Rose Hsu Jordan
Rose is the daughter of An-Mei. Rose begins by reminiscing the story of when she had to tell her mother that she was going to get a divorce from her husband, Ted. As Rose is thinking about this, she has a flashback about the time her family went to the beach. At the beach, Rose's older sisters were allowed to walk around, but Rose had to watch her three younger brothers. While her two brothers were playing in the sand, Rose watched her youngest brother, Bing. Bing was walking out on a ledge to go watch his father fish. All of a sudden, "Shouts erupt. Someone has thrown sand in Luke's face and he's jumped out of his sand grave and thrown himself on top of Mark, thrashing and kicking. My mother shouts for me to stop them," (125). Rose pulls the brothers off of one another and turns around to see Bing fall in the water. The family and rescue boats search for his body, but cannot find it. Rose thinks she is the one to blame. That night all members of the family sit together with heads down. An-Mei then says that she told Rose to take her eyes off of Bing The next day, An-Mei and Rose go out and search for the body. An-Mei does everything possible to find the body, but later gives up. This shows that families need each other to get through tough times.
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