The Moon Lady- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan: turning point

In this chapter of Amy Tan's book, Ying-Ying St. Clair is the narrator. All her life, Ying-Ying has heard story after story of the Moon Lady, a nonexistent woman who grants wishes. When the night of Ying-Ying's meeting with the Moon Lady arrives, she gets all fancied up for it. Ying-Ying's whole family prepares the food for the big night of celebration. Everything was going smooth until Ying-Ying got her dress dirty and had to sit out of the celebrations. This is where the turning point began; Ying-Ying's disappearance from the boat and into the boat of another fisherman. She was separated from her family for many hours and felt alone. Ying-ying, comparing herself to the Moon Lady, says, "In one small moment, we had both lost the world and there was no way to get it back" (Tan 81). Ying-Ying feels the same as many other teens: alone and lost in herself. As every teen with this problem, Ying-Ying wishes to be found, by her parents and by herself.