Uncle Chinh Paradise Of The Blind

In Paradise of the Blind, Hang and her mother Que, live in Hanoi. Hang's Uncle Chinh, is the leader of the Land Reform, causing lots of tension between the family. Throughout the book, she gets flashbacks of the past incidents that occurred all because of her uncle. This story overall, shows how Uncle Chinh's position on being a Communist, gets in the way of Vietnamese tradition values.
Que, at the age of twenty, married Hang's father Ton. Ton and his family were landlords that hired farm labor workers for their property. Upon Uncle Chinh's arrival back from the underground, he lets Que know, "from now on you must not speak to, or have any further contact with, that Ton" (22). This caused hatred towards him, leading her to not have

Hang's mother finally goes to visit her brother at his home. In VTC Travel, they state,
"sometimes, related families live together in a big house and help each other." When she arrives to the house, and sits down at the table, she realizes he isn't living the life she would assumed he would be living. Considering he is the leader of the Land Reform, she noticed when looking at the tea, "they must have used leaves from the day before" (107). Uncle Chinh also gets mad at his sons, Tuan and Tu, for wanting to get seconds of the food. For the Vietnamese culture, it is well known for being there for your family under any circumstance to get through out. Even after
Que saw in what kind of condition her brother was living under, she never acknowledged the fact of wanting to help. When leaving, Hang told her mother, "lets never come back her" (109). Even though there was still some sort of tension between the two, Que said, "he's my brother. You can't deny blood ties" (109).
It was the time of year to celebrate Tet, Vietnamese New Year, and Que had spent all her savings on making a dinner for Chinh. When planning for the party, their neighbor Vi, told

Usually the sons of the family take over the family household, but with Hang being the only child, it is all up to her to continue on. Before Aunt Tam passes away, she lets Hang know that her house is all hers now and the she has left an inheritance for her. Aunt Tam was part of the upper-class people. Even though she had money and was this sort of respected person in the area, that didn’t stop her from socializing with Hang. Just like
Chinh and Thanh, where they were sort of distant considering their social status. She seemed to also have disagreed with a lot of the beliefs that the communists had. While at dinner with the
Vice President, there was a cook that did not want to serve him considering he was kicking his sister out of the village. She proudly offered to serve him and even talked to him as if he were
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her friend. She tried to refer to things the Vice President was doing wrong with the village in the kindest way possible. Obviously showing, that as a woman in that social class, she has to be a part of that group to be respected by still doing and thinking her own way. Women in the
Vietnamese culture aren't looked upon as greatly as men are. Having respect with the