Best Quality- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan: epigraph

In this chapter, Jing-Mei Woo is the narrator. She tells of her and her mother's adventure to the market. They were having a dinner for friends and brought eleven crabs. One crab had a broken leg, but they couldn't exchange it. The epigraph of this chapter "best quality" relates to the whole chapter in terms of Jing-Mei's perspective. While everyone else wants the best quality, Jing-Mei thinks differently. Jing-Mei's mother says, "'Only you pick that crab. Nobody else take it. I already know this. Everybody else want best quality. You thinking different" (Tan 208). Jing-Mei proves herself as wanting the best quality for others even if it means not having the best for herself.