What I like in this book:
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Main topics it covers:
Women, marriage, society There’re
always discussions and advocation of women’s right, women’s life and development
and stuff like that. The novel not only put out some image of independent women
also with the marriage of two who lost their love bit by bit of husband’s
father and the personality clash of the couple. Although the image of Alice’s
father-in-law was, as I saw it, too purely unfavourable throughout the whole
story from start to the last description of him (I understand it will be too
complicated if adding more on him within the four hundred pages), we could still
find somewhat resemble in the conventional marriage life in Asian families
nowadays. Marriage-life and women’s career with their behaviour should control
by her own as the buzzword ‘independent women’. Broader mindset among the
public could also stop the pressure of a woman who decided how her way of life –
staying with her beloved man in the pass ten years without marrying him, decided
to raise a baby in the last fifty page of the story – will definitely show the
respect and build a better society by our own actions.
Coloured and injured The
value back in 1930s admittedly were different from what we believe now in 2020s.
Separate facilities were still exist but diminishing; workers were send back
with little compensation after industrial accident that was not seems to
recovered to the same health quality had no discussion on. Characters under
Jojo’s novel hasn’t too radical about it but the helpless to those conditions
lend to financial struggle, definitely gave me a firmer belief of we should thank
for the state we life present and still work hard to provide more justice in our
together-power for future.
Favourite characters:
Margery O’Hare The pillar of librarians, she once helped Alice get away from the harassment in a bar. A man slid an arm around Alice’s shoulders and flash over her chest, Margery interposes he and her fearlessly leaning forward to whispering in his ear to worn him only with words get his hand away from her and smile at him albeit anger and danger of what the man would do to herself.
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In a few words, I personally love the ways of the writing and enjoy it with the uplifting finale very much, it would be perfect if the story could be less naïve in its ideology and more climactic plot through the middle before it ends.
You just asked a difficult question! I think it depends on the degree I trust that person. But just like you said, "Marriage-life and women's career with their behaviour should control by her own as the buzzword' independent women'." If I faced that dilemma, I would think: why am I the person to give up my life instead of him? However, sometimes you just love a person so much that you are willing to give up everything just to be with him. And I don't think that case means "dependent." As a result, I think everyone, not only women, needs to have the power to control their own life.
ReplyDeleteI'll first figure out whether that unfamiliar country is friendly to me, a woman, from every aspect. If not, why would I make the sacrifice like this? Everyone should put themselves first when making big decisions in order to avoid inequality.
ReplyDeleteTo me, marriage is a life-long issue. Once I am determined to marry a person, it means I trust her and ready to make every sacrifice to follow her anywhere she goes. I am the one who has the right to choose how my life will end.
ReplyDeleteI would want to move to that country with my beloved one. I want to feel the presence and existence of the person right there, right then, and I don't think I can do it on the phone. But the difficult part is I don't want to leave my family either. Really a hard choice in the reality.
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel. This is Christy.
ReplyDeleteThanks for asking such question. In my perspective, I would say that , to me, marriage is kind of accompany to each other, therefore, I couldn't bear a long long time for staying as a long distance relationship.