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I also noticed what Sarah points out about Sao not providing for his family in China. His family wrote him many letters complaining about their hunger and health and Sao feels it is more beneficial to take care of his immediate family and life in America, not his extended family in China. This shows the switch to a more nuclear family and individual focus rather than extended/community family focus. In this case the distance of being in America made that process possible, but in order to survive in America and in American culture, Sao had to look out for himself. --Kari W. | I also noticed what Sarah points out about Sao not providing for his family in China. His family wrote him many letters complaining about their hunger and health and Sao feels it is more beneficial to take care of his immediate family and life in America, not his extended family in China. This shows the switch to a more nuclear family and individual focus rather than extended/community family focus. In this case the distance of being in America made that process possible, but in order to survive in America and in American culture, Sao had to look out for himself. --Kari W. | ||
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| + | I think that this was the most interesting part of the book. Like Sarah and Kari have pointed out, it really demonstrates how some Chinese Americans are relinquishing their whole extended family support system and are focusing in more on immediate family. It also shows how some families, like Sao's, are placing more value on female children. - Celia | ||
