A Dream of China is a Singaporean short story written by Ovidia Yu. Ovidia Yu is an author of various award-winning plays and short stories. She has had more than thirty of her plays produced and is considered one of the most well-known writers in Singapore, according to HarperCollins Publishers. Apart from that, she is also known for using humor and unique characters throughout her writing to explore changing roles and identities throughout society, especially for women. She is considered one of Singapore's first feminist writers and continues to write thought-provoking plays and novels. Yu has mentioned that she enjoys writing about strong female characters. She believes that writing these strong characters as female will communicate her message across cultures and nationalities.
A Dream of China is a narrative story, filled with what an Asian story should have – eastern values, familial relationships, etc. It follows the life of a woman who grew up listening to stories about China. The stories were told by her father who was from a wealthy family in China. The narrator’s father and uncle were in the army to fight the Japanese army in Singapore during the World War and were disowned by their father for doing …show more content…
Spiritual is something that relates or affects the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things while materialism a tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values. The narrator uses the word spirit when she speaks of China. About how her spirit feels like an alien and she is glad that she is a tourist (p. 169) The father’s romantic and undying love for China is based on his longing and memories of China, including his ideal vision of his brother. He connects to China spiritually, beyond words and he connects to his homeland so spiritually to the extent that he thinks of China even when in the United
A Dream of China is a narrative story, filled with what an Asian story should have – eastern values, familial relationships, etc. It follows the life of a woman who grew up listening to stories about China. The stories were told by her father who was from a wealthy family in China. The narrator’s father and uncle were in the army to fight the Japanese army in Singapore during the World War and were disowned by their father for doing …show more content…
Spiritual is something that relates or affects the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things while materialism a tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values. The narrator uses the word spirit when she speaks of China. About how her spirit feels like an alien and she is glad that she is a tourist (p. 169) The father’s romantic and undying love for China is based on his longing and memories of China, including his ideal vision of his brother. He connects to China spiritually, beyond words and he connects to his homeland so spiritually to the extent that he thinks of China even when in the United