Passage Analysis of Concise Chinese English dictionairy for Lovers
Passage Analysis
Analysing the passage on page 179: Nonsense
The passage which is going to be analysed is from A concise Chinese-English dictionary for lovers by Xiaolu Guo. The main character of the book is Z. Z is a young Chinese woman who is sent to England by her parents, to take English classes. By sending Z to London, her poor parents hoped to give their daughter a better future than that they had. While Z is in London, she's very lonely and experiences a culture shock. After a while of being very lonely, meets a men. This man is in the book referred as lover. At first the relationship goes well and they learn a lot from each other. Later their different cultures only tear them apart. In this passage Z is sad and angry after having a big discussion with her lover, who wants to have more space.
Two important themes in the book are experiencing new cultures and love. Especially the experience of a new culture comes forward in this particular passage. Z is originally from China, but stays in England to learn English. All the new things she discovers at first seem very interesting and lovely, but later Z gets tired of all these new impressions: "I am sick of speaking English like this. (...) I have become so small, so tiny, while the English culture surrounding me becomes enormous."1 These phrases show that having to adapt to a new culture, can also be very hard. Besides the experience of a new culture, love is also an important theme. Z learns to love her lover, but also learns she has to adapt to his culture to be able to have a healthy relationship. This comes forward in this passage because she says she feels tied up: "Why is the process of communication so troubles and so painful?"2 She feels tied up by the language barrier she has to face every day by speaking to her lover, and tied up by the fact that her lover has other relationship standards than she has.
During the book, Z develops from a young ignorant girl into a young woman who has more
Analysing the passage on page 179: Nonsense
The passage which is going to be analysed is from A concise Chinese-English dictionary for lovers by Xiaolu Guo. The main character of the book is Z. Z is a young Chinese woman who is sent to England by her parents, to take English classes. By sending Z to London, her poor parents hoped to give their daughter a better future than that they had. While Z is in London, she's very lonely and experiences a culture shock. After a while of being very lonely, meets a men. This man is in the book referred as lover. At first the relationship goes well and they learn a lot from each other. Later their different cultures only tear them apart. In this passage Z is sad and angry after having a big discussion with her lover, who wants to have more space.
Two important themes in the book are experiencing new cultures and love. Especially the experience of a new culture comes forward in this particular passage. Z is originally from China, but stays in England to learn English. All the new things she discovers at first seem very interesting and lovely, but later Z gets tired of all these new impressions: "I am sick of speaking English like this. (...) I have become so small, so tiny, while the English culture surrounding me becomes enormous."1 These phrases show that having to adapt to a new culture, can also be very hard. Besides the experience of a new culture, love is also an important theme. Z learns to love her lover, but also learns she has to adapt to his culture to be able to have a healthy relationship. This comes forward in this passage because she says she feels tied up: "Why is the process of communication so troubles and so painful?"2 She feels tied up by the language barrier she has to face every day by speaking to her lover, and tied up by the fact that her lover has other relationship standards than she has.
During the book, Z develops from a young ignorant girl into a young woman who has more