Essay from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Siegen (FB 3: Literatur-, Sprach- und Medienwissenschaften), co

As a result, the reader will find that Buck's female characters, with their different degrees of individuality and typicality, form a realistic picture of Chine

The story of Madame Wu, a woman whose surprising decision to retire from married life and select a concubine for her husband upsets her extended household.

On her fortieth birthday, Madame Wu carries out a decision she has been planning for a long time: she tells her husband that after twenty-four years their physi