Although Jing-mei has the last word in the fight over piano lessons, she is still unhappy. Why is she unhappy? What is her greatest worry? What does this reveal about her character?

She is more unhappy because she wishes her mom would yell at her instead. Her mother instead feels bad for her because she thinks that she cant help it. She would rather be yelled at to blame her mother for her misery instead of taking responsibility. This reveals that she would rather not try and get in trouble versus try to do something she doesn't like and blame her self being incompetent instead. Also doesn't try to succeed, she gives up before she starts, thus telling us even more after she drops out of school

Explanation:

I read Two Kinds by Amy Tan