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Luo is still sick. They go to see the Little Seamstress to tell stories. The Little Seamstress 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 Little Seamstress kisses Luo.

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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 want to see the Little Seamstress. Second chapter in a row that he has not been the focal point (due to sickness). Can still steal the show and a kiss with a well-timed line.

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

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

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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 boys brought with them. The narrator gives us some context about the Cultural Revolution and re-education camps. Luo´s dad ( a famous dentist) is publicly humilated for mention Mao and Jheng Jieshi in the same sentence

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The narrator - 17 years old, main character, (?) Luo´s bestfriend, Father is a doctor, mother is a parasitic disease specialist. Can play the violin

Luo - 18 years old, bestfriends with the narrator, is quirky and smart, quick thinking, calm, cool and collected. Luo´s father is a famous dentist (Accused of sleeping with his nurse, which did not happen)

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

Luo´s father -Luo´s father is a famous dentist who worked on Mao´s teeth. (Accused of sleeping with his nurse, which did not happen)

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The narrator describes, their living conditions (Phoenix Mountain and house on stills) as well as their ¨job¨ moving human and animal sewage from the village to the fields (gross). We learn that the village is not very civilized, as they are curious/confused by the alarm clock. The headman gives the boys a new job to go to a nearby village to watch movies and tell stories of what they saw to the village.

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

Luo - Good at storytelling, addicted to cigarettes, likes to entertain people. He is understandably depressed - 3 kids in a thousand might get out of re-education. Luo continues to prove he´s a quick-witted, smart, and tricky (alarm clock manipulation).

The headman - Interested into the alarm clock, and he really likes storytelling. Wants to be entertained.

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Definition - (adjective) such as to provoke laughter.

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Serpentine (pg. 12) - Definition: (Adjective) windling or turning one way or another

Irksome (pg. 16) - Definition: (Adjective) Irritating or annoying

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They have a way of getting out by watching movies and going back to the village and storytelling. This new job is a chance to escape there situation of re-education.

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They meet the tailor on their way to visit Four-Eyes. Luo and the narrator go to have Luo´s trousers lengthened. They meet the little seamstress, they learn about the tailor from the little seamstress. Little bit of flirting begins between Luo and the Little seamstress.

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The Little  Seamstress - daughter of the tailor. She can´t read much, but likes to talk to who can read and writer ( 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 quite, 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 enough. Despite poor living conditions to grow.

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Definition: (adjective) not embarssed,

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Luo and the Narrator have been assigned a new job - working in a coal mine. Luo an the Narrator they they are going to die in the coal 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 received a letter from LS in which she tells them that the headman of her village has asked that the boys tell stories of the movies they have seen

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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 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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Macabre (pg. 30) - Definition: (Adjective) disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury.

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

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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 for something about Luo?
- What if they don´t have names?

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Little Seamstress and Luo´s relationship

Storytelling could be an opportunity for escape from re-education

Luo is still sick

Don´t know the names of narrator and Little Seamstress only know Luo and historical figures

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We find out about a secret suitcase and learn about Four-Eyes and learn about him and his living conditions. Luo feels better and on the way back from the Little Seamstress village and see Four-Eyes in the patty field. When they leave to go up the mountain we find out that it was books in the suitcase. Since Luo and The Narrator help Four-Eyes carry the 60 kilos of rice up the mountain he gives Luo a book by Balzac.

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Luo - Not sick anymore interested in suitcase, think its books in the suitcase. Really wants the books.

Four eyes - Works in the field with a water buffalo. Luo and narrator´s friend and has a mysterious suitcase. He is broken (very flinch and hides stuff and put a chain on his door). Mother is poet and father is a writer. Bad eyesight and cares about the suitcase.

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Definition: (adj) in low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

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Luo and the Narrator read the book, and now  have impacted them on a romance level. The narrator finds out he has a thing for the Little Seamstress. Becomes jealous of Luo and starts to make a song from the violin. Luo comes in at 3AM and tells the narrator that him and the LS made love.

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The Narrator - The book made a romantic impact on him. Found he has a hidden love for the LS. For the first time he doesn't want to play the violin and starts to make a song.

Luo - The book also made a romantic impact on him. After reading the book goes and meets with the LS and makes love with her by a tree.

Little Seamstress - Goes to the tree with Luo and makes love with him and loses her virginity.

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Definition: (noun) a person who has never had sexual intercourse.

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Four-eyes tells us about his adventure to the Thousand-Metre-Cliff. We learn about why he wanted to go there because he got a job offer if he could find songs from the region and the man living on top of the Thousand-Metre-Cliff knows all the regions songs.

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Luo - Very interested in Balzac books and him and the Narrator were serving Four-Eyes to hope to gain a book. Wish he would've read L.S Ursule Mirouet to hope she could gain culture and give her a new understanding as well. Offers to do  a job for Four-eyes to borrow a book to read

Four-Eyes - Got infected with lice and tells about the Thousand-Metre-Cliff. Tells the narrator and Luo about why he went up there to get a job offer from his mother admirer to find the regions songs and the man on top knows all the songs.

The Miller - Super poor that he has to eat rocks. Champion singer and knows all the folk songs.

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Definition:  (adjective) deprived or stripped of something. The flood left them bereft of all their possessions.

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The narrator and Luo go to visit the Miller and find a military uniform. They dress up into it and act like communist party officials. The narrator comes up and speaks in mandarin. They go up there and ask him about the old mountain songs.  The old Miller stalls at first and offers them a drink and meal and tells them that they were old revolutionary songs. They sat on the bed and experienced the same lice situation that Four-eyes had to deal with. They eat the pebbles and drank the liquor and shows they will go through all extremes to complete there goals. The old Miller consents and sangs one of the old mountain songs.

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Luo - Quick on his feet

The Narrator -  Speaks mandarin

The old Miller - Never heard of Beijing. Very ignorant and very stubborn.

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Luo and the narrator come back with 18 ''songs". However, Four-eyes doesn't like the songs and claims they are little rhymes and could get the old Miller in jail and refuses to give them the books. Four-eyes and Luo start arguing and then starts to change one of the ''songs'' and the narrator gets mad and punches him in the jaw.

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The narrator - Starts to hate Four-eyes. Punches Four-eyes voluntarily. Tries to grab the pages and rip them so he couldn't change them and get the old Miller in trouble.

Luo - Gets frustrated he can't get the books. All he cares about is the books and argues and yells at Four-eyes. Wants to give the old Miller money for  his kindness.

Four-eyes - Becomes very arrogant with the tiny chance of escaping re-education. Refuses to give the books he promised and angry with the "songs" they came back with. Argues with Luo and gets punched by the narrator.

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Definition: (noun) anger or scorn aroused by something felt to be unfair, unworthy, or wrong.

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I believe that he attacked them because he has changed completely and became very arrogant. He is changing a tradition like the government has been doing. Changed the words and Luo and the narrator connected with the old Miller and changing and not respecting them. Very selfish

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L.S, Luo, and the narrator go to the Yong Jing and watch the Little Flower Seller again with L.S and she said she liked the narrator's storytelling more. They hear about a mother helping their kid escape re-education. The narrator finds out that the person espaing is Four-Eyes. The narrator talks to Four-Eyes mother acting as Luo and found out that he modified the songs and mentioned the suitcase a lot. L.S shows the boys her grandfathers grave.

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The narrator -

Four-Eyes mother -

Little seamstress -

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Definition: (Verb) to serve as the typical or ideal example of something

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Four-eyes leaves and doesn't say anything about the missing suitcase. The headman leaves temporarily and the boys didn't do work in the fields and read all the books in the suitcase. The narrator finds a new author he is interested in and he writes about someone challenging the world. The other villagers are realizing they are not opium farmers but more as peasants. There was a terrible storm causing a landslide and making it very dangerous and narrow to leave the mountain. Luo decides to leave anyways to visit L.S and the narrator comes along as well. When they get to the really narrow part The narrator sees a raven with a red beak and starts to get dizzy and thinks about what the other author would do in his situation. the narrator has a nightmare wherein the Little Seamstress falls from the ridge while walking with Luo. The next morning, he begs Luo to warn her, and Luo agrees.

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Luo - Furthers his love with the L.S and even shares his Balzac books with her. Finishes all the Balzac books in the suitcase and after a terrible storm is risking his life to go visit the L.S.

The Narrator - The narrator starts to find himself interested in western-style books. He starts to develop and figure out his path and what he's interested in. Also, comes on a risky path with Luo to visit the L.S and starts to think what Jean-Christophe would do in his situation and comes even those he has a fear of heights. Has a dream of Luo traveling over the steep ridge with L.S and she falls

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Definition: (noun) the state or quality of being splendid.

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After a month gone the headman is back after the attempt to take out the bad tooth. Luo avoids having to fill the bad tooth with tin. The tailor comes into town for his annual visit and asks to stay with the narrator and Luo. He said he choose them because of their friendship with his daughter but later he told them it was because he's heard of their great story-telling reputation and would like to hear a story. The narrator tells him the story of the Count of Monte Cristo and he loves it so much that the narrator stretches it over 9 days. However, the village headman comes in threatening of bringing the narrator to the police after listening to the narrator. Gives Luo an opposition if he fixes his tooth then he won't report the narrator.

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Luo - Comes up with the sewing machine/drill idea to help save the narrator. Loyal to the narrator offers to go with him if he was to get taken away by the headman.

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

Tailor - Apparently doesn't need sleep - works all day and listens to the boy's stories and would make clothes based on them. Western literature is influencing him as well incorporating french styles.

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Definition: (noun) the act or condition of bleeding

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Definition: (adverb) definition: only; simply; nothing more than.

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Luo - Secretly attached to the keys that belong to his house and Four-eyes suitcase. Goodluck charm. Worries that he will never leave the mountain to use the keys so throws them into the natural pool, which once was his paradise with L.S never wants to visit again because of his feelings of dread. Got a telegram from his mother to return to 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 them, she discovers a snake at the bottom that scares her and eventually bites her leaving a scar on her middle finger. She has learned to swim/dive better. She is more comfortable and adventurous and very independent. She enjoys acting and realized she can be someone else while being herself.

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The narrator - Is loyal and is willing to risk everything for a friend. Really cares about L.S and gave away 2 books including his favorite book. Reached a level of maturity he didn't have before.

Little Seamstress - She got the baby aborted she was really desperate to abort the baby to avoid the consequences of having a baby. 1st time saw her conflicted about what she needed to do. She is fine as long as no one finds out.

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Luo - He sees her change as her doing. Still sees her as an object, saw it as a selfish thing that she is an object. And controlling like Mao. She gets what they can't have. Was drunk and burning the books. Could've burned the books because they could have blamed it on that and resent the books for that.

The narrator - Feel betrayed that the L.S left. There was no chance of stopping her, felt a lot like the dream and is basically as if she was dead to them. When Luo's around he is in his shadow

The Little Seamstress - Grows up and becomes a city girl. Not under Luo and the tailor's shadow anymore. She believes she is worth more, and changes her appearance cuts her hair changes her shoes has a new outfit. The trauma of the abortion and the books is what influenced her. Refers her to a raven because she flew away

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My reaction to the book is that it is pretty good and was interested for the most part I felt pretty bored at the end and didn't like the ending but did really put into perspective how re-education is and what people have to go through. Last of all, the importance of what items could do to you and change how you live and think.