave the peony to Sek-Lung after her death). The bluish herb grandmama drank when her sickness
In the short story “The Jade Peony” by Wayson Choy, the author uses colours to create symbolic meanings in the story to express the feelings and emotions from the characters. For example, Sek-Lung said that his Grandmama kept her “jade pendant in a tiny red silk envelope…” (2). This means that the jade peony is something she loves, or was given to her by someone she loves, because red means love and marriage in the Eastern culture. This is important because the jade is the only reminiscence from the juggler she loves; therefore it shows the importance of the peony to Grandmama. Additionally, upon grandmama’s death, she gave the peony to Sek-Lung which means that Sek-Lung is truly important to her as well. In addition, as Sek-Lung’s Grandmother’s sickness grew worse, she “sipped a bluish decoction of an herb called Peacock’s Tail.”(1). This shows that Grandmama is not afraid of death since blue means calm and peaceful. This quote is important because it illustrates how Sek-Lung’s grandmother feels towards dying and how she can still remain calm and peaceful. One evening, Sek-Lung’s Grandmama saw a “long, lean, white cat” (7), Grandmama said the cat “was all white and had pink eyes like sacred fire” (8). This indicates that Grandmama is going to pass away because white means death in the Eastern culture. The cat also represents the juggler Grandmama loves that had possibly died in the famine long time ago; the family believes the cat was the juggler since the juggler as described by grandma also has pale white skin and pink eyes. As a result, the author uses a lot of colors to signify the feelings and emotions of the characters in the story. The author stated that Grandmother kept her peony in a red envelope meaning love and marriage which shows how she still remember the juggler she loves from long time ago and the importance of her grandson(since she gave the peony to Sek-Lung after her death). The bluish herb grandmama drank when her sickness