Week 16 Analysis
- In this Chapter, Queen Mother of the Western Skies
- Both mothers An-mei and Ying-ying have a sad and traumatic experience when they were young. An-mei had to witness her mother’s suicide for her to start to scream and shout. Ying-ying was bitter and hateful about her first husband and decided to abort her child for vengeance.
- An-mei saw in Rose how many culture like her Chinese culture were not allowed to questions everything. An-mei was raised to be passive, timid and desire nothing and she sees this from Rose failing marriage. Rose do not question her failing marriage and An-mei felt the frustration and she wants to scream for Rose but she realized she doesn’t want to dictate to Rose what she should do, because she saw from her youth how her mother follows the Second wife and dictate her life. An-mei wants Rose to stand up for herself and fight for her right. Like An-me, confronted the Second wife after her mother’s suicide, giving her mother fake pearl necklace, crushing it underfoot. She says it was on that day that she learned to shout
- Ying-ying tells her story and her first marriage from China. It is sad that she had to abort her child because she found out her husband has been cheating since before the marriage begins. Ying-ying first marriage drained her spirit but she does not want this to happen to her daughter Ying-ying explains that she was born in the year of the Tiger. The Tiger spirit has two spirit the golden nature is fierce, and the black nature is cunning and crafty, waiting between the trees. Ying-ying explains that only after her husband left her did she learn to use the black side of her spirit. She lived for ten years with relatives before she decided to get a job in a clothing shop, where, one day, she met an American merchant named Clifford St. Clair. “Saint,”
- Both of these Chinese ladies learned a lesson about their life in China and they want their daughters to learn from it and used it as life lesson that they can use whatever situation there in.
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ReplyDeleteI think Chinese cultures are very interesting, and that stories like these are reflections of larger social issues in their country. Like the lack of hesitating to abort their child, it's almost as if the stigma around abortion is nonexistent there because of their previous population restrictions. Other than that, these stories are still very saddening and it shows the struggles relationships can bring upon women and men when cheating and pregnancy is involved.
ReplyDeleteWhat story did you use for your blog post? I wish i knew which course reading you were referring to. I think its great that you noticed some relevant themes and motifs. I think its a common thing for mothers to want the best for their children. Its common to take mistakes and turn them into kessons for your kids.
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