War
Pg. 1056 ~ "Nasty World."
This quote explains how it's unethical that their sons are being sent to the front for war, and how their sons are being killed trying to protect the country they're forced to serve. It also explains how their children don't belong to them but it's the government's choice if they serve or not.
Pg. 1058 ~ "A son left for whom he must survive while in the case the father of an only son dies the father can die too and put an end to his distress..."
This explains that the government is putting only children in the front, the only thing some parents have left to live for. Being put out for protecting a country that might go down in ruins eventually, meaning they died for nothing.
Pg. 1059 ~ "The woman who, bundled in a corner under her coat, had been sitting an listening had- for the last three months- tried to find in the words of her husband and her friends something to console her in her deep sorrow, something that might might show her how a mother a mother should resign herself to send her son not even to death but to a probable danger of life."
This means that the mother after being forced to end her son to the war doesn't know what to do with herself, how to react. She doesn't know what to hope for or to look forward to, she's dumb-founded and doesn't appreciate she's looking in her friends and family to give her something to work with for her emotions.
Pg. 1060 ~ "Then... is your son really dead?"
This proves that the government has control of who goes where and who's drafted, traditionally they'll send you a letter of the death. With this question it proves that the families back home are being kept clueless of the deaths of their children who are being forced in war which rises this question.
This quote explains how it's unethical that their sons are being sent to the front for war, and how their sons are being killed trying to protect the country they're forced to serve. It also explains how their children don't belong to them but it's the government's choice if they serve or not.
Pg. 1058 ~ "A son left for whom he must survive while in the case the father of an only son dies the father can die too and put an end to his distress..."
This explains that the government is putting only children in the front, the only thing some parents have left to live for. Being put out for protecting a country that might go down in ruins eventually, meaning they died for nothing.
Pg. 1059 ~ "The woman who, bundled in a corner under her coat, had been sitting an listening had- for the last three months- tried to find in the words of her husband and her friends something to console her in her deep sorrow, something that might might show her how a mother a mother should resign herself to send her son not even to death but to a probable danger of life."
This means that the mother after being forced to end her son to the war doesn't know what to do with herself, how to react. She doesn't know what to hope for or to look forward to, she's dumb-founded and doesn't appreciate she's looking in her friends and family to give her something to work with for her emotions.
Pg. 1060 ~ "Then... is your son really dead?"
This proves that the government has control of who goes where and who's drafted, traditionally they'll send you a letter of the death. With this question it proves that the families back home are being kept clueless of the deaths of their children who are being forced in war which rises this question.
The Bracelet
Pg. 1046 ~ "Poor Francois... what will he give me next year, if we both are still here?"
This quote is explaining how she expects a gift because of how annual it is, not that she isn't appreciative but she's been adapted to it after so many years. She's rather grateful of the gifts but she claims each year they get better and better, she's curious of how he's going to top the recent gift.
Pg. 1046 ~"...Twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine... There are really twenty-nine."
Mrs. Augelier was spending her time counting the jewels on the most recent piece of jewelry she's received. She was sitting at her table covered in a white cloth awing at the gorgeous jewels and admiring every one, but she admits she's bored of them all. Every year she would get a bracelet with a jewel to represent how long they've been together, given they've been married 29 years.
Pg. 1048 ~ "We weren't rich back then. Poor Francois, he's always soiled me so..."
For the 29 years they've been married he's always treated her so well. Regardless of their financial situation he's always treated her and spoiled her everyday for his whole life with her. He's infatuate with her and he shows it through jewelry.She feels guilty because she can't love him back the way he loves her.
This quote is explaining how she expects a gift because of how annual it is, not that she isn't appreciative but she's been adapted to it after so many years. She's rather grateful of the gifts but she claims each year they get better and better, she's curious of how he's going to top the recent gift.
Pg. 1046 ~"...Twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine... There are really twenty-nine."
Mrs. Augelier was spending her time counting the jewels on the most recent piece of jewelry she's received. She was sitting at her table covered in a white cloth awing at the gorgeous jewels and admiring every one, but she admits she's bored of them all. Every year she would get a bracelet with a jewel to represent how long they've been together, given they've been married 29 years.
Pg. 1048 ~ "We weren't rich back then. Poor Francois, he's always soiled me so..."
For the 29 years they've been married he's always treated her so well. Regardless of their financial situation he's always treated her and spoiled her everyday for his whole life with her. He's infatuate with her and he shows it through jewelry.She feels guilty because she can't love him back the way he loves her.
My Old Home
Pg. 1128 ~ "I had no clear impression, not much to describe it."
Lu's persona in the story as the narrator is attempting to describe his home as a child. He claims it as brilliant and simply stunning, the best house a child could imagine. As a child he had so many positive feelings about his home, he was so proud of it, he was unbelievably happy in his childhood house.
Pg. 1132 ~ "He has been away so long, you must excuse him for forgetting. You should remember."
This is explaining how life can get ahead of you and main memories can replace the small forgettable ones, Lu doesn't remember the old lady that lived nearby, she made bean paste and was always kind, he doesn't remember because his brain was flooded with the idea of his home in modern times during 1911-1912 during the Revolution
Pg. 1136 ~ "I lay down, listening to the water rippling beneath the boat, and knew that I was going to get my way."
This explains how Lu's and Jun-Tu's friendship were split by a barrier and Lu didn't want Shui-sheng and Hung-erh friendship to be split by a barrier, if this did happen Lu is talking about how he wouldn't appreciate it that much. He's hoping they don't see the class differences.
Lu's persona in the story as the narrator is attempting to describe his home as a child. He claims it as brilliant and simply stunning, the best house a child could imagine. As a child he had so many positive feelings about his home, he was so proud of it, he was unbelievably happy in his childhood house.
Pg. 1132 ~ "He has been away so long, you must excuse him for forgetting. You should remember."
This is explaining how life can get ahead of you and main memories can replace the small forgettable ones, Lu doesn't remember the old lady that lived nearby, she made bean paste and was always kind, he doesn't remember because his brain was flooded with the idea of his home in modern times during 1911-1912 during the Revolution
Pg. 1136 ~ "I lay down, listening to the water rippling beneath the boat, and knew that I was going to get my way."
This explains how Lu's and Jun-Tu's friendship were split by a barrier and Lu didn't want Shui-sheng and Hung-erh friendship to be split by a barrier, if this did happen Lu is talking about how he wouldn't appreciate it that much. He's hoping they don't see the class differences.