The traditional Chinese child grows to be obedient, silent and cold. If its parent tells it to do something, obedience is expected. It can be inferred that if Sophie would have matured in the way the grandmother would have wanted, she would have been seen as a flower. However, since the daughter grew up disobedient and energetic, as many American children do, the grandmother isn’t happy and states that the granddaughter is a weed. Through the imagery, the grandmother implies that the daughter was not raised correctly, that she was raised as an American child and not as a Chinese
The traditional Chinese child grows to be obedient, silent and cold. If its parent tells it to do something, obedience is expected. It can be inferred that if Sophie would have matured in the way the grandmother would have wanted, she would have been seen as a flower. However, since the daughter grew up disobedient and energetic, as many American children do, the grandmother isn’t happy and states that the granddaughter is a weed. Through the imagery, the grandmother implies that the daughter was not raised correctly, that she was raised as an American child and not as a Chinese