Oppression of Women in Kitcken God's Wife

"Women always have been fighting for a way out of the Confucian shadows.” (Xiao Ma). One of the most oppressed groups through out history are women. Men have been in control since be beginning of time. China is one the countries that has oppression of women. During Han Dynasty, China had a Chinese philosopher named Confucius who has a lot to blame for the oppression of women. China follows his teachings and believes on his views, and Confucius’s teachings would be past down from one generation to the next. Most people in China would believe his teachings, but the protagonist Winnie Louie of the novel The Kitchen’s God Wife by Amy Tan would hate his teachings and not following his views, for she said, “He made everyone look down on someone else, women were the lowest!” (123). In the novel, Winnie does not realize that she followings his teaching, for she needs to learn how to be “proper” and “respectful” wife to the antagonist of the novel whom is Wen Fu. Win...