![]() ![]() Therefore, the lack of respect for women, especially young girls, was evident among the prominent men during Yu-fang’s generation. The suffering of women prompts Yu-fang to pray to her god not to create her as a woman because she says, “Let me become a cat or a dog” (Chang 58). ![]() Sadly, again she falls in hands of an old doctor Dr. Her departure is to protect herself against the General’s wives and other relatives who may harass her. Six years later without her conjugal rights, she conceives a daughter after the return of her husband but she flees after his health deteriorates. ![]() However, according to traditions, Yu-fang has to endure the loneliness as a submissive woman. Surprisingly, the warlord who had countless wives and concubines has no time for her. Because of his greed and selfish gains, Yu-fang’s father gives her off to an old man not necessarily as a wife but as a concubine in order to elevate his social status. Yu-fang is the first woman who suffers in the hands of her father. The following text expounds Chang’s theme of oppression especially to women mainly due to political upheavals. ![]() Through the description of her three generations, Chang highlights the theme of oppression, which comes up due to the barbarism of the reigning regime. ![]()
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