The Joy Luck Club In this passage Amy Tan displays Rose Hsu Jordan as being passive yet assertive through symbolism and characterization. At this time Ted and Rose have to decided to get a divorce. Rose "wanted Ted to see [her] one more time before the divorce", and thus she tells him to the house and pick up the papers. When he arrived, what she "ended up showing" Ted ... able to live on her own without Ted. Rose's divorce is portrayed as the loose shingles on the roof. Rose is able to find relief and comfort underneath the divorce because it is her ticket to freedom, and her excuse to not h...

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