Celeste Ng,a rising star in Chinese American literary circle,depicts the growth of three women on their journey in Little Fires Everywhere,and discusses issues such as maternal emotions,Asian discrimination,American national conscious-ness,and meritocratic biases.Focusing on the portrayal of a Chinese single mother,a wandering artist,and a white middle-class elite within the novel,this article explores how the writing of female travels uses techniques such as instability,tension,narrative intervention,dramatic irony,and free indirect discourse to create round characters,outline a gripping narrative pro-gression,and guide readers on a reading journey,where they constantly revise narrative judgments.Through these narrative devices,Ng generates the meaning of travel on the dimensions of plot,narrative structure,and reader interpretation.Breaking away from the traditional focus on ethnic issues in Chinese American literature,she presents the growth of women from different races and classes,reflects on contemporary American social ills,and broadens the creative boundaries of Chinese American literature and travel narratives.
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