"Lost Sister"

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This paper discusses a poem "Lost Sister" which is found in a poem collection called "Picture Bride" written by Cathy Song. The paper describes the ways in which the poem collection describes Asian immigrants' concerns with their decisions to migrate to the United States. The poem, "Lost Sister," more specifically compares the contradictions in Chinese and American cultures faced by a Chinese immigrant woman.

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"By acknowledging that jade stone can only be found in several mountains in China and nearby, Song applies the stone to symbolize China, the nation and its culture. Further, by describing the preciousness of jade stone to Chinese people in line 6-9, Song conveys that Chinese culture is very important to Chinese people. They hold their culture so strongly that they pass it on to their descendants and it becomes the family's identity, as stated in lines 3-4. Identifying themselves as Chinese not only shows their pride in being as valuable as jade stone, but also their power to make impossible goals become achievable as they can "move mountains" (line 7). The significance of the word "daughters" in line 3 is an image relating to the intense connection between Chinese women and their identities as Chinese."

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