The paper concludes that Chinese women today, regardless of class, have more options than were available to their seventeenth century counterparts.
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A 5 page paper on this seminal work of modern Chinese fiction. It demonstrates how Wang departs from old romantic narrative patterns of traditional Chinese literature to show the opportunities and dilemmas of women in modern Chinese society. The entire issue of gender and gender roles serves as just one more example of the depth of complexity of any issue related to Africa, whether in terms of history or the modern Africa. Bibliography lists 7 sources. A five page paper looking at the process by which adolescents separate themselves emotionally from their parents values and goals.