Movie link: htips://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB7HYhUpDz8
Finish the questions after view the movie: (You will submit the answers in our discussion board forum called Movie discussion)
- Fugui seems to portray the corruption of Chinese society before the Communist takeover in 1949. What events transform him? 2. Jiazhen betrays common stereotypes of Chinese women as weak and submissive. Note the ways that she takes charge of her own and her children's lives. In what ways does she convey conventional wifely loyalty? 3. Fengxia is a daughter of the new China. What does it mean for the daughter of the new China to be silent or silenced? Why is she the one who cannot speak? 4. Yongqing is the son of Fugui and Jaizhen. Sons have long been preferred in Chinese society. He is pampered, yet nevertheless, he dies young. It is an old friend, who is now a communist party leader, who has accidentally killed the boy. What might the significance of that death? 5. Wan Er'xi is the husband of Fengxia. Why is he considered a suitable husband for Fengxia? 6. Long'er represents the old culture. He has won the house from Fugui. What happens to him and what might it mean?