Ying-Ying St. Clair

"And tonight, on the fifteenth day of the eighth moon, I also remember what I asked the Moon Lady so long ago. I wished to be found" (83).

Ying-Ying St. Clair had many hopes of seeing the Moon Lady. When talking to Amah, she was very enthusiastic at the words of "Moon Lady", even though she didn't know what it was yet. Because of Ying-Ying's obliviousness to the meaning of this "Moon Lady", she believed anything she saw, even if it was actually a man dressed as a lady. When everyone left after a speaker asked for a monetary donation, Ying-Ying was gullible and ran over to tell the "Moon Lady" a wish. She wished to be found. The literary meaning of this is that Ying-Ying wanted to be found by Amah so that she can go back to where she belongs. However, figuratively, Ying-Ying wanted to find her meaning of life.

The chapter title "Feathers From a Thousand Li Away" is a representation of all the four mothers' past. This whole chapter gave a background of all four mothers.