"Prison" by Yiyun Li by

"Prison" by Yiyun Li by https://padlet.com/19hamiltone/paj513l8yvn3 connections to "The Life That I Have" and A Prison Scene en-us 2018-10-21 22:49:09 UTC 2018-11-03 17:28:03 UTC hello@padlet.com A Prison Scene 19hamiltone https://padlet.com/19hamiltone/paj513l8yvn3/wish/295251695 This painting was made by Francisco Goya who was inspired by the Napoleonic invasion. It portrays people that are prisoners of not only way, but also mental injustice and cruelty. It has very minimal color to represent gloom, suffering and darkness.]]> 2018-10-21 23:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/19hamiltone/paj513l8yvn3/wish/295251695 "The Life That I Have" by Leo Marks 19hamiltone https://padlet.com/19hamiltone/paj513l8yvn3/wish/295251817 The life that I have

Is all that I have

And the life that I have

Is yours.

The love that I have

Of the life that I have

Is yours and yours and yours.

A sleep I shall have

A rest I shall have

Yet death will be but a pause.

For the peace of my years

In the long green grass

Will be yours and yours and yours.

]]> 2018-10-21 23:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/19hamiltone/paj513l8yvn3/wish/295251817 "Prison" theme/culture 19hamiltone https://padlet.com/19hamiltone/paj513l8yvn3/wish/295252019 When reading "Prison," Fusang reveals a lot about Chinese culture. We are able to see through her experiences that children are not as valued or cared for in certain cultures. She also represents the theme: Sometimes people do not have control over their life because of circumstances that leave that trapped and powerless.]]> 2018-10-22 00:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/19hamiltone/paj513l8yvn3/wish/295252019 The Connections I Made 19hamiltone https://padlet.com/19hamiltone/paj513l8yvn3/wish/295252267 “Prison” by Yiyun Li, reveals a harsh reality where some people are just never given the same opportunities as others. Fusang, the woman that has volunteered to carry Yilan’s child, never feels like she has control over her life. When she was a child she was sold by her parents to a family that needed a wife for their unintellectual husband. She was never given a choice and could not make her own decisions. Later, when she takes on the task of carrying Yilan’s baby, she still has no control over her life. She barely has anyone that cares about her and she has no opportunities to escape. This theme directly connected to the poem “The Life That I Have” by Leo Marks. This poem shortly expresses the depressing emotions of of woman who was a secret agent during WWII. She was captured by the Nazis during one of her missions and it is reported that she was tortured and later killed. Throughout the poem she continues to say that her life is all that she has, and she has no control over it.]]> 2018-10-22 00:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/19hamiltone/paj513l8yvn3/wish/295252267 Connections Cont. 19hamiltone https://padlet.com/19hamiltone/paj513l8yvn3/wish/295258200 This clearly connects to the theme of “Prison” and Fusang. Both women have no power over what happens in their lives and the people around them govern what they do. Also connecting to “Prison,” I found a old painting that summarized the emotions of Fusang. The painting shows multiple prisoners of war, but it is also meant to represent the mental imprisonment and cruelty that people can feel. Fusang, had no control over her life and somewhat expressed an emotional wasteland. She had little emotion, or at least she did not express any, and she was very mentally isolated.]]> 2018-10-22 00:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/19hamiltone/paj513l8yvn3/wish/295258200