Author's Note: This is my two paragraph response to the short story Ribbons by Laurence Yep about how China and the United States have a lot of cultural differences and why the story is called Ribbons.
The things we do for superficial are wear makeup and wear fancy clothes. In some countries there is a lot of poverty and there unlike the US they aren't able to wear all the makeup and have all the clothing brands like we have here. In China there is also a lot of cultural differences like they were different clothes like kimonos and they also have different ways of learning things and different ways of punishment. Here in the United States we where mainly clothing brands like Hollister or American Eagle and even though they might also have clothing brands like that in China they probably don't have the same type of clothing.
The signification of the title Ribbons is to show some of the cultural similarities between Paw-Paw and the main character. The main character liked dancing and she wanted to show Paw-Paw what she could do so she decided to dance for her and when she asked her for help with her shoes she yelled at her because they had ribbons on them. Later in the story the main character's mom explained to the main character why Paw-Paw didn't what her to wear shoes that had ribbons on them. The main character's mom explained that back when Paw-Paw was growing up in China her parents made her wear shoes that had ribbons on them to make her feet look prettier but cause them more main because the ribbon was shaping her foot. So the main character's mom explained to her daughter how Paw-Paw didn't want her wearing ribbons because she didn't want her feet to be just like her feet that hurt all the time.
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