My father paved a stable future with half his life's care, but he also bound his life with kindness. The docile and forbearing mother has sacrificed for her family for half her life, enduring the pain of obsession. Now my daughter is in an arranged marriage. She is grateful and suffocated, trapped in a cage of tenderness and unable to break free.
Purpose: The article tells about the gentle shackles of Chinese-style family love. The fathers control life in the name of giving. Two generations of peaceful and docile women passively compromise between gratitude, guilt and the constraints of reality. It tells the story of a sheltered life, but also the helplessness of being bound for life.