In China, this kind of mindset is the reason that girls are killed, so the parents don’t have to get her married, don’t have to give her an education, don’t have to feed, and many more, towards the end the only solution they see is killing that girl. Even in today’s society not many girls get killed because of their gender, like in India. In the book, even Wang seemed to be caring towards his daughter, the man who first did not even respect women, was now feeding his child as if she was a part of him. Like he said in the book “...he felt himself fed.”. This shows that Wang would not have any problem in raising that child if she was alive. O-lan could have also done this out of selfishness, and she knew after having two boys and a girl, another girl would not just ruin her reputation in the society, but also in front of Wang. In addition she was not in the condition of providing food for herself, let aside providing it for the girl, which could also have been the reason that she killed him. Lastly, I think that killing is not the solution for any situation, no matter how worse it is, killing your own blood is not the right choice or idea. If that would be the case, like O-lan’s every mother in China would go killing their daughters to get rid of the bad luck or degrace that she would have
In China, this kind of mindset is the reason that girls are killed, so the parents don’t have to get her married, don’t have to give her an education, don’t have to feed, and many more, towards the end the only solution they see is killing that girl. Even in today’s society not many girls get killed because of their gender, like in India. In the book, even Wang seemed to be caring towards his daughter, the man who first did not even respect women, was now feeding his child as if she was a part of him. Like he said in the book “...he felt himself fed.”. This shows that Wang would not have any problem in raising that child if she was alive. O-lan could have also done this out of selfishness, and she knew after having two boys and a girl, another girl would not just ruin her reputation in the society, but also in front of Wang. In addition she was not in the condition of providing food for herself, let aside providing it for the girl, which could also have been the reason that she killed him. Lastly, I think that killing is not the solution for any situation, no matter how worse it is, killing your own blood is not the right choice or idea. If that would be the case, like O-lan’s every mother in China would go killing their daughters to get rid of the bad luck or degrace that she would have