The song on the left is called "Pleading Child," and the one on the right is called "Perfectly Contented." Jing-mei suddenly recognizes that the two titles are two half of the same song. This insight brings together the issue of mother-daughter conflict.
- Jing-two Mei's pieces of music towards the end of the story are titled "Pleading Child" and "Perfectly Contented." When Jing-Mei looks at these tunes on the piano, the first thing she notices is "Pleading Child," which is more difficult to play than she remembers.
- The piano depicts mother and daughter reconciliation. Jing-mei interpreted it as acceptance, and she eventually discovered that her mother had never given up on her.
- Jing-mei tells us at the end of the story that her mother recently died and that she went round to the house to tune the piano. When she opens it, she discovers the sheet music for the song 'Pleading Child,' which she had failed to perform in the talent event.
Thus this is the two paired pieces in the piano songbook at the end of the story to Jing-mei's life.
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