Half and Half- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan: anecdote

In this chapter, Rose Hsu Jordan is the narrator. Throughout the chapter, Rose tells anecdotes of her life with Ted, her husband. One anecdote is of Ted's mother pronouncing her disapproval for Rose and her ethnic backgrounds. She also tells anecdotes of all the decision making situations Ted and her have been in. She then tells the anecdote of her little brother's death that caused her mother's belief in God to be destroyed. Rose says, "And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you-- not your husband, not your mother, not God" (Tan 121). Rose's anecdotes relate to many things in today's society. Many divorces today are caused due to attitude changes toward the partner, like Rose and Ted.