"Family"

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Analysis of Pa Chin's novel of conflicts in China & the Chinese family in the 1920s. Political and social awakening of young intellectuals & the upheavals on the nation, the family and individuals who wanted change, or fought against changes. Struggles of old with young, establishment with reforms. Females seeking liberation in Chinese patriarchal society.

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"Pa Chin's novel Family describes the conflicts in China and the Chinese family in the 1920s, after the first communist movement of May 4th, 1919, when the old traditional, feudal ways began to be not only questioned but threatened by young intellectuals seeking reform throughout society, beginning with the educational system, as is the case with many revolutionary youth. The novel portrays the political and social awakening of that group and the effects of resultant upheavals on the nation, the family, and on individuals who either sought or fought against those changes. The old struggled with the young, the establishment struggled with reformers, and females sought liberation in a society which was changing but which was still thoroughly patriarchal.


The novel first focuses the social division created between..."

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