Analysis Of Snow Flower And The Secret Fan

In the short story “Bound Feet” by Jung chang the author tells a story of her grandmother. In the story her grandmother lived in a time that it was considered appeal to bound ones feet. Bounding feet means to bend all ones toes back except the big toe inward under the sole, then a stone would be placed atop the foot to break the arch in the foot. This goes without saying bounding feet was very painful the author grandmother fainted repeatedly form the pain. After the feet were bounded the feet had to be wrapped in clothes day and night so that the feet could not heal. Though this might seem cruel and unusually in changs culture this was a practice many times changs grandmother wanted to undo the cloth on her feet but her mother would cry

Lily has always been beaten down and abused by her father, but witnessing Rosaleen's courage gives Lily courage, too. Her father physically beats her and punishes her atrociously, and Lily has no choice but to take it. But after she witnesses Rosaleen's nerve in the face of beating and imprisonment, Lily finds her spark of independence and ingeniousness. She learns to lie convincingly and plans their escape to Tilburon. Defying her father and leaving home is something she'd never considered.

moment everything is in harmony, and then somehow the truth is unveiled and everything you knew is gone. Neither lies or secrets surpass one another, for they both are concealing the truth, whether through fabricating a story, or keeping the story locked up. In this novel of so many lessons, Lily will learn the cost of lies and secrets, but also the forgiveness that follows.

As time passes, Lily became curious about her mother’s life, so she decided to go on a journey to

Lily is desperately holding onto her place in society when she goes on a cruise with the Dorsets. She is working hard to maintain her looks. As Mrs. Fisher says, “[Lily] looks ten years younger – I never saw her so handsome”(146). Mrs. Fisher also remarks on how the Crown Princess is very partial to Lily’s good looks and charm. However, her skill at the art of beauty ruins her life because it causes men to be aggressive and women to be jealous.

It is pertinent that we realize that Lily’s greatest desire is love. A child’s first love should be her mother, albeit Lily has never experienced a mother’s affection. In nineteenth-century China, mothers show their love for their daughters through pain and neglect, based on the concept of tough love. Lily’s lack of love in her childhood negatively impacted her ability to love all throughout her life. In her daughter days, Lily idealizes Snow Flower’s love, often wondering “ how could I make her love me the way I longed to be loved”(57). Despite their fragile and immature relationship, she hopes to someday have a deep and meaningful friendship with her laotong. Furthermore, the love between the “old sames” grows stronger with each passing day and well into their hair-pinning days. Although the realities of life and marriage begin to set in Lily remains as naive as she had in her younger years believing that “ nothing would ever alter [their] love”(101). We glimpse her naivety and immaturity when misinterpretation and misunderstanding causes a rift in their friendship. She further illustrates the effects of living a life as an unloved and unwanted child when she decides to purge Snow Flower completely from her life instead of attempting to remedy the situation. Forgiveness is love, and one of the virtues Lily was never taught. Through the pages, we experience Lily’s maturity into a proud adult woman as a result of Snow Flower’s love for her and we also experience her incompetence regarding love and

The practice of binding feet can be viewed as an expression of male dominance, or a sign that women with bound feet did not have to labor outside. Feet were often bound at a young age when girls reached the ages of four to six, until they were permanently bent into a smaller, narrower shape. It was difficult to walk, impossible to run, and incredibly difficult to balance themselves. As women aged, many had to use canes to move at all (Modern China 348). Therefore, women did not have the option to travel to many places without assistance, essentially restricting them to their home. This can be seen as an expression of male dominance in that it physically limits a woman’s ability to travel anywhere freely.

I liked the book overall since my favorite genre of books is history. Learning the history of traditions that actually happened in other countries in a form that made me visualize in a way a textbook wouldn’t. Though the book is fiction, it demonstrated real life traditions that women were meant to follow in order to earn society’s respect and not be considered totally worthless.

When I found this topic, it caught my attention because I wondered why these women had to have their feet bound at such a young age and what their lives were like during that time. I felt pity for the Chinese women in the era of foot-binding because of the sufferings and pain they had to go through, and instead of seeing only the pain and ugliness, Chinese women must have extraordinary bravery.

The Soviet Russian animated movie, which was called “The Snow Queen 1957”, is one of the most accurate to the original story” (“The Snow Queen” TV TROPES). The original story was retold in many different ways to further analyze and understand the story. Also, adaptations of “The Snow Queen” made for children gained very much popularity. “The Snow Queen was retold as a children’s novel, Breadcrumbs, in 2012 and became very well liked” (“The Snow Queen” TV TROPES). Musicals, and children’s movies were inspired by “The Snow Queen” writings.

Growing up, “the girl” desired for attention from her father, therefore, she began to enjoy helping him work outside with the foxes. “My father did not talk to me unless it was about the job we were doing … Nevertheless I worked willingly under his eyes, and with a feeling of pride”(152). Therefore, she began to terrifying bored working in the kitchen with her mother, and began to lose respect for her mother’s inferior position in the household. When describing her mother’s housework it was “endless”(153) compared to her father’s work outside, which was “ritualistically important”(153). This obvious feeling of displeasure for society’s womanly duties symbolizes the protagonist desire to be more than “just a

Frozen, a spinoff of “The Snow Queen,” promotes feminism within society and proves the bond between sisters is capable of healing a frozen heart. The 2013 film illuminates female empowerment and also displays the concept of child development through Bettleheim’s theories. In The Uses Of Enchantment:The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales, Austrian psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim uses fairy tales to display his theories of childhood development. Society questions whether the updated versions should contain childhood developmental theories by Bettleheim. The film Frozen and “The Snow Queen” share commonalities and contrasts through Bettleheim’s theories of fatality within in one’s family and the polarities of characters which are revealed through both the plots and characters.

Even though both of these girls grew up hearing negative things which could’ve damaged their self esteem and self worth, they grew up to be strong women. It takes a special kind of strength to endure what they were put through, starting with the feet binding.

Have you ever wondered what inspired Frozen? The original fairytale, The Snow Queen, was written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1845. Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish writer who originally wrote the stories for his children. The Snow Queen was published in his collection Fairy Tales Told for Children. It was written in seven parts. The first Story was called, Which describes a Looking-Glass and the Broken fragments and the second Story was called A Little Boy and a Little Girl. The third story was called The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Could Conjure and the fourth story was called The Prince and Princess. The fifth story was called Little Robber Girl and the sixth story was called The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman. The seventh

In the book Lisa See shows that lily needs a strong feeling of affection. When the family is doing footbinding Madame Wang speaks “ The girl is indeed very lovely but golden lilies are far more important in life than a pretty face. A lovely face is a gift from heaven………...but the