My parents arrived in America at the same airport within a
week of each other. Ironically, they didn't meet until a year
and a half later, in the library of San Francisco State
University. They were both graduate students.
For tuition money, my mother worked at a cannery. My
father sold wigs door-to-door.
Eventually, my father became an engineer and my mother a
librarian. Just before I was born, they moved into an
apartment near San Francisco Chinatown. We stayed there
for nine years.
Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese, 2006
Which literary element is displayed in the passage?
A. Foreshadowing
B. Parallel plot
C. Inciting incident
D. Flashback