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The Joy Luck Club • 1989
I remember wondering why it was that eating something good could make me feel so terrible, while vomiting something terrible could make me feel so good.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker recalls puzzling over an odd reversal: something good to eat left them feeling wretched, while bringing up something foul left them feeling wonderful. The remark treats comfort and misery as swapping places, with dry, wry wonder at how the body's verdicts run against appearances.
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