After I reread November’s

After I reread November’s chapter to refresh my memory. I disagree with your interpretation of the November story. I don’t see the young lady as needing to receive her just desserts. I think it was her father who was the morally guilty person in the story, not her. Every comment from every character conveys the thought that she went far beyond what was expected from a child performing her filial duties. She sacrificed nearly everything for her father. Her hair (at a time when a woman in society was supposed to have long beautiful hair), her health (she didn’t eat properly to buy medicine), her feet (they were frostbitten), her warmth (she couldn’t afford firewood). She agreed to be sacrificed to the water god so that her father could buy the supposed cure for his blindness. Yet even after all that, her father still told her that children (i.e. her) were useless. What cruel and cutting words to say after all that she had done for him. When he finally died, she was finally free from the harsh life he had forced her to live. Yes, a child owes the parent a duty, but the reverse is also true. The parent owes the child a duty too. But in this case, the father failed to live up to his responsibility. Instead, he manipulated and belittled his child. I believe that morality has been served with his death and her freedom. Thus the story is complete in one chapter.

Yen Plus Info - Comments for "Time warp?"

After I reread November’s