connections

By Chelsea!

Lindo Jong, the girl with the pre-arranged marriage, reminds me of the story Mulan (the Disney cartoon), when they take Mulan to the matchmaker. Chinese girls are taught early on that their whole lives are dedicated to making their in-law's happy. Mulan goes to the matchmaker and has to recite verses, pour the tea, and appear very poised, lady-like, and put together. But Lindo Jong, like Mulan, has bigger dreams in mind than a life that was chosen for her, before she was even old enough to make choices. Through genius planning, she very smarly finds a way out of her jailed life of a marriage without love, and goes on to find better things. Though it wasn't the easiest way out, the best things in life are never easy.