Summary of M Butterfly

Gladys Ledesma

          Professor Lewenstein

          English 201

          24 July 2018

M Butterfly

M Butterfly is a book that I recently started reading. It is based on a true story and written by David H Hwang. I started reading this book because it was assigned by my professor Lewenstein from my English class. We started reading this book in class, and I continued to read the book at home because I had assignments that relate to the book. Reading the book was heartbroken because of M Butterfly. This book is about: politicians, sexual, different personalities, the difference between men, and women, and the differences between Eastern and Western. Also, it contains a horrible story M Butterfly of a young Japanese lady who falls in love with a Western man. The main characters are Rene and Song who have a relationship with each other. The book starts with the terrible story and ends with a crucial ending. My favorite part of the books was the beginning. It’s about M Butterfly Cho-Cho-San a young girl who falls in love at the first site with Pinkerton. Pinkerton is a Western U.S Navy who wants to buy a house in Japan. He is aware of the deal with buying a house with a wife included. Cho-Cho-San was the lady that came along with his house. They married and Cho-Cho-San gives up religion and family. He stays for a short period, and then he leaves her behind to return to his country. Three years went by, and she never lost the faith to see him again, however, during that time he remarries an American girl. During the time he was gone Cho-Cho-San had their baby. His return to Japan was tragic for Cho-Cho-San. She lost her life. This was tragic.

I would recommend this book because it had different topics and it was a sad story.