Rules of the Game

This story was extremely weird, and to be honest, I think that Chinese culture is a little bit weird. It was mentioned in this story that they ate five course meals every time they sat down at the table. How are they so skinny if they eat all that food all the time? I also thought it was weird and gross that the pharmacist-like healer of the Chinese culture had a store where he sold insect shells, leaves, and other things from nature for people to heal themselves with. I could not believe that the kids sat in the alley and looked into the store, watching the owner of the shop count out the bug shells and give them to the customers. Another thing that I found disgusting was the way she described the fish market. The fish were all just sitting out in the open in containers full of ice, and she described the one type as having two eyes on one side just sitting there looking up at you. That would make me never want to eat a fish again, but I guess that is just the difference in cultures. I thought the little girl's name was weird. Her parents could have been a little bit more creative in coming up with her name than just calling her the street they live on combined with their last name. Waverly Place Jong would not be what I want to be called for the rest of my life! I found it a little creepy when Waverly asked her mother about Chinese torture, and she said that Americans were lazy and the Chinese had the best business, medicine, art, and torture. I thought that was a creepy combination. I think it would be confusing to be a Chinese American because they have different calenders, so you would be a different age in the two different cultures. For example, Waverly was seven in America, but she was considered eight by the Chinese calender. She seemed like a very smart girl, especially for her age, and I was very impressed with her dedication to learning the secrets of the game of chess.