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I believe that the women are conveyed as weak hearted people that advoid confrontation at all costs. As evident when Lena’s mom says  that, “...You do not share this!” when she was referring to the ice cream that Lena was hesitant to tell Harold,out of fear of causing a dispute. 

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I believe that the women are conveyed as weak hearted people that advoid confrontation at all costs. As evident when Lena’s mom says  that, “...You do not share this!” when she was referring to the ice cream that Lena was hesitant to tell Harold,out of fear of causing a dispute. 

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In the story women are depicted as sos strong the are able to stand up against their husbands. On page 219, Rose states,“ You can’t just pull me out of your life and throw me away.’’ This shows that women are able to go against their husband and not let them control them

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In the story women are depicted as sos strong the are able to stand up against their husbands. On page 219, Rose states,“ You can’t just pull me out of your life and throw me away.’’ This shows that women are able to go against their husband and not let them control them

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In my opinion the book depicts females as strong, independent figures. Throughout the story, many of the women frequently reference their past experiences. However, they overcome these difficult circumstances and the majority of them find success in the United States.  An example of one such circumstance is the past of Lindo Jong, which was described in the chapter "Feathers from a Thousand Li away". In this chapter, she was isolated from her family and was taught how “to sew sharp corners on pillowcases and to embroider my future family’s name” (Tan 50), showing how she is independant and strong.

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In my opinion the book depicts females as strong, independent figures. Throughout the story, many of the women frequently reference their past experiences. However, they overcome these difficult circumstances and the majority of them find success in the United States.  An example of one such circumstance is the past of Lindo Jong, which was described in the chapter "Feathers from a Thousand Li away". In this chapter, she was isolated from her family and was taught how “to sew sharp corners on pillowcases and to embroider my future family’s name” (Tan 50), showing how she is independant and strong.

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The book depicts women to be obedient towards men.

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The book depicts women because the characters are mostly women. She describes the women as strong characters and they are mostly dominant over the husbands who aren't really in the story. I agree with Jaelen because i also wrote that they are depicted s strong characters. 

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The book depicts women because the characters are mostly women. She describes the women as strong characters and they are mostly dominant over the husbands who aren't really in the story. I agree with Jaelen because i also wrote that they are depicted s strong characters. 

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Do you guys thiing that she depicts gender in an injust way?

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Do you guys thiing that she depicts gender in an injust way?

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I think the book depicts women as under the dominance of the men of the family because in the book the women that were married to Chinese men were one of many wives which shows a patriarchal society.

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In the book women are depicted as weak, yes the book shows them as solving their problems but really they got nothing done because the daughters ended up doing the same mistakes as their mothers. This can be seen on page 266 where Tan states, "'She was tired of watching her household's money being washed away in so many different tea houses... She was anxious to quiet Wu Tang's outside appetite.'" The quote clearly shows how Second Wife could not control her husband so instead of solving the problem in a reasonable way she conspired a plan to basically kidnap another wife for her "husband".

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Throughout the story I believe that the men are depicted as cold or mistreating, for example in the chapter Magpies pg 264, It states, "Wu Tsing had asked her to be his concubine, not for love, but because of the prestige of owning what so many other men wanted."  It portrays men as primarily wanting wives for status and envy, not for love.

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Throughout the story I believe that the men are depicted as cold or mistreating, for example in the chapter Magpies pg 264, It states, "Wu Tsing had asked her to be his concubine, not for love, but because of the prestige of owning what so many other men wanted."  It portrays men as primarily wanting wives for status and envy, not for love.

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I think in the book the women are depicted as weak 

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I think in the book the women are depicted as weak 

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In the book I think she depicts women as the stronger gender, the gender that has to go through so many more hardships

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In the book I think she depicts women as the stronger gender, the gender that has to go through so many more hardships

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I believe that Amy Tan depicts the women as mostly weak and that they have less power and money than their husbands or other men.

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I believe that Amy Tan depicts the women as mostly weak and that they have less power and money than their husbands or other men.

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In the book, women are portrayed as subservient and submissive and controlled by men. I noticed this is seen on page 125 in which Rose is aware of her failing relationship with her husband Ted and says, “The emotional effect of saving and being saved was addicting to both of us. And that, as much as anything we ever did in bed, was how we made love to each other: conjoined where my weaknesses needed protection.”

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I think that men are shown as dominant towards woman by having more rights and makes rules over them. It is shown in chapter 3 in page 50 when Lindo Jong is going to marry a man in a young age, even if she doesn't want to due to his unpolite behavior.  

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I think that men are shown as dominant towards woman by having more rights and makes rules over them. It is shown in chapter 3 in page 50 when Lindo Jong is going to marry a man in a young age, even if she doesn't want to due to his unpolite behavior.  

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I agree with Kayla that men are dominating over women and shows a patriarchal society where men are shown as a higher rank. It is evident  on page 57, stating, " In front of his parents,  I was an obedient wife, just as they had taught me."

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I agree with Kayla that men are dominating over women and shows a patriarchal society where men are shown as a higher rank. It is evident  on page 57, stating, " In front of his parents,  I was an obedient wife, just as they had taught me."

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I think that men are depicted as the root of many of the issues that the women face.

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I think that men are depicted as the root of many of the issues that the women face.

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Yeah Kayla i thought the same thing, in the book men seem much less genuine, like they are all displayed as distant

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Yeah Kayla i thought the same thing, in the book men seem much less genuine, like they are all displayed as distant

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I agree with Jonfred because in chapter 9 known as "Rice Husband", there table that shows the difference in things that the wife and husband buys. The wife buys less while the husband buys more things including the more expensive things.

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I agree with Jonfred because in chapter 9 known as "Rice Husband", there table that shows the difference in things that the wife and husband buys. The wife buys less while the husband buys more things including the more expensive things.

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Throughout the book men are depicted as rulers, telling the women what they can do, the book also shows the men as cold, not really there.

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In An-Mei Hsu's chapter on page 241, it tells of how she became one of the many wives of the concubine. She was raped and her honor was taken from her, so she believed that she had no choice but to stay there and live. What would you guys have done in the situation?

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In An-Mei Hsu's chapter on page 241, it tells of how she became one of the many wives of the concubine. She was raped and her honor was taken from her, so she believed that she had no choice but to stay there and live. What would you guys have done in the situation?

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I feel that men are the weaker people in the story because they are not really mentioned sand the women are dominant over them. 

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I feel that men are the weaker people in the story because they are not really mentioned sand the women are dominant over them. 

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I agree with Kayla.

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Does anyone think that Chinese and American culture is very defined in the book. For example when Rich came to dinner with Waverly, he brought wine when in Chinese culture they do not drink wine and how he gave a suggestion to her mom about the food.

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In my opinion I believe that the book depicts women as strong independent beings but have a harder life because of the unequal amount of liberty. An example of this would be from the chapter An-Mei: Magpies where she agrees to marry Wu Tsing not because of love or for money but because he raped her and she didn't want to have a certain image of her name. In page 269 the chapter states, “But my mother did not even have the right to do this. She had no choice.” This quote demonstrates how because she was raped she didn't have a choice to do anything else but to marry this because she wanted a good life without people judging her for what had happened to her. 

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In my opinion I believe that the book depicts women as strong independent beings but have a harder life because of the unequal amount of liberty. An example of this would be from the chapter An-Mei: Magpies where she agrees to marry Wu Tsing not because of love or for money but because he raped her and she didn't want to have a certain image of her name. In page 269 the chapter states, “But my mother did not even have the right to do this. She had no choice.” This quote demonstrates how because she was raped she didn't have a choice to do anything else but to marry this because she wanted a good life without people judging her for what had happened to her. 

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I agree with Gabriella. On page 252, the character recalls the maiden, Yan Chang, talking to her and says, “[The maiden] explained which [rooms] belonged to the First Wife and other the concubines, who were called Second Wife and Third Wife.” This shows that men are allowed to marry any number of concubines without being judged harshly. This seems to be Chines culture. On the other hand, american men will be oppressed for doing this. There is a difference between American and Chinese culture in the book.

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I agree with Gabriella. On page 252, the character recalls the maiden, Yan Chang, talking to her and says, “[The maiden] explained which [rooms] belonged to the First Wife and other the concubines, who were called Second Wife and Third Wife.” This shows that men are allowed to marry any number of concubines without being judged harshly. This seems to be Chines culture. On the other hand, american men will be oppressed for doing this. There is a difference between American and Chinese culture in the book.

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Amy Tan i feel that she depict gender accurately because she  prefers female over males and its shown throughout the story because most of the family members are women and i think she has a bias perspective maybe because she is a feminine.  

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Amy Tan i feel that she depict gender accurately because she  prefers female over males and its shown throughout the story because most of the family members are women and i think she has a bias perspective maybe because she is a feminine.  

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*I MEANT DID NOT ACCURATELY DEPICT GENDER*

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I  believe that Tan depicts gender in an unfair way. I believe she depicts gender in a unfair way because she makes men seem like more of the bad guys and she describes them as insensitive and less innocent. On the other hand she portrays women as strong beings that have life a little more unfair. 

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I  believe that Tan depicts gender in an unfair way. I believe she depicts gender in a unfair way because she makes men seem like more of the bad guys and she describes them as insensitive and less innocent. On the other hand she portrays women as strong beings that have life a little more unfair. 

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Also in the novel, the stereotype of men having more liberty in the marriage is very evident, for example the chapter "Magpies" tells of how An-Mei had to be the wive of a man who had many wives, and was able to choose between them all.

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Also in the novel, the stereotype of men having more liberty in the marriage is very evident, for example the chapter "Magpies" tells of how An-Mei had to be the wive of a man who had many wives, and was able to choose between them all.

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I feel that Amy Tan has a fair depiction of each gender based on her cultural background and the experiences that she has had. These depictions may not be true for everyone however from her point of view men have been cruel many times  which is why she depicts them in this way.

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I feel that Amy Tan has a fair depiction of each gender based on her cultural background and the experiences that she has had. These depictions may not be true for everyone however from her point of view men have been cruel many times  which is why she depicts them in this way.

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The book depicts men as people who assert dominance over the women. While reflecting on her marriage Rose states, "You can’t just pull me out of your life and throw me away." (Tan 219). This demonstrates how the male in the relationship was controlling and believed that he had the ability to do what he wanted, disregarding the feelings of the woman. It also demonstrates how the males believe that the females are submissive and will just accept whatever they do.

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The book depicts men as people who assert dominance over the women. While reflecting on her marriage Rose states, "You can’t just pull me out of your life and throw me away." (Tan 219). This demonstrates how the male in the relationship was controlling and believed that he had the ability to do what he wanted, disregarding the feelings of the woman. It also demonstrates how the males believe that the females are submissive and will just accept whatever they do.

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Brianna and I think alike because in the story, men, especially Asian men, are depicted as people that just want to dominate women. This is shown when the author includes a maiden telling one of the main character that her mother's husband has more than one wife. On page 252, the character recalls the maiden, Yan Chang, talking to her and says, “[The maiden] explained which [rooms] belonged to the First Wife and other the concubines, who were called Second Wife and Third Wife.”

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Brianna and I think alike because in the story, men, especially Asian men, are depicted as people that just want to dominate women. This is shown when the author includes a maiden telling one of the main character that her mother's husband has more than one wife. On page 252, the character recalls the maiden, Yan Chang, talking to her and says, “[The maiden] explained which [rooms] belonged to the First Wife and other the concubines, who were called Second Wife and Third Wife.”

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Do you guys think that the Chinese culture affects the way that the women in this book feel about men?   

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Do you guys think that the Chinese culture affects the way that the women in this book feel about men?   

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I do think that the Chinese and american culture are very different cultures because the Chinese culture are more superstitious and the American culture is not really superstitious. Like, the moms think that unbalanced things are not good and they bring bad luck if something is unbalanced.

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I believe that she managed to fairly portray gender because of the protagonists's Chinese background which is  strongly conservative and traditional.

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I believe that she managed to fairly portray gender because of the protagonists's Chinese background which is  strongly conservative and traditional.

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Do you guys think that Tan demonstrates women’s suffering to a much deeper extent than she does men?

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Do you guys think that Tan demonstrates women’s suffering to a much deeper extent than she does men?

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Similar to the ideas of Dominic and Brianna, Asian men are depicted in the story as dominant and only interested in things that benefit themselves. For example, in the chapter “Queen Mother of the Western Skies”, Ying Ying St.Clair describes her past experiences. She recounts the story of her first marriage, mentioning how she “found out from [her] youngest aunt that [her husband] had left [her] to live with an opera singer” (Tan 281) shortly after conceiving. This shows how the male was filled with lust and practically only desired what was good for him before he decided to leave. This point is reinstated with the male who has many concubines and once he gets tired with one he moves to another and so on.

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Similar to the ideas of Dominic and Brianna, Asian men are depicted in the story as dominant and only interested in things that benefit themselves. For example, in the chapter “Queen Mother of the Western Skies”, Ying Ying St.Clair describes her past experiences. She recounts the story of her first marriage, mentioning how she “found out from [her] youngest aunt that [her husband] had left [her] to live with an opera singer” (Tan 281) shortly after conceiving. This shows how the male was filled with lust and practically only desired what was good for him before he decided to leave. This point is reinstated with the male who has many concubines and once he gets tired with one he moves to another and so on.

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In addition to dominance of men, it shows how they are dominant through their decisions such as in chapter 3 where she was to go to live and marry into another family and her father decided that they'd leave. It says, "My father explained that the whole family, except for me, would leave immediately." 

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In addition to dominance of men, it shows how they are dominant through their decisions such as in chapter 3 where she was to go to live and marry into another family and her father decided that they'd leave. It says, "My father explained that the whole family, except for me, would leave immediately." 

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Do you guys think that the author Amy Tan, has a bias point of view when talking about gender?

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Do you guys think that the author Amy Tan, has a bias point of view when talking about gender?

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Another example of sexism in this story would be from the chapter "Rice Husband" in this chapter Lena St. Clair agrees to work as an associate of her husbands company, and get paid a quarter of what he gets paid. When Lena tells this story, you can hear the desperation in her tone, and the injustness she feels to be held on a lower scale.

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Another example of sexism in this story would be from the chapter "Rice Husband" in this chapter Lena St. Clair agrees to work as an associate of her husbands company, and get paid a quarter of what he gets paid. When Lena tells this story, you can hear the desperation in her tone, and the injustness she feels to be held on a lower scale.

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In my opinion she makes men seem dominant, and insensitive. This can be shown in the chapter Rice husband page 175 where Lena and Harold have a list of things they buy and must pay each other back on. Harold seems to be dominant in having a longer list and in making Lena pay him for things she doesn't even like or use. 

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In my opinion she makes men seem dominant, and insensitive. This can be shown in the chapter Rice husband page 175 where Lena and Harold have a list of things they buy and must pay each other back on. Harold seems to be dominant in having a longer list and in making Lena pay him for things she doesn't even like or use. 

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Do you guys think that the last two chapters depict gender inequality?

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Do you guys think that the last two chapters depict gender inequality?

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Do the ideas of male dominance in the relationship still apply to today's society?

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Do the ideas of male dominance in the relationship still apply to today's society?

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I believe that she unjustly depicts Asian men as harsh and mistreating to women it sets a negative mindset in the minds of many, also it may even set a stereotype on the personalities of men.

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I believe that she unjustly depicts Asian men as harsh and mistreating to women it sets a negative mindset in the minds of many, also it may even set a stereotype on the personalities of men.