ot play their roles in family correctly. Since this family lost a father who was the supporter of the family, the mother was supposed to replace the father and be responsible for the rest of family members and take care of them. On the contrary, she was very selfish in that she used her daughters for her self-interest. This mother did not let her youngest daughter marry because she wanted her to stay and take care of her. Because of a duty that her mother gave her, the youngest daughter could not marry with her lover who, then, married with her sister. The youngest daughter did not play a role of listening to her mother and be an obedient daughter and she loved her sister’s husband. As a result, the family members fall in apart and sister’s family had to live mother and the youngest daughter. In Pom’s Engagement, Pom had to marry with someone who she had never seen before. “He said that by right tradition the oldest daughter had to be given in marriage first, and that the ripe age for marriage was nineteen.” According to their tradition, it was her duty to marry with a person who her parents found for her, so she decided to marry with him. I thought it was not fear for her but it was the best way to start family because that way the roles of each family member were defined. Of course, the parents find a man who is steady financially, so it’s clear that her job is to raise children and keep domestic peace. In Home Making, it said, “the house a woman creates is a Utopia.” According to the idea that a woman creates a house, it’s very important that a woman understands how responsible she is for family and family relationships. Therefore since Pom understood her role in family and marry with a man who her parents found, she fall the role of the oldest daughter in a family.In conclusion, all the relationships between family members and all family environments are based o...
