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I think that Luo and the narrator are beginning to not only lose their previous urban chinese selves, but also begin to see the outside world besides China. When they read the translated French novel, they saw a culture that the government had hidden from them for their entire lives. Maybe Four Eyes will continure to give them literature to continue to "re-educate" them, even if its not in the way the Mao intended.
— May 16, 2013 10:11AM
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Anna
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"Inevitably, some of the details he picked up from the French story started to have a discreet influence in the clothes he was making for the villagers" (127). Now that the narrator and Luo have all of Four eye's books, and are telling the village their western stories, it is catching in a mixing with the culture of the village. Though this is good, it is very risky in that they could get in trouble if caught.
— May 29, 2013 05:20PM
Anna
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"Right now, ignorance is in fashion" (86). As the narrator meets more people from different parts if china, he learns how different people experience the country. When he met the illiterate peasant man, he was very ignorant in his urban perspective because he didn't know where Beijing was. And now upon meeting four eyes mother he learns what people from his run of life think of china and chairman Mao.
— May 23, 2013 11:10AM
Anna
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"'Have you fallen in love with her?' I persisted. 'She's not civilized, at least not enough for me!'"(27). Even though Lou and the narrator have spent now many months in this small village, and seem to have taken to many of their philosophies and cultural practices, they still are very careful to draw a distinct line between themselves and the village people
— May 08, 2013 08:22PM
Anna
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"'Forgive me, comrade'" (5). Even though I am only a little over a chapter into the book, I already like it much more than TFOARY. The two characters seem to care a lot about each other and it meshes very well with what we are learning in history, with the "re-education" of city youths and such. I thought the use of comrade was interesting because it is like in 1984.
— May 08, 2013 06:31PM
