two quotes of woman warrior: no name woman.

In english, we`ve just started reading a book called "Woman Warrior". We`ve only read the first couple pages but for our homework assignment we were told to pick two quotes and provide an explaination for them.
1. We say that your father has all brothers because it is as if she had never been born.
I thought this quote was cold and harsh, but there was a lot of meaning and feeling behind it also. The "she" in this quote is an Aunt the narrator had that killed herself and her baby when she got pregnant with a man other then her husband. The villagers thought she was a disgrace so they raided their house and caused destruction all over their property. This quote tells how ashamed the family was that the Aunt was pregant by not even speaking of her and pretending like she never existed.
2. Don`t humiliate us. You wouldn`t like to be forgotten as if you had never been born. The villagers are watchful.
This quote was a warning to the narrator by her mother. Her mother is warning her not to be like the Aunt and telling her the consequences if it ever should happen. The story of her Aunt was told by her mother to scare her for shaming the family like her Aunt did. "The villagers are watchful" part of the quote shows that the village is a small one where everyone is in eachother's business and that they will always know if something is wrong and nothing can be hidden.