Significance and Themes

Main Themes

Culture and Traditions: the book shows the impact that the social traditions have in people beloging in a determinated community, how it represents the behaviour among members. How the act of participating and agree with the traditions make a person aceptated in the community, and how desagree and not participate of the traditions make a person rejected and descredited whitin the community. In the book, for example: A woman with bound foot is considered a good woman because she follows the ancient traditions, and a woman with unbound foot is considered a social outcast.

The importance of free decisions: the main character do not accept the ancient traditions and the social constructions that her family and society require her. She decides to think in a different way because she doesn't follow the traditons with her close eyes. She questions the culture where she was born despite of it brings many troubles to her.

Xenophobia: some characters of the book show their reject and contempt of diffentes languages and culture.

Critic point of view about women and men rol inside society: the author judges how the woman rol inside the ancient china culture is limited and infriged.

Significance of the book:

The book's story is an inspiration for people who don't feel identified with the own culture and own tradition. Also the book is an invitation to reflect on the idea that the culture where a perosn was born is not the only perceptions people can take into account, people should open mind to others cultures and traditions.