Confucianism is sometimes thought of as a religion. This is a very strict religion with some very strict rules. An example of these strict rules is filial piety. Filial Piety means that people have to show respect towards their parents and elders. This rule along with following the family values is very important in this religion. People who go against this are usually severely punished. Confucianism is used and rebelled in both “The Ballad of Mulan” and “Eating Fried Chicken” by Linh Dinh.
The character in the poem “The Ballad of Mulan” rebels women’s role in their society. Breaking women’s gender roles, Mulan, the main character of the poem, goes into war dressed as a man to take the place of her father, an old man, who did not have a choice …show more content…
The narrator does this by ‘eating fried chicken’. He is not literally eating fried chicken; the fried chicken is a metaphor for the American culture and way of life. This person eating the fried chicken is starting to follow the American way of life. In “Eating Fried Chicken” he is confessing to his brother that “when [he is] eating fried chicken when [he] think[s] about nothing else but eating fried chicken”(Dinh 2-3). The narrator is thinking about how Americans live and how all he can think about is America. The narrator is not thinking about their family but of this new culture that they discovered. He is not supposed to be thinking about America or anything that is not his country. Then there are other times “when [he] utterly forget[s] about [his] family, honor, and country”(Dinh 4). Instead of thinking about the things he is supposed to like his country he is thinking about a new life in America. This person should not have thought about becoming American just as Mulan shouldn’t have gone off to war.
In both “The Ballad of Mulan” and “Eating Fried Chicken” by Linh Dinh the characters of the story rebelled against their culture in different ways. Mulan rebelled against her role in society by becoming a man and participating in the war. The narrator in “Eating Fried Chicken” thought about America and the American way of life instead of his own country. We all rebel or have rebelled against our cultures, families, religions, school, etc. Whether it is sneaking off to go to a party or failing a class, rebelling is a part of everyday society. Everyone has done this whether they know it or
The character in the poem “The Ballad of Mulan” rebels women’s role in their society. Breaking women’s gender roles, Mulan, the main character of the poem, goes into war dressed as a man to take the place of her father, an old man, who did not have a choice …show more content…
The narrator does this by ‘eating fried chicken’. He is not literally eating fried chicken; the fried chicken is a metaphor for the American culture and way of life. This person eating the fried chicken is starting to follow the American way of life. In “Eating Fried Chicken” he is confessing to his brother that “when [he is] eating fried chicken when [he] think[s] about nothing else but eating fried chicken”(Dinh 2-3). The narrator is thinking about how Americans live and how all he can think about is America. The narrator is not thinking about their family but of this new culture that they discovered. He is not supposed to be thinking about America or anything that is not his country. Then there are other times “when [he] utterly forget[s] about [his] family, honor, and country”(Dinh 4). Instead of thinking about the things he is supposed to like his country he is thinking about a new life in America. This person should not have thought about becoming American just as Mulan shouldn’t have gone off to war.
In both “The Ballad of Mulan” and “Eating Fried Chicken” by Linh Dinh the characters of the story rebelled against their culture in different ways. Mulan rebelled against her role in society by becoming a man and participating in the war. The narrator in “Eating Fried Chicken” thought about America and the American way of life instead of his own country. We all rebel or have rebelled against our cultures, families, religions, school, etc. Whether it is sneaking off to go to a party or failing a class, rebelling is a part of everyday society. Everyone has done this whether they know it or