Waverly taunts her mother when she makes a remark about Chinese torture, knowing something that her mother didn't hear of.Metaphorically she escapes her mother's influence. When Waverly realizes that she can't defeat her mother in the imaginary game, she retreats and quits the game, flying out of the house above the city, until she is completely alone. Waverly's mother is winning the imaginary game of chess at the end of the story.This girl not have concerning for us"(73/ 18). After the incident in the market Waverly arrives home for dinner and the mother orders everybody else around the table to ignore the child "We not concerning this girl.She does not ask for the salted plums again. Waverly "bites back" her tongue when she goes into the shop with her mother.This invisible strength is the strength of her mind. In the beginning of the story Waverly did not understand anything about chess but she learned them through dictionaries, searching in the library and the help of Lau Po. In addition to self control, invisible strength is the strength of the human mind. She first whined for them and later received them because she showed self-control by no longer whining. Waverly learned these rules that linked directly to life through trial and error such as when she wanted the “forbidden candies” (p.37). Waverly was taught this art by her mother who also used this art as a set of rules such as “Bite back your tongue”(p.37). Waverly uses the “art of invisible strength" to win when she is playing chess and in life. Rules are invisible because they are just a concept and an idea, but they hold limitless power because they influence everyone. The game of chess has many rules just like the game of life. Waverly Jong's mother is always teaching her about the “art of invisible strength“ which symbolizes rules and knowledge.
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