The female protagonist in Wang Anyi’s novels: Taking ‘sister journey’ as an example

Wang Anyi's Sister Journey is a story about the heroine Fentian going out to make a living. At the beginning of the story, she was an innocent girl who took Shui, a girl two years younger than her, to Xuzhou to find her fiancé. The two were abducted by gangsters during their journey, and Fentian, who was separated from Shui, was sold to the home of a coward named Liu San as his wife. After three months, Fentian escaped and remained a virgin. But her fiancé doesn’t want her anymore. She asked the Women's Federation for help and tried to restore the relationship, but to no avail. Fentian felt that women still had to rely on themselves, so she decided to borrow money from her parents and tried every means to rescue Shui, who was also trafficked, and go to Shanghai to make a career.

Why do gangsters only abduct women to be wives, but no one abducts men to be husbands? Because society believes that women are subservient to men. The power to start a marriage is in the hands of the man. The man has higher status, and the woman can only resort passively to save the relationship. However, it was Fentian who was trafficked, and Fentian was the victim. Fentian made no mistake, but because of an accident, her lifelong happiness came to an end. The man's ruthlessness made the woman at a disadvantage. If a woman wants to win, she has to rely on herself. Being able to save Shui, Fentian depends on her own wisdom and courage. It fully reflects the women spirit of self-improvement. In this story with the theme of suffering, we can see the strength and smile of the protagonist.