Little Chinese Seamstress
An appropriate title for a book should be something that gives an overall impression of the book, and in a way sums up the main point of the book.
Therefore, I believe that “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress” is an appropriate title for the novel as Balzac, who is an author often referred to in the book, influences a lot of the events that take place in the book. However, he also majorly influences the Little Chinese Seamstress (LCS) in one way, but also Luo and the narrator in another way.
To start of with, I am going to discuss how Balzac changes the life of the Little Chinese Seamstress.
Luo and the narrator introduce the Little Chinese Seamstress to Balzac’s books. It changes the life of the LCS as it makes her more educated …show more content…
This, in turn, leads the LCS to come up with the idea that they should steal the books. This idea probably came from the reading of Balzac’s books, as the LCS would never have thought of this idea before she had heard any of his stories. I also believe that the two boys agree with the idea because of having read Balzac’s work and because it was the LCS that came up with idea. This shows that Balzac became a huge part of their lives after they read his work.
However, to make this a fair argument, we also have to look that how Balzac may have been to blame for some of the things that happen in the book. For example, he is a major influence that leads them to stealing the books. Of course, stealing is a bad thing and therefore, the LCS, Luo and the narrator’s reading of the books may not have been very good.
More importantly, we also see Luo and the narrator burning Balzac’s books at that the end of the novel, after the LCS has run away. This symbolizes that the two boys blame Balzac for what has happened. It is very significant as the boys have been so attracted to these books for so long but now they are burning the books because the LCS (who was the person that held more hope than anyone that the two boys would be able to return home someday) has run away. This shows that, in a way, the LCS was also an important part of their lives at Phoenix Mountain, not only the
Therefore, I believe that “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress” is an appropriate title for the novel as Balzac, who is an author often referred to in the book, influences a lot of the events that take place in the book. However, he also majorly influences the Little Chinese Seamstress (LCS) in one way, but also Luo and the narrator in another way.
To start of with, I am going to discuss how Balzac changes the life of the Little Chinese Seamstress.
Luo and the narrator introduce the Little Chinese Seamstress to Balzac’s books. It changes the life of the LCS as it makes her more educated …show more content…
This, in turn, leads the LCS to come up with the idea that they should steal the books. This idea probably came from the reading of Balzac’s books, as the LCS would never have thought of this idea before she had heard any of his stories. I also believe that the two boys agree with the idea because of having read Balzac’s work and because it was the LCS that came up with idea. This shows that Balzac became a huge part of their lives after they read his work.
However, to make this a fair argument, we also have to look that how Balzac may have been to blame for some of the things that happen in the book. For example, he is a major influence that leads them to stealing the books. Of course, stealing is a bad thing and therefore, the LCS, Luo and the narrator’s reading of the books may not have been very good.
More importantly, we also see Luo and the narrator burning Balzac’s books at that the end of the novel, after the LCS has run away. This symbolizes that the two boys blame Balzac for what has happened. It is very significant as the boys have been so attracted to these books for so long but now they are burning the books because the LCS (who was the person that held more hope than anyone that the two boys would be able to return home someday) has run away. This shows that, in a way, the LCS was also an important part of their lives at Phoenix Mountain, not only the