Revolt Vs Surrender

Amy Tan was one of the most compelling modern women writers. In 1991, her second novel The Kitchen God's Wife came out, and it soon became The New York Times bestseller list. The Kitchen God's Wife still centered on the relationship between mother and daughter. It explored the history of the mother in more detail and depth and provided an amazing description of a women's struggle to reclaim her sense of self. The title referred to a forgotten Chinese woman. Amy Tan brought up the problem of women's oppression and control skillfully. Her creation had obvious feminist intention. In old China, women were under the oppression and control of patriarchal society. From the day they were born, their role in the whole society had been prescribed forcefully. They must listen to men and follow men during all their life. Since where is oppression, there is revolt, heroines in Amy Tan's novel world were full of revolting spirit. In order to earn freedom and happiness, they tried their best and never cared about the cost. The Kitchen God's Wife was a typical feminist text. Amy Tan had told us an unforgotten story in her own special way. All these awakening and revolting women images had demonstrated: a woman could change the past, step into the future and transcend the fortune of the Kitchen God's Wife.