Under such pressure to reach unattainable expectations she found herself feeling alone and unwanted. This created space to be filled in Jook-Liang’s life, allowing the perfect opportunity for her mentor, Wong-Suk to step in and provide the companionship she needed. Wong-Suk, being an outcast of society himself, could understand Jook-Liang’s problems and help her find courage and acceptance. He gave her the chance to express her aspirations of one day becoming a star, like Shirley Temple and to show her creativity and …show more content…
This, paired with being held back from school due to an illness, left him with very few people in his life he was truly close to. He was left unsure about where he belonged, knowing little of either of the Canadian or Chinese cultures, traditions or languages he belonged to. When Sek-Lung met his new mentor, Meiying, he was shown a different side of the world he wouldn’t have seen otherwise. She helped him explore diverse aspects of contrasting people through her secrets trips with him to Little Tokyo where she would visit her forbidden Japanese boyfriend. Sek-Lung had finally found someone he could closely depend on and look up to until she passed abruptly leaving him once again without a familiar advisor. Despite this, the things she taught him would be able to assist him throughout life for years to