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Bone

I enjoy reading Fae Myenne Ng’s . I find her novel easy to read and understand. Although she included some phrases the Chinese use, I find no difficulty in understanding them, as I’m Chinese myself. The novel is written in a circular narrative form, in which the story doesn’t follow the linear format where the suspense slowly builds up and finally reaches a climax stage. Rather the story’s time sequence is thrown back and forth. I find this format of writing brings greater suspense and mystery to the reader. When I read the book, my mind was always wondering what reasons or causes made Ona commit suicide, and this made me want to continue reading the book to know the outcome. The ...

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, I understand the narrator’s feelings and predicaments. Although she is an Asian, her thinking lies more on the American side. Leila wants to move out to stay with Mason but yet she fears leaving her mother alone and also of what her mother might say in regards to a girl staying with a man before marriage. In Asian culture, cohabitation is not popular and widely accepted. In the book’s narrative hierarchy, I find the narrator placed herself at the top, always wanting or hoping that things were done her way or that she should know everything of what’s going on. Mason is placed second, while her mother is placed third. I don’t blame her for placing Mason above her mother. It is quite natural because once you’ve found a mate to be with for life, you would in most cases give more love and attention to your life-long partner. I’m not saying that she doesn’t love or care for her mother, I’m just saying that to a point in time, everyone will think and protect their own interest above ...

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Added: 12/14/2005 09:11:52 PM
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