She shows her annoyance with her mom when she shouts, “ I wish I were dead! Like them” (Tan 231). After Jing-mei screamed this she saw how hurt her poor mom looked. The face her mom showed as if she was stunned to what her child have just stabbed her in the back. Jing-mei feels like her mom can’t speak to her anymore. She knew she had greatly disappointed her mom and failed her so many times, Jing-mei feel short on her mom’s expectations. “ all that remained unchecked, like a betrayal that was now unspeakable” (Tan 232). Jing-mei wasn’t really sure why her mom gave up so easily on her. After the incident the mom never brought up playing the piano