The Woman Warrior, LC post #4

Quote #1:

"You can't. It's too late. You've sold your apartment. See here. We know his address. He's living in Los Angeles with his second wife, and they have three children. Claim your rights. Those are your children. He's got two sons, You have two sons. You take them away from her. You become their mother."

"Do you really think I can be a mother of sons? Don't you think they'll be loyal to her, since she gave birth to them?"

"The children will go to their true mother—you," said Brave Orchid. "That's the way it is with mothers and children."
~Page 125, Brave Orchid and Moon Orchid

The significance of this quote is that she sold her apartment and is moving to LA. But this also shows how Brave Orchid thinks about what it is going to be like in America. She thinks that old traditions will stay with them after they move into America. She thinks that the children will renounce their own biological mother.

I do not have an obvious connection to this but my mother is kind of the same way as Brave Orchid. She believes that me and my brother will be like normal children and their mothers and will always stay that way. But one thing that my mother and Brave Orchid do not relies is that things change.

If you were put into Moon Orchid’s shoes what would you do in that situation and why?

Quote #2:
“How can you let him get away with this? Bother him. He deserves to be bothered. How dare he marry somebody else when he has you? How can you sit there so calmly? He would’ve let you stay in china forever. I had to send for your daughter, and I had to send for you.”
~Page 125, Brave Orchid

The significance of this quote is that it shows how much Brave Orchid cares about Moon Orchid and what she does with the problem.

My connection to this is I have know people that care about what someone else does and basically tells them what to do. I think that they shouldn’t do that because it is their life to live not the other persons.

Do you agree with what Brave Orchid is saying to Moon Orchid and do you know anyone like that?