Response Paper on Bone
Fae Myenne Ng's Bone narrates the story of an immigrant Chinese family settled in Chinatown. The story revolves around various types of relationships among the characters, with marriage as a common thread binding them all. The author presents different types of marriages and their respective effects on the protagonist's family, such as Mah's first and second marriages, and Leila's marriage to Mason Louie.
First person perspective is employed through Leila (Mah's daughter from her first marriage), who expresses her feelings about family by comparing her biological father to her stepfather, Leon. Mah's marriage to Leila's father, "Dulcie Fu," was the result of a "thrill" during her youth. Since the marriage centered on infatuation instead of logical reason, it had little chance of succeeding. …
