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4 pages in length. The alluring tug of Western cultural ideology is pitted against traditional Chinese values in Pa Chin's book entitled Family. With two of three sons firmly planted within the outstretched arms of social and cultural evolution and the eldest struggling to respect his past yet also reach out toward change, Yeh-Yeh finds himself being forced to learn a few lessons about conventional mores and giving way to transformation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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and cultural evolution and the eldest struggling to respect his past yet also reach out toward change, Yeh-Yeh finds himself being forced to learn a few lessons about conventional mores
and giving way to transformation. The message Pa Chin (1995) is trying to portray in his novel is one of transition, the often painful yet inescapable rift that occurs
when mans progression as a species serves to divide generations. What Yeh-Yeh finally comes to realize is how maintaining the familys core structure holds far greater importance than standing
rigid against tradition. When examining how each of the three brothers represents three different reactions to changing cultural landscape and considering whether Pa Chin (1995) agrees with any one of
them, one can readily surmise how the authors own confrontation with modernity resides within the spirit of his protagonist Yeh-Yeh. What might well be a mirrored image of his
own struggles to incorporate prevailing cultural tenets with those of long-standing tradition, Pa Chin (1995) wants what is best for his sons yet is not entirely sure what that is
within the confusion of cultural intersection. The extent to which Yeh-Yehs sons are constantly met with the test of cultural loyalty is both grand and far-reaching; that this conundrum
proves damaging to the familys whole infrastructure speaks to the underlying message of how those who love each other must often bend in ways they do not condone but do
so out of salvation and the greater good. Pa Chin wrote with enthusiasm, regarding his literary work as a mission. He felt "an inner urge to describe the
life, feelings and ideas of Chinese youth and to influence life with my writings" (Lang, 1972). A large part of the message Pa Chin (1995) successfully conveys pertains to
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