Scar- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan: flashback

In this chapter including An-Mei Hsu, Amy tan uses a flashback to show an important part in Hsu's life. An-Mei Hsu is the narrator explaing the effect her mother had on her life many years ago. An-Mei's mother is known as the ghost of An-Mei's life because she's never supposed to remember her. The scar on An-Mei's neck tells a different story, though. An-Mei and her mother could never forget what happened. An-Mei's mother was fighting with the rest of An-Mei's family. None of them realized the boiling pot of hot soup was rocking back and forth over young An-Mei's head. An-Mei says, "It was as though everyone's anger were pouring all over me" (Tan 46). An-Mei's grandmother relates their incident back to culture by saying if she doesn't become well, her death clothes are ready and prepared for her. Since she is young, her Popo explains the clothes will be plain and without importance.