Meimei, the protagonist of Amy Tan's short story "The Rules of the Game," lives in the Chinatown area of San Francisco, California, with her strict mother, father, and two brothers, Vincent and Winston. Meimei's real name is Waverly Place Jong, and she is named for the street which the family lives on. The family dwells in a two-bedroom flat situated above a Chinese bakery which is best known for their dim sum and steamed pastries....
Meimei, the protagonist of Amy Tan's short story "The Rules of the Game," lives in the Chinatown area of San Francisco, California, with her strict mother, father, and two brothers, Vincent and Winston. Meimei's real name is Waverly Place Jong, and she is named for the street which the family lives on. The family dwells in a two-bedroom flat situated above a Chinese bakery which is best known for their dim sum and steamed pastries. Meimei describes the apartment as "warm" and clean" and likes that she can detect the scents drifting in from the bakery below: "fragrant red beans. . . cooked down to a pasty sweetness. . . fried sesame balls and sweet curried chicken crescents." The apartment is located on an alley that is two blocks long and which is close to a playground, and contains Ping Yuen Fish Market, Hong Sing's cafe, and the China Gem Company. Despite the poverty of the area, Meimei insists that she grew up never knowing that her family was poor.
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