When one meets her true love, the red string of fate ties the two lovers together for a lifetime. No matter where the two lovers are, the time and distance between them, their love for each other is never forgotten. “Love Must Not Be Forgotten” by author Zhang Jie, “My Heart Will Go On” written by Wilbur H. Jennings, and Kimi No Na Wa by artist Hizuki Ranko all relate to the message about remembering love and holding onto certain mementos that represent their love. Even through the hardest trials and challenges, no matter who else they meet in their lives, the lovers never forget their first love. In “Love Must Not Be Forgotten,” Zhang exemplifies how marriages should be like: full of love and mutual understanding. She tells the story of
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No, she was not just my mother but my closest friend. I loved her so much that the thought of her leaving me makes my heart ache. (Zhang 175)
Zhong Yu told her daughter about her regrets about entering a loveless marriage and even says,"Shanshan, if you aren't sure what you want, don't rush into marriage—better live on your own!” (175). During the Cultural Revolution era, no mother would ever give her daughter this advice. Contrarily, Chinese mothers want their daughters to be married off as soon as possible in hopes of a high-status life full of riches and glory. Zhang voices her opinions on marriage through Zhong Yu, as she also advocates for a woman’s happiness in marriage. According to Qingyun Wu,
She has one daughter and was divorced twice because she could not tolerate men who attempted to dominate women. From her bitter experience of social discrimination against women, especially those who are divorced or unmarried, Zhang attacks male supremacy and patriarchal ideology in Chinese social structure as well as in the consciousness or subconsciousness of every man, villain or hero. She staunchly insists on a woman’s right to remain single and not to be discriminated against. (Wu, 2001, Biography, para.
No, she was not just my mother but my closest friend. I loved her so much that the thought of her leaving me makes my heart ache. (Zhang 175)
Zhong Yu told her daughter about her regrets about entering a loveless marriage and even says,"Shanshan, if you aren't sure what you want, don't rush into marriage—better live on your own!” (175). During the Cultural Revolution era, no mother would ever give her daughter this advice. Contrarily, Chinese mothers want their daughters to be married off as soon as possible in hopes of a high-status life full of riches and glory. Zhang voices her opinions on marriage through Zhong Yu, as she also advocates for a woman’s happiness in marriage. According to Qingyun Wu,
She has one daughter and was divorced twice because she could not tolerate men who attempted to dominate women. From her bitter experience of social discrimination against women, especially those who are divorced or unmarried, Zhang attacks male supremacy and patriarchal ideology in Chinese social structure as well as in the consciousness or subconsciousness of every man, villain or hero. She staunchly insists on a woman’s right to remain single and not to be discriminated against. (Wu, 2001, Biography, para.