Saving Sourdi info and questions

Questions:
Character/Psychological: What underlying motive (not because Sourdi is in danger) causes Nea to want to rescue Sourdi from Mr. Chhay?

Formalist: How does the point of view chosen by the author contribute to the ideas she discusses throughout the story?

Feminist: Would Sourdi have been expected to have an arranged marriage if she were a boy, and how would Nea's reaction to it have been different if that were the case?

Biography:
May-Lee Chai was born in California to an Irish-American mother and a father from Singapore. She attended Grinnell College in Iowa where she majored in Chinese Studies and French. She then studied East Asian Studies at Yale University where she received her MA. From UC - Boulder, she earned a second MA in English-Creative Writing later on. She has taught at various universities around the country and currently works as an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Her short stories and essays have appeared in many publications.

The book Dragon Chica is an extension of the short story Saving Sourdi. This book follows Nea from before the events of Saving Sourdi until she is 18. It introduces family members and characters not mentioned in the short story, and there are also flashbacks to the war in Cambodia.

Chai, May-Lee. "Author Bio." Web log post. Maylee Chai's Blog. N.p., 2013. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.

"Books Published By May-Lee Chai." May-Lee Chai. May-Lee Chai, 2007. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.

Literary Contributions
Novels:
Tiger Girl (2013).
Dragon Chica (2010).
My Lucky Face (1997).

Memoirs:
Hapa Girl (2007).
The Girl From Purple Mountain (2001).

Short Stories:
Glamorous Asians: Short Stories & Essays (2004).
Saving Sourdi (2001).

Translations:
The Autobiography of Ba Jin (2008).