What metaphors are used in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan?

Examples of Metaphor:

The broken vase is a metaphor for a broken marriage.

"I see it right away: the marble end table collapsed on top of its spindly black legs... 'Fallen down,' she says simply...

'It doesn't matter,' I say and I started to pick up the broken glass shards. 'I knew it would happen.'

'Then why don't stop it?' asks my mother. (Page 180)

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“All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me” (Page 162)