Topic 3: From a piece of fiction choose a female character on whom
to focus, and create a project.
From a piece of fiction (short story, section
of novel, or a play) choose a female character on whom to focus, and create a
project that discusses some of the following questions:
- What is the author’s
attitude towards her? (how can you tell?)
- What is your attitude
towards her?
- How do (at least 2)
other characters view her?
- How does she view
herself?
The female character I am choosing for my project is Lae Choo from
the passage, In the Land of the Free,
by Edith Maud Easton.
In the passage, Lae Choo is a Chinese woman, who was married to
her husband, Hom Hing, they lived in San Francisco, Lae Choo, returned to China
to give birth to their child, the Little One. Her husband, Hom Hing stayed in
San Francisco and continued to work as a merchant, he owned a store and they
lived above it. Lae Choo and her son had stayed in China longer than they
expected because Hom Hing’s parents were ill and she needed to take care of
them. Hom Hing had never met his son, who was 20 months old. Lae Choo and The
Little One arrived under the Golden Gate bridge aboard, Easter Queen. Hom Hing
met his son and as they were leaving the ship the family was stopped by two men
with the initials U.S.C. on their caps. The Little One did not have any papers
and none of the papers about Lae Choo had mentioned anything about a child,
because he was not born when the papers were filed. Against the parents will
they had to hand their son over to the men, until they could get approval from
the government to let the child in to the US.
The author’s attitude towards Lae Choo, is that she is a fighter
and very strong, however she is also shown to be a victim.
My attitude towards Law Choo, is that she loves her son so much,
that it is the love she has that helps her through one of the toughest times in
her life.
The passage describes Hom Hing’s view of his wife as weak and
heart broken. This is shown in the story with the following quote. “Her food
she takes only when I bed her and her tears fall continually. She finds no
pleasure in dress or flowers and cares not to see her friends. He eyes stare
all night. I think before another moon she will pass into the land of spirits.”
pg 326.
The passage describes, James Clancy, the young white lawyer’s,
view of Lae Choo as
feeling sad for her and wanting to help, but then he uses his
position to take advantage of the couple and the love of Lae Choo’s love for
her son.
Lao Choo views herself as a very scared woman, but knows that the love
for her child will bring him back to her.
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