"The Jade Peony" written by author Wayson Choy allows Canadian reader's to get a glimpse of the reality of an immigrant family's life, viewed through the simple perspective of a child narrator. In part one of "The Jade Peony" one does not learn about the characteristics and desires of the narrator at sudden, however, a vital and fairly constructive way to recognize the individuality and personality of the narrator in the story, which is a girl named Liang, is to closely examine her relationship with two significant people in the novel; Wong Suk; a friend and Poh-Poh; her grandmother. Once knowing about the child narrator, it can be revealed what Wayson Choy has achieved by using her to present Part One of his novel.…
