Transitioning from the traditional Chinese way into a whole new world of modernity is exactly what Yu-I experienced. In 1974, Pang-Mei Natasha Chang met her great aunt Yu-I and through the many conversations they had with each other, Chang wrote about what Yu-I had to endure as a girl growing up in traditional China. This memoir introduces many customs that Yu-I was taught while growing up as a child and the customs that she still held when she was married and when she moved to England. Chang talks about traditional China in the means of foot binding, never disrespecting you elders, and that women in China aren’t given the priority to get an education. Transitioning into modernity Yu-I is presented with divorce, abortion, single parenting and getting an education. In traditional Chinese culture foot binding is an experience young girls, such as Yu-I, endure because they have been taught not to question their culture and that their elders know what is best for them. Although Yu-I is subject to foot binding, it is short lived. Just after three days of foot binding Second…show more content… I reason I believe this is because while in China the only reason he marries Yu-I is because that is what his father decided. While in China he was also taught to respect the decisions made by the elders of the family. Since his education was first priority he went abroad to study and went on living his life without ever think about Yu-I and how she was doing. While studying abroad Hsu Chih-mo was to people who were living their lives for themselves and not for their husbands and their husbands family. I feel that Hsu Chih- mo was intrigued at the fact the people were so free to do whatever they pleased that there were no rules or regulations holding them back from who they wanted to be and how they wanted to live their