"No Name Woman", is about a Chinese family whose traditions and values are very strong. The mother tells her daughter that she has an aunt that has never been mentioned of before. The Father and his family think of his sister as to have never been born. The big secret revealed in this prose is, while her aunt was alive she married but her husband was away for a while. During that time she became pregnant. The villagers kept count of the pregnancy months and on the night that her baby was to be born they ransacked the families house. Due to her guilt and shame the new mother killed herself and the baby. She felt as though she was doing her family and the baby a favor. “Carrying the baby to the well shows love.” The entire reason the mother of this story tells her own daughter this disturbing family secret is to teach a lesson. The lesson learned is to not disgrace the family. It is to be honorable to your husband by not committing adultery.
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