Part one of term paper
is the stories of four families that migrated from mainland China in the last generation. It is the story of four mother-daughter relationships in the United States and the story of the four mothers’ lives in a repressive and sexist Chinese society. These stories are told in such a manner that illuminates the contrasts between the Ch ...

Part two of term paper
... freedom from the pre-set roles of the old country. So each of these stories is also about the changes that go on in a family adapting to a new way of life. I think these stories are representative of the difficulties experienced by real life families as they go through the process of assimilation. The four women, Suyan, Lindo, Ying Ying, and An Mei came to America many years ago to escape the social and political turmoil in China. Now, however, Suyan has died and the three other members of the ...