My views on The Joy Luck Club
I\'m really touched after watching the movie.I enjoyed it very much and it made me have a deep thinking about women’s rights and their thoughts.
The Joy Luck Club is about mothers trying to teach their daughters leons, but the daughters do not understand.All four mothers went through hardships to learn this leon when they were young and now they try to teach their daughters the right mix of American culture and Chinese principles.The daughters are unable to understand where their mothers are coming from and they just ignore them.In the movie the mothers can’t expre the leons that they learned as children, to their daughters because they don\'t understand;however finally they understand .
When Lindo was only twelve, she was forced to move in with a neighbor\'s young son, Huang Tyan-yu, through the machinations of the village matchmaker.After some training for household duties through her in-laws, she and Tyan-yu married when she turned sixteen.She soon realized that her husband was just a little boy at heart and had no sexual interest in her.Lindo began to care for her husband as a brother, but her cruel mother-in-law expected Lindo to produce a grandson.She restricted most of Lindo\'s daily activities, eventually ordering her to remain on bed rest until she could conceive and deliver a child.
However,Ying-Ying’s destiny are not like this.From a young age, Ying-Ying is told by her wealthy and conservative family that Chinese girls should be meek and gentle.This is especially difficult for her, she feels, because she is a Tiger character.She begins to develop a paive personality and repre her feelings as she grows up in Wuxi.Ying-Ying marries a charismatic man named Lin Xiao, not out of love, but
because she believed it was her fate.Her husband is revealed to be abusive and openly has extramarital relationships with other women.When Ying-Ying discovers she is pregnant.She drowned her baby as a revengy to her husband.
I was shocked after finish this part .So I serched the internet and found a few
information about marrige in ancient China ,women’s status and divoce in nowadays.In the past, parents arranged marriages were very common.Usually young people would have their spouse decided by their parents.Sometimes young people could only have the first look of their spouse at their wedding.It was also common that
sometimes an arranged marriage could be organized even before the child was born as long as parents from both families agreed.
For centuries before the early 1900\'s, there was a prominent male domination in the country of China.Women were deprived of all rights and were present mainly to serve men.Women served as slaves, concubines, and prostitutes.Marriages were arranged, sometimes preparing a female from infancy to serve her future husband.This can be seen most effectively by the practice of foot binding.Beginning around the eleventh century, foot binding became a tradition.When a girl became three or four years of age her mother would tightly wrap her daughter\'s feet in bandages with her toes tucked under the soles.On top of this excruciating pain, the bandages would be
tightened each day.If a woman\'s feet weren\'t bound she was considered unsuitable for
marriage.In fact, it was preferred that the foot be around 3 inches in length.
However,in modern days, things have changed quite a lot.Free love prevails and lovers can choose to get married with whoever they love.Of course, in order to show their respect to their parents, formal agreement has still to be obtained prior to any proper marriage procedure.And there is no foot binding any more.
The increasing population of males with white collar jobs and liberal marriage laws have both contributed to the rising divorce rate in China.More mature women in China are turning to dating agencies, looking for new mates, after their husband left them for females ten years younger.On the other hand, more men with high paying jobs find themselves surrounded by young paramours.
China\'s liberal divorce laws have given women a chance to break free from
unhappy marriages or marriages that were arranged by their families.But today, it is often the man who is taking advantage of such laws to leave the marriage, once he finds himself in a comfortable financial situation, for a young lover tucked away somewhere.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.So,we should still try our best to protect women’s right.
