The Bridegroom

The Bridegroom was an interesting short story. I feel bad for people who live in china. The way things are just seem like not a good life. When you live in china you are always being judged, you have to fall in to conformaty and are looked down upon if you want to be yourself. I'm not one to down with there little homosexual meetings, but i still think it should be a persons right to decide what they want to do and who they want to be. I think this story must have taken place a good many years ago since they try and cure Baowen of his "disease." Also that it was a good thing that he was "a middle school graduate---and he didn't smoke or drink or gamble." In this day and age only completing middle school is worthless, but that just might be how it is in our society. It was also weird when Old Cheng said that he didn't smoke or drink or gamble because just previously he mentioned what Baowen brought as gifts which were "two trussed-up capons, four cartons of Ginseng cigarettes, two bottles of Five Grains' Sap, and on tall tin of oolong tea." When Old Cheng got the call from the police about him being incarcerated, the last thing that I was kind of expecting was because he was homosexual. If people went to jail for being homosexual here, the prisons would be even worse then they are today. Because of overcrowding and that other thing that is known to happen in prisons which i don't need to mention. Up to five years for being homo, that would suck. When uncle cheng went to see him after the interrogations he noticed that he had been beat "his face was bloated, covered with bruises. A broad welt left by a baton, about four inches long, slanted across his forehead." didnt think it could get much worse than going to prison for being who you are, but theyll also beat you. China doesn't seem like a place that i'd want to live at, i don't like there system of doing things, also that i've heard that you can't have more than one child, i don't think i would be able to give some of my kids away to government, if i had any. I feel bad for Beina, all she wanted was a husband and she got one of the best ones, but he was gay. And she hasn't had any real love yet, its like their just friends that are married and don't share any compassion. And now at the end of the story she wants to stay with him, even though he is going to prison for a while for continuing his acts. I thought it was kind of funny also when Old Cheng said "I didn't touch the milk, unsure whether homosexuality was communicable." Its sad that in their society the Uncle and the daughter can lose there jobs just for having relations with Baowen. I guess its true in some cases in our American society that people can lose their jobs for some instances like that but still. It sad that Old Cheng decides not to relate with Beina anymore unless she decides to divorce Baowen just for job security and for social standards. Overall i think it was a somewhat entertaining story.