Girl Is Born Quotes

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For my ISP, I read the novel “When a Girl is Born” by Pamela Grant. Now, as you read the title, you might guess what the context of this novel will be. Well, you guessed it right, the novel is about a girl and by looking at the picture you can understand that the novel is about a Chinese girl. Ko-chin, the main protagonist of the novel is a shy, and obedient girl born to a middle-class family in ancient China. Being born in the olden times means that there are a lot of rules and regulations to obey, especially for women. As part of the rules Ko-chin was married to a reformer, Han Lao, at the young age of fourteen. Ko-chin expecting her life to be an overly submissive and controlled one, was depressed and afraid. But, later on she realized that her husband did not want her to live according to the laws of the society, instead, he wanted her to live a free life.
As I was reading through the novel, I was able to identify many of the discriminatory practices that the women of traditional China faced. One such practise that caught my attention was the discrimination that young
Currently in the news, horrifying stories of mothers that are poisoned and are forcefully administered abortions, newborn babies who are abused, and infants that are left to die are read by many people across the world. When reading the novel, I was able to identify the same case in Ko-chin’s life. When Ko-chin discovered that her firstborn child was a girl, she said, “I do not care what is done with her, so long as she is taken away from me.” (Grant, 125). Now, Ko-chin made this decision because she didn’t want her child to experience what she felt. And this is also one the reasons why women abort their female offspring. Therefore, the favouritism of male children has caused many problems in China including the death of many female