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... Instead of opposing and being rebellious to each other, they weave together like the melody and the harmony, and the outcome is harmonious music, but in their case, a pair of loving mother and daughter.
In ¡¥Without Wood¡¦, Rose starts out by being rebellious to her mother, when she deliberately marries an American because her mother knows her daughter will pick a Chinese husband. ¡¥¡Kmy mother, who was not there but could see me inside out, told Old Mr. ... When she does not listen to her mother, something bad always happens because her mother is so powerful that even ¡¥ ¡§¡KOld Mr. ...
Rose¡¦s rebelliousness makes her ignore her mother. When Rose grows up, her mother still tries to make Rose listen, especially when she is going through a divorce. However, Rose does not talk to her mother about her divorce, but talks to her friends and her psychiatrist instead. She does not want to include her mother in her life, and it puzzles her mother because she does not know why Rose ¡¥ ¡§¡Ktalk about this with a psyche-atric and not with mother?¡¨ ¡¦ In Rose¡¦s mother¡¦s opinion, ¡¥ ¡§ A mother is best.
Approximate Word count = 960
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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