What is the main conflict of Family by Pa Chin PERI

The purpose of this paper is to examine Pa Chin’s novel Family(1931) and to explain how it reflects Chinese society during the Republican era. We will see that Familyexemplifies Republican society by bringing into sharp focus the conflicts and contradictions between China’sold world/old culture traditions and the emerging new world/new culture movements. These conflicts and contradictions are laid bare in the every day life of the Kao family’s four generations. The characters’ internal conflicts, filial conflicts, and external conflicts mirror thoseof Republican society as a whole. They are played out, quite melodramatically, between the older and younger Kao generations; their daily struggle serving as an allegory of China’s transition into the modern world. Fundamentally, the Republic was a time of painful transition between the old world and the new. Familybrings this transition to life in human terms. This paper contains three sections. The first section identifies specific generational conflicts. The second section explores relevant themes. The third section identifies the book’s salient symbols.Conflicts Relating to Republican Society Pa Chin highlights numerous conflicts between the older and younger Kao generations, leaving no doubt that his sympathies lie with the struggle of the younger generation to reshape their reality. He prefers the “clear water” of the new order to the “muddy water” of the old order.Pa Chin’s central character, Chueh-hui, is clearly espousing the beliefs of the young Pa Chin.The central conflict of Familyis the battle between the Confucian value system and a more progressive approach that emphasizes free thought and free action. We see the Kao family struggle with every aspect of their Confucian tradition. Sub-conflicts abound, including: filial piety vs. mutual respect, value of age/wisdom vs. value of youth/new ideas, fate vs. free choice, resignation, vs. action, dictatorial monologue vs. democratic dialogue. These sub-conflicts are 2

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