Tan Lulling And Art Summary

Through her struggle of gaining recognition and feeling appreciated for her efforts at home and at work, Ruth undergoes a self-evaluation wherein she discovers that she is more than what she sees. Her feelings of underappreciation do not go unnoticed; LuLing points out that Art’s daughters do not respect her (69-70) and later on Art calls her out for always giving but never taking (335). Ruth self-denies so much to the point where whenever anyone offers to do something for her, she avoids it not to be rude but because she is just that selfless, but LuLing and Art both urge her to be more assertive because she deserves to be heard. This is very similar to how Tan “asserts the voice of Chinese immigrant women” (Dunick 10) and its impact on her