1928, 'The Diary of Miss Sophia', is a short novel, that converges on a diminutive period of a terminally ill young women's life, intricately focusing on the complexity of women during the early 1900's, through her relationships with other characters. The novel also explores the turmoil's of the young woman's country - China, through her unconventional pursuit of love. Written in first person, which was a way many May Fourth writers expressed individualism (K. Denton, 1998: 164), in diary format, the
also one of most praised 20th century Chinese women writers. She wrote many books and short works, including I Myself Am a Woman: Selected Writing of Ding Ling, which includes many of her short works. Some of her short works in the book are “Miss Sophia’s Diary”, “A Woman and a Man”, and “Yecao”. In these three shorts she showcases three different women as modern woman by displaying their thoughts and feelings. Through the thoughts and feelings, Ding Ling’s thoughts and feelings are also displayed
Throughout the Chinese history, peasants, especially women have always aimed for a recognized position in Chinese society, their roles and positions in both their family and society have not been quite pleased with them. Generally, Chinese women have had almost no legal rights or career opportunities compare to Chinese men until early twentieth century. However, it started to change right after a movement known as “The May Fourth movement in 1919 .” The May Fourth movement was based on Western