envision being a girl in China? At one time, girls were hobbling around with their feet squeezed into tight, painful shoes, generally in agony from the bruises and deep bloody cuts. In fact, foot binding was not the only downgrading act for women. Lensey Namioka gives an inside visual at what it is like to be a girl in China, with her novel Ties That Bind, Ties That Break. This novel follows the life of Ailin, a young girl in China, who struggles with following basic traditions and beliefs. Living life
Bibliographical Information Namioka, L. (2002). An Ocean Apart, A World Away. New York, NY: Delacorte Press. Lensey Namioka Lensey Namioka is a Chinese-born American writer of many popular novels for both young adults and children. She was born on July 29th, 1929 in Beijing, China. In 1937, Namioka and her family were living in Nanjing but fled westward during the Japanese Invasion. They eventually made their way to Hawaii, and ultimately settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Namioka attended Univ...
In a world full of constant struggle, the character Ailin in Lensey Namioka’s Ties that Bind, Ties That Break is made no exception. As a young girl in the early 1920s, Ailin Tao faced many obstacles in her home land of China. She was going to be forced into an arranged marriage and denied a full education. Furthermore, Ailin was going to have to face the pain of having her feet bound. All of this said though, she was able to overcome these things and build a life for herself. At the very beginning
Lensey Namioka, writes in her personal story, Who’s Hu, how she was called a freak because she was too good at math unlike other women in her school. However, even though she was intelligent, her classmates did not praise her for her ability, but rather said
The stories “Old Ben” and “Fox Hunt” both use the elements of foreshadowing and flashback. “Old Ben” written by Jesse Stuart is about about a building relationship between a boy and a snake. While “Fox Hunt” written by Lensey Namioka is about a boy who has to study for a test , and meets a girl who turns out to be a Fox spirit. In the stories “Old Ben” and “Fox Hunt” the authors use both foreshadowing and flashback both similarly and differently. The authors of “Old Ben” and “Fox Hunt” both use