Wang Lung's uncle is quite a character in this novel. All of his actions seem to mess up Wang Lung's Life; for example, he threatens him to give him money or he will tell the village people that Wang Lung shows greediness. This time he gives in but when one thing leads to another the village people come in a mass to steal Wang's "extra food and money". O-lan feels nervous and scared yet shows no expression on her face. For once she actually had an angry tone in her voice and toldd them that they couldn't steal their furniture because they could have sold their own. The uncle of Wang Lung tries but doesn't succeed to help him during the drought. he never knows what to do from his lack of intelligence and Wang Lung realizes that he must respect this stupid man all for the good of his family.
During the drought, Wang had to move south to the city--quite a change from the farm he used to live on. In our day this could be related to moving from silos to Los Angeles. people beg, people steal, people die. All of this happened to their family. O-lan and the boys beg, and their younger son stole meat-- their poverty reached an ultimate low. It's hard to imagine life like this when we are so fortunate. Could you imagine strangling your infant daughter so the rest of your family can survive? City life changed the way Wang Lung thought of his old town making him wish he could move back.
Leah,
ReplyDeleteI really liked the way you asked a question in the end of your response, because it makes the reader think. Also, you had a lot of really good text evidence. Maybe next time you could try to use new or different vocabulary. Good job!
This response is strong. The dash construction is dead on, and affective! You manage a really intelligent voice with the structure, which is why yo uwould want to use it in the first place. You also have excellent text evidence to support your ideas, and it flows seamlessly -- not like a summary at all. Excellent.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what type of critisism to give this. It was excellent. I excpessially like the comparison to silos and Los-Angeles.
ReplyDeleteI don't have anything bad to say about this. You used a lot of text evidence in this response for your ideas, and you use a lot of good vocab. Again, I have nothing negative to say about this.
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