No Name Woman from The Woman Warrior

Comment:When the author uses "I" and "me" it connects to me and lets me fall into the writers shoes while reading the piece. It's also a lot easier to read and its more interesting as well. My sister loves raiding my journal, and I think it's pretty much easy to say that everyone loves to gossip, read gossip, and listen in on gossip which is kind of like what a essay in first person is. I tend to become emotionally invested because of the immigration process that my family went through as well. 

Question: Did all Chinese women get treated so poorly like the authors aunt did? Why didn't the women take a stand and create a movement to go against the sexism happening in the story and in China? How was it okay for the people who lived in the town to barge into the house and kill all their farm animals and create so much rucus?

Critique: I don't like that the author leaves the name of her aunt out, the entire chapter has to do with the aunt. Her aunt has been through a lot and had a tough life since she had killed herself, so i think that she deserves to be named in the story. Everyone deserves some significant value and the authors aunt definetly didn't deserve to be raped and then attacked by villagers for being pregnant while her husband is gone.

Dutiful Hijas

Comment: I love learning about different cultures and the different roles that men and women take in them. Norma isn't given a name when she is approached, yet she is reffered to as the daughter of someone. Norma makes key distinctions as being a wife or a daughter is the aspect of personal identity for Puerto Rican women. I connected with Norma when she was helping her mother. As a daughter she is obligated to help her mother once she is divorced and sick, or else she'd just feel guilty. I totally agree. I'd feel guilty as well if a family member was sick, and I'd want to be there to help as well. Throughout the story, Norma's mother gets a job and makes new friends and receives financial independance from her daughter and husband. I found this interesting because of Norma's explanations about her friends parents. Her mother wanted to be independant so that Norma could start and continue working on her own life and career. This story was very touching because I know that I'd like to be there for my family always, but I would also like to have the ability to create a successful future for myself to be able to give back to my family all that they gave to me.
Question: Why do they believe in these gender roles such as marianismo or machismo? Do they really believe that all hispanic men as masculine? If so, why do Normas' parents get divorced?
Critique: I disagree with the fact that women should be submissive to the male. I don't agree with the fact that Normas' brother was able to finish college and go on with his life, yet Norma had to stop everything she was doing with her life and go back to Puerto Rico to take care of her mother.