Colors of the Mountain 
Da Chen
Colors of the Mountain
Publisher: Random House, January 2001 Location of Publication: New York/ Toronto
310 pp. $15.95
ISBN: 0-385-72060-2
Reviewer: Anthony Cusano
In the book Colors of The Mountains, Da Chen was born and raised for a good amount of his life in Yellow Stone, China, where he faced many hardships that he learned to overcome. Da Chen is a graduate of Columbia University Law School, which he attended on a full scholarship. He is a brush calligrapher of considerable spirituality who also plays the classical bamboo flute; he lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with his wife and two children. Da’s back round and qualifications are definitely good to a high degree because he experienced a lot of tough decisions throughout his auto biography when he was growing up. The reason that Da Chen wrote this book was for his family who supported him along his journey. He mentions this in the beginning of the book (Prologue) when he says “ To grandpa, for your smiling eyes; to grandma, for your big feeding spoon. To my mother: you are all things beautiful; and my father: you are forever.”
After reading this book I have came up with a few conclusions, and statements. First, I have came to conclusion that during the cultural revolution there was a great deal of unstable government and this affected Da’s family tremendously as seen on (p.5) when Da says that his Dad was fired from his job as a teacher and is now in and out of labor camps which is very difficult work to do. This book is intended for people to use as guidelines to show that no matter where you come from and sometimes all the odds may be against you but you can persevere from those odds and still be successful in life. What I’m trying to say by this is that every goal that you set for yourself is never too far out of reach to achieve in life. By reading the story we see that on (p. 291) Da and his brother get their scores back from their tests (Da: 380 Jin: 350) that would determine
Colors of the Mountain
Publisher: Random House, January 2001 Location of Publication: New York/ Toronto
310 pp. $15.95
ISBN: 0-385-72060-2
Reviewer: Anthony Cusano
In the book Colors of The Mountains, Da Chen was born and raised for a good amount of his life in Yellow Stone, China, where he faced many hardships that he learned to overcome. Da Chen is a graduate of Columbia University Law School, which he attended on a full scholarship. He is a brush calligrapher of considerable spirituality who also plays the classical bamboo flute; he lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with his wife and two children. Da’s back round and qualifications are definitely good to a high degree because he experienced a lot of tough decisions throughout his auto biography when he was growing up. The reason that Da Chen wrote this book was for his family who supported him along his journey. He mentions this in the beginning of the book (Prologue) when he says “ To grandpa, for your smiling eyes; to grandma, for your big feeding spoon. To my mother: you are all things beautiful; and my father: you are forever.”
After reading this book I have came up with a few conclusions, and statements. First, I have came to conclusion that during the cultural revolution there was a great deal of unstable government and this affected Da’s family tremendously as seen on (p.5) when Da says that his Dad was fired from his job as a teacher and is now in and out of labor camps which is very difficult work to do. This book is intended for people to use as guidelines to show that no matter where you come from and sometimes all the odds may be against you but you can persevere from those odds and still be successful in life. What I’m trying to say by this is that every goal that you set for yourself is never too far out of reach to achieve in life. By reading the story we see that on (p. 291) Da and his brother get their scores back from their tests (Da: 380 Jin: 350) that would determine