A Pair of Cards by Amy Tan tells of a daughter, June-May, who travels to China to meet her twin sisters and announce her mother's death. The issue at hand is that June-May has never been to China, nor has she ever met her twin sisters. From June to May the concern of not fitting in and standing out as an American is China. She has lived her life under the impression that nothing other than her parents' origins makes her Chinese. Everything changes once he's in China. It is in China that he begins to realize the meaning of love and personal identity. The real transformation begins when she learns of her mother's struggles and meets her family members in China for the first and last time. By the end of the shop, June-May has not only become her mother, but she has also become China. June-May receives a letter from her twin sisters shortly after her mother's death. However, her sisters do not know that their mother is dead and have been looking for her for years. June-May brings the letter to Aunt Lindo who replies pretending to be her mother and says they will come to visit them. June-May protests, “They will think that I am responsible, that she died because I didn't appreciate her” (Tan 149). She believes her sisters will hate her when she shows up without her mother and has to announce her death. As a result, Aunt Lindo responds by announcing their mother's passing and announces that their sister, June-May, will arrive instead. It is during this trip that June-May realizes her mother's dream, “taking with me the dream of returning home. I'm going to China” (Tan 147). In this way he gets another part of his mother. However, it is when June-May reunites with her sisters that she becomes fully one with... middle of paper... June-May's blossoming like a spring flower and foreshadows her acceptance of self-identification. June-May fulfills her mother's name and life goal, her long-cherished desire. She eventually meets her twin sisters and essentially satisfies and reunites her mother with her daughter through her. Because when they are all together they are one; I am their mother. This is where June-May realizes the family part of her Chinese family culture. Furthermore, he considers himself fully Chinese. He realizes that family is made of love and that family is the key to being Chinese. “And now I also see what part of me is Chinese. It's so obvious. It's my family. It's in our blood." (Tan 159). Eventually, the burden of her mother's life is lifted and June-May's doubts about being Chinese are put aside, or as she puts it, "After all these years, it can finally be let go" (Tan 159).