"She has a Chinese saying for what she knows. Chunwang chihan: If the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold. Which means, I suppose, one thing is always the result of another."
Lena’s mother has this saying because she believes her daughter will marry a bad man if she doesn’t finish all her rice. “One thing will lead to another” is the theme of this chapter. Lena and her husband, Harold, based their relationship on fairness and what is even. This is not the best way to begin a relationship.
The literary term I chose for this chapter is ALLEGORY (a literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions). The table Harold built while he was still a student was not very stable and wobbled a lot. I believe this is representative of their marriage together. Also, Lena knew the table was not secure, but still she allowed it to be in use. Like her marriage, she knew it was unstable and not built with the proper foundation, but she didn’t do anything about it. It is the chances in life that we don’t take that we regret the most.
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