_____Chinese women in the stories and movies we discussed in class were seemingly persecuted solely for the sake of being women. None seemed to be able to find peace or happiness until late in life or even in death. Their rank in society was comparable to that of some kind of slave at best. Perhaps one of the most scarring events that happened to any of the women associated with the Joy Luck Club was …showed first 75 words of 421 total…

…showed last 75 words of 421 total…of letting them be found next to her dead body (she believed she was going to die). If they had been found next to their mother's body, no one would have taken them for fear of the mother's ghost. So in order to ensure her daughter's survival, she gave them up. This is about the most respect Chinese women are given in these stories, which are mostly about self-sacrifice in order to save their children.