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The Little Seamstress - She wants to be a city girl and realizes her worth. She grows up and is willing to step out and leave her father and Luo. Changes her appearance: cuts her hair, gets new shoes and a new outfit. Is influenced by Balzac.

Luo - He goes through a slight change. Drunk and burning books. He thinks her changing is influenced by him. Pretty selfish character.

The narrator - Feels betrayed after the LS leaves without telling him. Chases after The LS.

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Narrator -

The Little Seamstress -

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Luo - Secretly attached to his keys that go to his house. Worries that he will never leave the mountain to use his keys in his home, so throws them in the natural pool. The pool that was once his paradise with the LS, he never wants to visit again because of his feels of dread. Still has strong feelings for the LS. At the end, he receives a telegram to return his mom that has been hospitalized.

The Little Seamstress - She wants to make Luo happy. She tries to retrieve his keys at the bottom of the pool after he throws in. She discovers a snake at the bottom that scares her and eventually bites her. She has learned to swim better. She is more comfortable with herself and around others, more adventurous and independent. She enjoys acting out stories for the first time.

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The narrator - Realizes he is a bit of a sadist (C15). According to Luo, the narrator's storytelling is superior to Luo's (C14). When headman discovers the narrator telling stories, the narrator is scared of torture/never getting off the mountain. (C14).

Luo - comes up with the sewing machine/drill idea to help save the narrator. Loyal to his friend - insists that he accompany the narrator if he is taken away by the headman.

Tailor - Apparently doesn't need sleep - works all day and listens to the boys' stories all night. Western literature is influencing him as well. He is incorporating French styles

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That summer the narrator and Luo go to Yong Jing to watch movies several times. In August the boys go to Yong Jing and take the LS. The film showing is still The Little Flower Seller. They are excited because, even though the film is boring, it's a break from their labors. The narrator says that, even though there are 2,000 girls at the theater, the Little Seamstress is the prettiest. Halfway into the film, the Little Seamstress whispers to the narrator, "It's so much better when it's you telling the story." At the hotel they hear about a woman who is staying there who has come to get her son from reeducation. They wonder who it could be. The next day they're on the way back. The narrator meets a woman who is being carried in a chair, knitting the whole time. When she stops, the narrator, using a Chengdu accent, asks if she would like some of their food. He strikes up a conversation with her and finds out that she is Four-Eyes's mother, a poetess. The poetess asks his name, so she can tell her son. The narrator says it's Luo. The poetess recognizes that Luo is the son of the dentist who worked on Chairman Mao's teeth. The narrator says his father is in detention, as an enemy of the people. The poetess says there will be better times ahead. She tells the narrator that Four-Eyes likes him, meaning Luo, very much. However, he doesn't like Luo's friend, meaning the narrator. She says that Four-Eyes beat the narrator up. The narrator finds Luo and the Little Seamstress. He tells them that Four-Eyes is leaving, taking his books with him. The Little Seamstress laughs at the narrator's tale of pretending to be Luo, making the narrator "utterly captivated" by her. Then, she suggests they steal the books.

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The boys don't know why Four-Eyes chose to give them this particular novel, Ursule Mirouët. However, they read it immediately, first Luo and then the narrator. Luo leaves after reading it, and the narrator knows he has gone to tell the Little Seamstress the story. The narrator can picture Luo telling her the story. He is envious. Practicing his violin is depressing. He decides to copy passages from the book to the inside of his sheepskin coat. Luo returns late at night. He shows the narrator some leaves wrapped in cloth. The leaves have blood on them. Luo says it is the Little Seamstress's blood. They had sex, standing by a ginkgo tree, "like horses." Since she was a virgin, she bled.

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I think he was frustrated that Four-Eyes is changing the lines of the traditional mountain songs.

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Four-Eyes is at first very happy to have the songs, 18 in all. However, his happiness soon turns to disgust when he realizes that the songs are "smutty rhymes." Luo reminds Four-Eyes that he wanted authentic songs. The narrator thinks Four-Eyes has become "insanely arrogant" since hearing from his mother, all on the strength of a glimmer of hope. Still, he tries to stay quiet, hoping to get the books from Four-Eyes. Luo says that, if Four-Eyes gives him the books, they'll leave. Four-Eyes refuses. Then Four-Eyes has an idea. He proceeds to rewrite the songs. In his version, rather than being lice fearing water, they are bourgeois lice, fearing the "boiling wave" of the proletariat. The narrator lunges at him, trying to get the songs away from him. The narrator wants to rip the songs up and stuff them into Four-Eyes's mouth. Instead, he merely bloodies his nose, getting blood on his Mao-style jacket.

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The narrator - speaks mandarin

Luo - still a quick thinker.

Old Miller - never even heard of Beijing, the capital of his country. A little stubborn, not willing to part the songs easily.

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They go to visit the Old Miller, they find old military uniforms pretending their official communist party members. They are there to ask him about the old mountain songs. But, the old Miller stalls and doesn't immediately give them any songs without a drink and a meal. Luo and the narrator are experiencing the same thing Four-Eyes did. But, they eat the pebbles. Finally the old Miller sings one of the old mountain songs.

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Definition: (adjective) not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.

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The boys give the book back to Four-Eyes, thinking he will give them another book in exchange for more chores. However, he won't. Soon, his new glasses come. The boys regret giving back the book they had. One day Four-Eyes tells them that his mother, the poetess, got a lead on a job for him at a journal on revolutionary literature. This would be his way out of reeducation in the country. he editor suggested that Four-Eyes find the lyrics for some old folk songs to publish in the journal. Four-Eyes has tried, with no luck. Just as he was about to give up, someone told him about a poor miller who sang the songs. He lives near the Thousand-Meter-Cliff. The miller drinks liquor with pebbles. He calls it "jade dumplings with miller sauce." When Four-Eyes visited, the miller offered him some, which Four-Eyes refused. The miller was insulted and refused to sing for Four-Eyes, even for money. Four-Eyes stayed with the miller a few days, sleeping in a bug-infested bed and hoping the miller would sing. It didn't work. Now, he is covered with lice and has no songs.

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Definition: (verb) to walk when asleep.

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Their friend, Four-Eyes, whose parents are a writer and a poet, is being reeducated in a nearby village. The two boys go to his house sometimes. Four-Eyes is a very fearful person. The day after the narrator and Luo visit the LS, Luo feels better, and the boys leave. On the way home, they spot Four-Eyes tilling the soil with a water buffalo. Four-Eyes is impressed at how sick Luo looks and tells them to wait at his house. The narrator goes to look for a sweater for Luo. Under Four-Eyes's bed, he finds a locked suitcase. When Four-Eyes returns, they ask him what's in the suitcase. Four-Eyes won't answer. They believe he's hiding forbidden books. Four-Eyes denies this angrily and buys a padlock for his door. A few weeks later Luo recovers. That night they celebrate with dinner at Four-Eyes's house. When the narrator looks for the suitcase, it is gone. Luo speculates that, since Four-Eyes's parents are a writer and a poet, they would have wanted him to have books.

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Definition: (adjective) gratification from one's own pain or humiliation.

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- Luo's relationship with the LS.
- New job could allow for escape.
- Luo is still sick
- Why no names?

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

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Luo is still sick. They go to see the LS to tell the story. The LS brings the sorceresses to help with Luo's sickness. The narrator tells the story of the movie, and with Luo's help, brings the sorceresses to tears. The LS kisses Luo.

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Why doesn't anyone in the story have a name (besides Luo)?

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Why doesn't anyone in the story have a name (besides Luo)?

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-Foreshadowing something about Luo?
-What if they don't have names?

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The Little Seamstress - good with medicine/remedies. Cares about Luo. Kisses Luo. Doesn't know what a dentist is, but is aware of worms in your teeth.

Luo - Still fighting malaria/fever, but still wants to see the Little Seamstress. Second chapter in a row that he has not been the focal point (due to his sickness). Can steal the show and a kiss with a well-timed line.

The Narrator - Calls LS pretty (does he have a crush on the LS as well?) Character development - the narrator has grown more comfortable in his storytelling abilities, telling the entire story of The Little Flower to the LS and for four sorceresses, He's still not as good as Luo, but he is improving. Smaller crowd? Luo wasn't there to demand the spotlight? Maybe he wants to impress the LS?

The sorceresses - old, ugly crones (witches). One has a bow with which protects them from the demons (sickness). The first audience for the narrators first storytelling adventure.

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Definition: (noun) a soft, moist mass of material typically of plant material or flour, applied to the body to relieve pain and inflammation.

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The narrator - scared of dying in the mine (would see his life flash before his eyes). 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's spoken to her village headman to see if Luo and the narrator could come to her village to tell the stories of the movies.

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

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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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The Little Seamstress - daughter of the tailor. She can't read much, but likes to talk to smart 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 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 is not civilized, at least not enough for me" (27). Despite the poor living conditions, he continues to grow.

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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 bit of flirting between the LS and Luo.

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There new jobs watching movies and telling stories, could give them a chance to escape the situation of their re-education.

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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 animal excrement from the village to the fields (gross). We learn the village is not very civilized, as they are curious/confused by the alarm clock. The headman gives the boys a new job - going to the nearby village, watching the movies, and returning

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The narrator - he really is good at the violin, but he knows a lot of classical pieces; plays pieces Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven. Still seems kind of shy - takes a back seat to Luo when telling the story of the movie. The narrator seems to be Luo's sidekick?

Luo - Good at story telling, addicted to cigarettes, likes to entertain. He is understandably depressed - three kids in a thousand might get out of re-education. Luo continues to prove that he's quick-witted, smart, and tricky (alarm clock manipulation).

The headman - he's fascinated by the alarm clock and he really likes storytelling. Wants to be entertained.

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Definition: (adjective) irritating or annoying

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Definition: (adjective) winding or turning one way or another

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Definition: (adjective) such as 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, mountain village. The headman of the village is inspecting a violin the narrator brought with him. The narrator gives us context about the Cultural Revolution and the and re-education camps. Luo's dad (a famous dentist) is publicly huminlated for mentioning Mao and Jheng Jieshi in the same sentence.