The theme for "No Name Woman" is probably culture. The woman is raped and gets pregnant as a result. However because of the culture of the Chinese she ends up killing herself out of the 'shame' she brings upon her family by getting pregnant with a man who isn't her husband. In the end her culture is responisble for her suicide and for the death of her newborn.
Similar to "No Name Woman", "Becky is about culture, but is more about finding your 'place' in a paticular culture. The story takes place in the 20s and was in a time of racial difficulty. Blacks and whites were not considered close so for someone of both races, it was very difficult to find your 'place' in a society.
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I didnt necessarily look at the death of the woman like you did. I had the thought that maybe she was murdered by those people who had ransacked her house because of the pregnancy that had occured.
I do agree with what you said about No Name Woman. I think this was the main reason that people wanted to have nothing to do with the family but at the same time, help them out because they knew the difficulties that they must have been going through.
I agree with your themes for both of the stories.In "No Name Woman" I don't think the aunt was necessarily raped. They don't really know what happened to her. However, it is most definitely the Chinese culture that breaks her down and forces her into suicide. In "Becky" the theme is your place in society. Neither of the two cultures knew what to do with Becky. So, to put her in her place they built her a small shed near the railroad tracks. This can be looked at as her place in society for which she is neither accepted by the black or the whites so she is just thrown in between the two.
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