伍綺詩的處女作小說《無聲告白》圍繞在一個1970年代美國的跨種族家庭故事。隨著混血少女莉蒂亞．李的死亡，小說揭露莉蒂亞雙親瑪芮琳與詹姆斯所遭遇到的性別與種族歧視。由於美國文化中根深蒂固的性別與種族歧視，瑪芮琳未能成為一名醫師，而詹姆斯無法被主流社會所接受。他們追求夢想的失敗深深地影響了他們的教養方式。瑪芮琳高度期望莉蒂亞在科學領域中表現傑出，而詹姆斯希望莉蒂亞能融入美國文化，但是他們的高期望導致莉蒂亞的死亡。因此，本論文旨在探討為什麼身為一名混血少女，莉蒂亞會在1970年代的美國自殺。藉由交織理論來檢視此小說，我認為1950年代美國的性別與種族歧視相互交織形成的壓迫持續影響莉蒂亞的自我發展。在家庭中身為取悅父母的女兒以及在學校裡沒有社交生活的獨行俠，莉蒂亞在父母的期望與社會的孤立下掙扎。她最終失去自我。諷刺的是，莉蒂亞最後臨死的時刻展現了她唯一的自主權。隨著現今越來越多的跨種族家庭與混血兒，本論文提供讀者了解在現代社會中，跨種族家庭與混血兒會面臨的挑戰與掙扎。

Celeste Ng's debut novel, Everything I Never Told You, revolves around the story of an interracial family in 1970s United States. With the death of a mixed-race teenage girl, Lydia Lee, the novel uncovers the sophisticated issues of sexism and racism Marilyn and James, Lydia's parents, encounter. Due to the deep-rooted sexism and racism in American culture, Marilyn fails to become a physician whereas James fails to be accepted by the mainstream society. Their failures to fulfill their dreams deeply influence their parenting practices. Marilyn highly expects Lydia to excel in the scientific field and James hopes Lydia to assimilate into American culture, yet their high expectations lead to Lydia's death. Therefore, this thesis aims to explore why Lydia, a biracial teenage girl, commits suicide in 1970s United States. Examining the novel from the intersectional approach, I suggest that racism and sexism in the 1950s United States continue to act as interlocking systems of oppression that influence Lydia's self-development. As a pleasing daughter in the family and a loner in school, Lydia struggles under parental expectations as well as social isolation. She eventually loses her selfhood. Her final dying moment ironically serves as the only way she demonstrates her autonomy. With the increasing number of interracial family and biracial children, this thesis provides a lens for readers to understand the challenges and struggles of mixed-race families and biracial children in contemporary society.

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