1. Purposeand significance of research.

   At the end of 2014, Everything I Never Told You written by ChineseAmerican woman writer Celeste Ng became American Amazon's best-selling book inthe last hundred years. In the European and American mainstream literarycircles, Celeste Ng as a Chinese American writer fills the gap. The book mainly describes the experiences and feelings ofeach family number in a family. Among them, the fate of the eldest daughter, Lydia,was the most tragic. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the tragic factorsof Lydia's fate from different perspectives. All of the factors, like communication,affection, family background, atmosphere and personal experience, caused herdeath indirectly. The author's writing is delicate and detailed in thedescription of feelings, details and environmental atmosphere. There is no climaxin the story. Rather, the author describes Lydia's pain from the change of family.This book covers a variety of problems, such as racial integration, genderdiscrimination, tiger mom, and so on. In the process of globalization, culturalintegration and collision are still inevitable topics. The communicationbetween parents and the children also needs to be paid attention to. It is ofgreat practical significance to analyze the tragedy of Lydia.

2. Reviewof thedomestic and abroad study situation.

   As far as its culture and artistryis concerned, Fu Ruchu believes that every detail of the book has beenconsidered by the author. Every image and every detail reflects the wholestory. The author makes the plot very compact. The rhythm is also controlledwell. Zhu Xiaolan and Chen Ziqiong respectively analyze the image of themarginal cultural background and the marginal person in the novel, especiallythe image of the younger daughter Hanna. Lu Mingzhishen and Huo Yan admire theartistry of the novel, at the same time, doubt the unduly binary opposition inthe novel. It is so easy to draw a conclusion that the deep human nature do notshow. They deem that the book cannot arouse the readers' real thinking. As forthe theme of the novel, Liu Changxin appraises Celeste Ng "consciouslycreate with a full perspective of aesthetic feeling...... mix of race, gender,family, personal pursuit of self value, youth crisis, love and other topics".The book witnesses the transition from the perspective of Chinese second-generationimmigrant to full view.

2. 研究的基本内容与方案

Content: This papermeans to analyze the tragedy of Lydia. Her tragic and unbalance life leads toher suicide. This paper has four parts. Firstly, an overview of Lydia’s shortlife will be given. We will know her family and the experiences of these familymembers. Secondly, detail information of Lydia’s experience and thoughts willbe given. We will have a deeply understanding of the good underage child.Thirdly, an analysis of her suicide will be given. Both of her burden and thechanges of the family destroy her. The last part will conclude the mainintention of this paper.

Outline:

Abstract

Keywords: Communication, Balance, Burden

Text:

Brief Introduction of the Story: The fatherwas Chinese American, and he was incompatible with the others. The mother wasan American, and she had always been better than men since she was a child. Howevershe lost herself after marriage. This foreshadowed her leaving home. She once disappearedto re - study medical courses when Lydia was a child. In such a familybackground, Lydia was given great expectations by her parents. Her father wantedher to be a gregarious person, while her mother wanted her to get straight Asin the class and study advanced subjects. Her brother had the best relationship with her, howeverher brother was going to college and leave home. What triggered the suicide washer misunderstanding. Her father went to pick her up with the teachingassistant, which became the fuse of her death. She thought the whole family isbroken.