Cultural Influences on Character Relationships The use of disease and marriage in the novel, To Live by Yu Hua, helps the reader understand the intricate relationships between characters during this time period. During the group discussion in the interactive oral presentation, one student mentioned how the social change that was witnessed in the book was brought by legal change. An example of this was when the communist system was introduced in Fugui’s village. Fugui very much accepts this change and he is even happy that it was put into place. This is because he could work less and get the same amount of food. This is a social change on the level of one character. Another example of this idea is when Mao’s China passed a law that gave women
