Controlling Idea -low status
1 sold to family, brought over from China from poor family
2 “concubine” “house servant” (7)
3 even though became wife and mother,
Popo “insisted” “Stepmother” even to her children
4 “did not protest” didn’t have power, low self-esteem?
“bide her time”
RC, EDIT GC
Stepmother had low status in the family due to her circumstances. First of all, she was sold as property to the family. This must have made her seem like a possession in the family. Second, her role was as a “house servant” (7) and sexual servant. This means that she was not respected, at least at first. Third, even when she became more like a real wife, and actually had two children with the father, Popo decided that her own children should call her “Stepmother.” This even though she was, in fact, the childrens’ mother. Finally, because she had little power in the family, she “did not protest” even though she must have felt unequal. Nor did the father stand up for her. From the above examples, we can see that Stepmother had a poor position in the household.
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