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The narrator - seventeen years old. Main character (?). Luo's best friend. Father is a doctor, mother is a parasitic disease specialist. Can play the violin.

Luo - eighteen years old. Best friends with the narrator. Quirky, smart, quick thinking, calm, cool, and collected.  Luo's father is a famous dentist.

The headman -  scary looking (three spots of blood in his left eye, nose hairs). Intimidating. Strong figure and Communist.

Luo's father - famous dentist who worked on Mao's teeth. Accused of sleeping with his nurse (did not actually).

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the narrator describes. their living conditions (phoenix mountain and the house on stilts) as well as their 'job,'moving human and animals excrement from the village is not vary civilized

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They escape from the re-education by going and watch movies then telling the story after. gives them a sense of hope.

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Luo and the narrator meet the tailor on their way to visit Four-Eyes. Later, when they go to have Luo's trousers lengthened, they meet the Little Seamstress. They learn more about the tailor from the LS. There is a little bit of flirting between the LS and Luo.

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The little seamstress - daughter of the tailor. She can't read much, but like to talk to people who can read and wright. Flirting with Luo. Alone the majority of time.

The tailor - Father of the LS. he's Wealthy, powerful, treated like royalty/celebrity. Travels from village for his tailoring services.

Four - eyes - Luo and the narrator's friends from the city. he is being re-educated in a different village.
Luo - appears to like the LS. He denies his interest in the seamstress by saying "she is not civilize, at least enough for me"(27). despite the poor living conditions, he continues to grow

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Luo and the narrator have to work at a new job - working in the coal mine.  They think there going to die in the mine, and eventually Luo comes with malaria. Luo receives a letter from the little seamstress  in which she tells him that headman of her village has asked that the boys come there and tell the stories of the movies they have seen.

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definition:(adjective) disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury.

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The narrator - scared of dying in the mine (would see his life flash before his eyes often). Worried he'll never see his parents again.

Luo - scared of dying in the mine. Comes down with malaria.

The little seamstress - Thinking about Luo. She can read and write, thanks to her father, the tailor. Flirting with luo again through the letter. She spoken to her village headman to see if luo could come to the village and tell the stories of the movie

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Definition: (adjective) not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

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We meet the narrator and his best friend Luo, who are both being re-educated in a small, mountainside village. The headman of the village is inspecting a violin the narrator brought with him. The narrator gives us some context about the Cultural Revolution and re-education camps. Luo's dad (a famous dentist) is publicly humiliated for mentioning Mao and Jiang Jieshi in the same sentence.

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Definition: (adjective) such as to provoke laughter.

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definition: (noun) a soft moist mass of material typically of plant material or flour, applied to the body to r

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the new job could be an way for escape. luo is still sick. luo has a

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They were in trying to find a day to get the more book four eyes had. then when they got there four-eyes was deal with lice all over his body and started to boil his clothes. then told them his thousand-metre-cliff. the lice lay eggs all over there clothes so that's why he boiling his clothes. then he goyt a letter from his mother about talking about a deal for the four-eyes. then he when on a journey to try to find a song line for his journal.

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they try to get him by eating pebbles and as they eat it miller sings the mountain song so luo and the narrator get more books.

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The Narrator - The Narrator speaks mandarin

Miller -  he doesn't even know where he lives

lou - he thinks quickly on his feet

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The narrator gives four-eyes the songs but then when four-eyes didn't approve of the song because he wanted romantic song not the ones he brought him. then the narrator tries to tell him to give him the books. four-eyes doesn't let him have them then the Narrator fights Four-eyes and leave.

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changing the line to the original song or it could be the fact that he did all that work for nothing.

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The narrator - he fights four-eyes

luo- supportive of The narrator

Four-eye - he is a jerk

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we meet four-eyes a friend from there formal life. Four-eyes feeds them luo's sickness then the narrator finds a suit case under four-eyes bed the four-eyes freaks out when they ask him about it. then they figure out that four-eyes has secret books. The Narrator helps four-eyes when he looses his glasses then four-eyes gives them the book by balzack.

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The narrator, luo, and the seamstress they when to go watch a movie the seamstress then tells Narrator that he was the better storyteller.   then this women shows up  and the narrator meets her. the little seamstress tells them they should steel the books.

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a person who cares people or luggage

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seamstress - she tells narrator that he is a good storyteller.

The narrator - he lies about thing. he is talking about the books. he is starting to like the seamstress.

four-eyes mother: she is rich, her son can do no wrong.

luo: he  is just there.

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attractively lively and animated

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Luo set of to go take a another Balzac book to the little seamstress. he hat to cross the ridge that was 50 meters with a fare drop, on of the time the narrator tagged along and was terrified of the ridge. after the spent the night The narrator had a nightmare were luo and the seamstress were crossing the ridge as she feel to he terrible death. The narrator was scarred that this nightmare will happen and told luo to tell the seamstress to not go on that ridge.

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Luo - he was scarred of heights since they were kids. he took another balzac book to the little seamstress and wasn't warred about the narrator dream

The narrator - he had a bad dream and was worried about the little seamstress. he was thinking that it would actually happened

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the headman came back with Honorable tooth problems the doctor pulled out the wrong tooth, he insisted that luo father was a dentist he thought that he could fix this, luo refused. The tailor came to there village with many fabrics for the woman that night and the little seamstress. The narrator told the tailor a story that night and it when on for 9 whole nights. the tailor made the story a big part of phation. The head man hear the narrator told the story to the headman and told them that they were going to send him to the afishals. then luo told them that they had a deal and let him go.

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The narrator -  the narrator is a sadist he likes to see the pain of the headman. he is scared to go to jail and didn't know if he could survive the torcher. his story telling is now better than luo's.

Luo -  comes up with the sewing machine/drill idea to help save the narrator. Loyal to his friend.

tailor - appenly didn't need sleep - works all day and listens t the boys stories all night. western literature is influenced him.

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Luo - Secretly attached to his keys. it was first his parice but now doesn't want to visit there again. he receives a telegram that he has to go see his mom because she is hospitalized.

The little seamstress - She wants to make luo happy, she tries to retrieve the keys but a snake shows up. she has learned how to swim. she is more comfortable and more independent. She enjoys acting

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The narrator - he has become a good story teller. he is getting closer with the little seamstress. he likes the seamstress A LOT
he got caught with a book

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the narrator - he went on a long journey to try.

the seamstress - she is conflicted about wanting to keep the baby

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the seamstress - she want to be a city girl she grows up. she has been shadowed by luo, the narrator.  she changes her appearance

luo - he sees her change as his doing.

the narrator - felt portrade