What can the reader infer from the passage about hsiang lin’s wife

The story of "New Year's Sacrifice", relates to the life of a woman who suffers all through her life and the consequences in her later years. She thinks about how the traumatic events of her life are going to affect her in the afterlife.

The passage of Lin´s wife is a condemnation of traditional Chinise ideas. She lost her first husband and as a widow, she was considered by Chinise Society as a marginal or second-class citizen.

The woman is forced to marry again and she tries to escape in desperation.

The reader concludes that simply there are things that are not right in our society.

The passage indicates non-existence of woman's own identity in that era of Chinese history. This is revealed by the fact that the Hsiang Lin's wife is never referred to by her own name.

Explanation:

After becoming a widow, Hsiang Lin's wife's social standing in the society is reflected by two incidents.

1. The owner's disapproval to hire Hsiang Lin's wife as a maid servant.

2. The forced re-marriage of Hsiang Lin's wife by her mother-in-law in lieu of money.

Hsiang Lin's wife is considered unworthy of living a decent life without a husband.

the bar kochba rebellion (132-135) against the roman empire, also known as the second jewish-roman war, was the second major jewish revolt in judea and the last of the great jewish-roman wars.

after the first jewish-roman war of the years 66-73, the roman authorities took measures to crush any new attempt of rebellion in judea. his political situation was modified and instead of a prefect a governor of praetorian rank was appointed, and in the ruins of jerusalem the seat of a complete roman legion, the legio x fretensis was established.

the political and religious direction of the jewish people was left in the hands of the sanhedrin, with initial headquarters in yavne.

the direct causes of the rebellion vary according to the source. the roman historian dio cassius (155-229) attributes the revolt to the decision of hadrian to found in the place of jerusalem a roman city called aelia capitolina (aelia by its own name and capitolina in honor of the roman god jupiter). on the other hand, the jewish sources, while recognizing this resolution as true, assign higher priority to the decrees dictated by hadrian that forbade the brit milah (circumcision), the respect of the sabbath and the laws of purity in the family.

hadrian's intention was to "civilize" and incorporate the jews once and for all into the greco-roman culture. for greek and roman culture, circumcision was an intolerable mutilation.

the jewish tradition tells in the midrash tanjuma a meeting between rabbi akiva and the governor turnus rufus, where he asked for an explanation about the circumcision.

an additional legion, the legio vi ferrata, moved to the province to maintain order, and work began in the year 131 after the governor of judea, turnus rufus performed the founding ceremony of aelia capitolina. a roman coin with the inscription aelia capitolina was struck in the year 132.

the tannaim rabbi akiva, who without being named nasi directed the sanhedrin, convinced the other members to support the imminent rebellion.

the jewish leaders carefully planned the second rebellion to avoid the numerous errors that had been committed in the first one. in the year 132 the rebellion led by bar kochba quickly expanded from modiim throughout the country, defeating the x roman legion based in jerusalem and destroying the xxii roman legion that had come from egypt.