Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Week 3, Post A

“We may be worthless. We may be raised for another family. But often we are loved and cherished, despite our natal families’ best efforts not to have feelings for us” (96). In Chinese society, the women are thought of as useless, because they are burdens to their birth family and later, their husband’s family. This contrasts greatly to American society, where male and females are thought of equally. It is difficult to imagine how girls must have felt in China, because the only value they have to society is bearing male children. In addition, it would be disheartening to find out that you were to be shifted from one family to another and that their feelings for you would only come out on rare occasions.