The short story 'A Pair of Tickets' is a component of a novel 'The Joy Luck Club' by Amy Tan which focuses on a woman fulfilling the lifelong wish of her mother. The title symbolizes the discovery of the narrator's identity, and the soul of her emotional nature and feelings towards her mother. The setting in this story changes the soul of the narrator as she begins to discover things about herself and her two …showed first 75 words of 1655 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1655 total…with the heritage of two cultures. She finally understands what her mother meant by ' Once you are born Chinese, you cannot help but feel and think Chinese.'. During all of these years, the narrator has solved all the doubts about herself, her mother, and her sisters that she had. She knows that she is a part of Chinese which she can never deny again, because if has already been rooted in her veins.