Although Jing-mei has the last word in the fight over piano lessons, she is still unhappy. Why is she unhappy? What is her greatest worry? What does this reveal about her character?

Jing-mei asserts her will in the last fight over the piano lessons, which causes her mother to become angry because Suyuan thinks she has only good motivations. The way that Jing-mei "wins" is also bittersweet. She only wins the disagreement by bringing up her mother's lost children, which hurts her mother. This victory is hollow because Jing-mei doesn't get what she really wants: acceptance and love from her mother. That is why, nearly twenty years later, Jing-mei is still not over the piano incident. Her greatest fear is that her mother had given up on her. Although she is glad not to take piano lessons, Jing-mei's anguish is not due to her dislike of the piano. She is upset because she feels like her mom had set her up for failure.

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.