1. Theme. Several themes may be dealt with in this book. List and explain them.
This book deals with some strong themes such as:
Self-esteem and roles (man and woman): Those words are related thanks to the influence of culture that defines how you have to behave in certain circumstances or with determined people. Women are treated as inferiors that implicitly affects their self-esteem.
Culture and traditions: As I wrote before, those aspects are extremely important because if this story would be developed in other country, the events will be really different.
Politics: this book is developed at the moment China was having one of the most important transitions in terms of politics (the process from imperialism to a republic).
2. The significance of this book in the literary world, at the time it was published and thereafter
This book won the recognition of the ALA award for the Best Book for Young Adults. At the moment this book was released, it could be taken as controversial; nowadays is an inspiration for the people who feel tied and want to break those ties.
3. The significance of the title
For the people that accept their culture, those actions could bind them and develop their lives as normal as they think, but in other cases, for the people that feel trapped in a culture that forbid them to rise as they want, those ties could break you down.
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