Self concious, lonely, and ashamed of herself for doing nothing wrong.
Ashamed of herself because of her mother yelling at her, comparing her, telling her how utterly wrong she is. Theresa, her cousin, being compared to Frances by her mother. Basically, it is a war between the two sisters of whose daughter is better. The strange thing is that the sisters aren't battling over their own daughters. Frances' mother is fighting for Theresa, Theresa's mother fighting for Frances. What I still don't understand, though, is why these parents are being so cruel to their onw daughters. Why they can't just love one another, I don't know. Why they can't just keep their harsh feelings and opinions to themselves, I don't know. All i do know is that their lives would be a lot easier if they did.
But it's nice that Frances and Theresa befriended each other. It's nice that they can say what they think about their mothers' wars. They don't need hate to get along, they don't need screaming or comparing or insulting. They don't even need each other, just kindness. I don't mean to be cheesey, but it's true. It is the parents job to make the child feel less self concious about themselves, not to show the child how ugly or dumb or un-lady-like they are. The whole reason why Frances Ching is so lonely, self concious, and ashamed of herself is because of her mother.
Now that's just not right, is it?
I really enjoyed your post! I read "Bitter Melon" a while ago and was also confused about why both Mothers are so horrible to their children, and how Frances is so ashamed about her mother. Really good post!
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