HERETIC作文小组-12.2号作业

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HERETIC作文小组-12.2号作业
第一次写作文，超时到我都绝望了orz
改我作文的同学不要客气，狠狠拍啊:mad:
Although extended family, namely joint family, have served as an significant roles in human society during centuries, let us get down to fundamentals that such family formation is losing its influences, slowly yet continuously.

Back to eras e.g. pre-industrial when productivity still wandered in a relatively inferior level, extended family did provide the members a much easier livelihood. People belonged to the same kindred were possibly fostered by certain female kin and got their educations from the advanced and experienced relatives, thus groomed themselves to operate the family business (if there is one). The juniors absorb their knowledge while the seniors receive their maintenance from the family. Should there emerged any formidable situations, for instance financial crisis, it's always nice to be taken under the family's wing, let alone that's one which contained 6-7 members or even more. 

Hitherto, however, which dominate the most populous country of the world is nuclear family. In China 70% families are consisted of merely parents and children. Likewise India and America's extended family almost hide itself behind the backdrop, giving its way to the nuclear, single parent, unmarried couple families.

 
The inflexibility and conservation might be the biggest problem. The extended family usually follow strict rules, like deciding whom to marry or consort for the younger that usually aren't their favorites. These often bring about intense condition that induces tragedy between couples, just take a look at how miserable the relationship between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai was ruined by the family in the musical Butterfly Lovers. In ancient China these disaster occurs everywhere.  No wonder why the more adaptable and open-minded modern families which allow diversities can take the place.

Besides, when life is like riding a bike that become more and more faster, and the complication of social contact has been making the road uneven than ever, to stay in intimate contact with the whole extended family members seems aren't a ease. Children are struggling so hard to make a live that even forget their parents' birthdays, while the latter may just understand and enjoy themselves. With the endowment insurance and other political aids, the bond between children and parents and grandparents grow even weaker. 

Therefore, the extended family might not fit the world's functioning nowadays, due to its own limitation and vicissitudes of human society.

[ 本帖最后由 闹闹喵 于 2008-12-3 04:04 编辑 ]