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Definition- (adjective) to provoke laughter

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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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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) winding or turning

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The narrator-he is good at violin also knows how to play lots classical pieces like Beethoven. he seems to be Luos sidekick.

Luo- very good at storytelling he likes to entertain.he is addicted to cigarettes.He is quite depressed. He is smart(street smart) and sneaky.

The headman-he's very interested in new things likes to explore these things. He is fascinated by the alarm clock and enjoys the storytelling.

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we start by learning about their living conditions (house on stilts) as well as there "jobs".The village isn't very civilized and are confused by the alarm clocks. The headman gives the boys the job of watching movies in nearby villages and returning and telling the story.

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Definition- (adjective) not embarrassed

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The Little Seamstress - daughter of the tailor. She can't read much, but likes to talk to people who can read and write (likes to hear other ideas). Flirting with Luo.  Alone the majority of the time. Beautiful, pretty eyes, long eyelashes.

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

Four-Eyes - Luo and the narrator's friend from the city. He's being re-educated in a different village.

The narrator - Maybe he likes the LS as well? He's quiet, he seems to take a backseat to Luo

Luo - appears to like the LS. He denies his interest in the seamstress by saying "she's not civilized, at least enough for me" (27). Despite the poor living conditions, he continues to grow.

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Lou and the narrator go to see the seamstress they tell her about their encounter with her father. They seem to get along quite well and Lou and the seamstress even flirt a little bit

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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.

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Luo and the narrator have been assigned a new job - working in the coal mine. Luo and the narrator think that they are going to die in the mine, and eventually Luo comes down with malaria. The villagers/coal miners try to whip the sickness out of Luo, but he is still sick. Luo receives a letter from the Little Seamstress in which she tells him that the headman of her village has asked that the boys tell the stories of the movies they have seen.

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Definition- (noun) a ointment made of a plant used on the body to relive pain

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The little Seamstress- takes care of Lou and even kisses him. She is good with remedies but  doesn’t know what a dentist is.

Luo- he is still fighting malaria but still wants to see the little seamstress. This makes 2 chapters that he isn’t the focal point because he is sick but still managed to steal the show

Narrator- now more the focal point and has more shown confidence in this chapter that shows in his story telling as Luo is sick he is in control

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Lou is sick they travel to see the ls. She takes care of Lou and brings in sorcerers to help. The narrator tells the story and with the help of the sad line from luo brings everyone to tears. The ls kisses luo.

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-Luo and the seamstress have a romantic relationship.
-New job opens lots of opportunities.
-luo is still sick
-still no names

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Definition -(adjective) cheerful or friendly

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4 eyes- he is a smart character he wears glasses as he has quite bad sight.his parents encourage him to read.he is hard working and stubborn.his suitcase is a big deal to him?

Luo- not as sick and believes he is well enough to return home still not as main of a character but is very curious even though he is weak

Narrator- very helpful a good friend and tries to help 4 eyes and Luo he is also quite curious about the mystery with 4 eyes and keeps pressuring him to tell them he revives s book by ballzac

Little seamstress- exauhsted from taking care of Luo

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I’m the chapter the boys leave the little seamstress’s home to go back to theirs. on the way back they see 4 eyes struggling narrator stops to help him.they spend some time with 4 eyes trying to figure out the mystery suitcase. And in the end are gifted a book

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Definition-(verb) to sleep walk

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Luo- curious to read and is very bold acts on his actions right away doesn’t hesitate

Narrator-reads the book and learns that he is likes little seamstress romantically and turns to writing it down to cope with his jealousy

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In this chapter they read the story and Luo goes to see the little seamstress as he is motivated by what he read. While he is gone the narrator reads the same book. He realizes he might having feeling romantically for the little seamstress so he writes parts of the book down. Luo returns and tells the narrator about his trip and his romantic actions with the little seamstress

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Definition-(adjective) sad or depressed

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4 eyes- he got lice from a mountain and received his new glasses.trying to recover a song

Narrator and Luo- trying to convince 4 eyes to give them another book as they regret giving it back

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The narrator and Luo go and visit 4 eyes to try to do work in exchange for another book. 4 eyes denied and he went on a mission to get the Miller to sing to possibly get him out of reduction doing this he gets lice and no song so they make a offer a book for a song!

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They visit the Miller and find a army uniform so they pretend they are communist officials.they ask about the wanted songs the Miller stalls and they have a meal. And now they get lice but they get a song

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Definition-(noun) walking for a long time in rough conditions

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Luo- stuck in the middle still wants books and try’s to get the narrator to not fight

Narrator- gets mad and fights with 4 eyes and zoned out during this almost him just taking out his anger

4 eyes- mad over the bad notes but abs thinks they are stupid even though he ends up fighting him

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They bring the music to 4 eyes he says it isn’t good enough that it’s not what he wanted they get mad over this and narrator accidentally starts a fight

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Definition-(noun) a person designated for transportation to carry the person and there stuff

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Little Seamstress- a slight player but very pretty. She enjoys the attention

Luo- likes the little seamstress and doesn’t care about much other than that

Narrator- loved little seamstress wants to marry her but he also still cares about the book

4eyes mom- rich and loves her son. Didn’t really believe in him or the re-education at first very smart but also keeps everything on the down low

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All 3 go to see a movie and then on the way back they stop at Little seamstress ancestors grave and narrator meets 4 eyes mom hearing he is leaving the re-education he goes and meets Luo and little seamstress in the grave and told them about his encounter they bring up the idea of stealing the books

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Definition-(adjective) obsolete of age

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Luo- sneaky and wants to make ls smart

Narrator- worried of getting caught and bad under pressure

4eyes- a fake friend letting this new found things get to him

4 eyes mom- very worriesom always questioning his friends

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Narrator-really good at story telling now from Luo POV ! And we see he is a sadist towards the headman because he is threatened and he feels that this is the way to get back because he thinks he will never get off the mountain

Luo- helps take care of the tooth to save his friend as they stick together and are super close

Tailor- works a lot and is basing his work in clothing off the story’s he is hearing

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Luo- kinda attached to the keys as it was his lucky charm but when he altimitly losses then he is fine because he doesn’t think he will ever go home.worried about LS and never wants to visit again. Gets a call from his mom and goes home to see her as she is sick

Little seamstress- wants to please Luo and loves story’s she is a good swimmer and a big adventurer and she is a simple mountain girl and this once she can’t get the keys. Excuse if a snake bite

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Narrator- a good story teller very protective and wants to get close with the ls does tasks for her and then gets attacked but he tries to ignore it

Little seamstress- maybe using the narrator but also is getting close to the narrator

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Little seamstress- worried and needs help but when everything is said and done she is relived and grateful

Narrator- he does everything in his power to help the ls he searches high and low and before he gave up he finally found help and gave away his favorite books.he is quite young but is showing maturity

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Luo- happy with how the ls changed but when she leaves he is mad and starts to put things together

Narrator- thinks ls changing  is kinda odd but supports her and when she leaves he is upset that she didn’t tell him he thought they weee closer than that he questions how much he means to the people around him

Little seamstress- she changes into a city girl with some drastic physical changes and even mental growing up and learning her worth maybe no longer needing a man

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I think the book has some lessons that are valuable and the language is useful the settings are nice to learn about but the overall ending isn’t really what I want it to be it feels incomplete that all of this lead to nothing other than the the characters are ok and leaves room for your own creativity