Why does Jing-mei refuse to take the piano lessons in the scene above? Think about the context of the scene. You may need to review the story and your notes on Jing-mei.

Explanation:

Jing-mei was tired of trying to please her mother and never being enough for her.

Jing-mei's mother was obssessed with the idea that he daughter was some kind of a genius. She quizzed Jing-mei in different subjects suchs as mathematics and geography hoping to descover her hiddent talents.

That's why she whined and complained when her mother, after seein a piano concert on TV given by a little Chinese girl, told her that she was to start practicing piano.  Jing-mei felt that her mother was not content with her, and that she kept trying to make her into something that she was not.

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