“Well, it’s impossible for me to have a criminal son-in-law. I’ve been humiliated enough. If you want to wait for him, don’t come to me again” (378). Cheng doesn’t want to get humiliated by having a homosexual son-in-law because he is worried what other people will think of him. Furthermore, every culture has a reputation on what other people will think and say about them. Cheng is worried what other people in the factory will think of them. “Just say I have a temporary mental disorder” (371). Instead of making up something bizarre because they don’t want people to know he is gay, instead he has a mental disorder and he very sick, so people won’t question so much. Back then being homosexual was a big thing because homosexuality was not common and if they were to be gay it was a big deal in the society. “The factory leaders would be mad at me if they knew there was no cure for homosexuality”
“Well, it’s impossible for me to have a criminal son-in-law. I’ve been humiliated enough. If you want to wait for him, don’t come to me again” (378). Cheng doesn’t want to get humiliated by having a homosexual son-in-law because he is worried what other people will think of him. Furthermore, every culture has a reputation on what other people will think and say about them. Cheng is worried what other people in the factory will think of them. “Just say I have a temporary mental disorder” (371). Instead of making up something bizarre because they don’t want people to know he is gay, instead he has a mental disorder and he very sick, so people won’t question so much. Back then being homosexual was a big thing because homosexuality was not common and if they were to be gay it was a big deal in the society. “The factory leaders would be mad at me if they knew there was no cure for homosexuality”