Tale Of Kieu Essay

I chose The Tale of Kiều book written by Nguyễn Du and translated and annotated by Huynh Sanh Thong to do my book review. The Tale of Kiều is considered to be the most important piece of Vietnamese literature, especially poetry, because of its insight into Vietnamese culture, including social ideals and religious values. The Tale of Kiều is a story about of a young, beautiful, and talented Vietnamese lady named Thuy Kieu, who endures hardships after hardships in her life due to her fate and karma. Kieu was born into a well-educated family and loved a young scholar named Kim Trong. Then disaster struck her family when her father and brother were falsely accused and imprisoned by the local mandarin. In order to save them, Kieu decided to sell herself to Scholar Ma Giam
Thus, she couldn’t be with her lover Trong and hereafter her bad karma begins. Moreover, Kieu came to know that Scholar Sinh was a pimp and sold her into prostitution. Later, Kieu was sold out of the brothel when a young merchant, Thuc Sinh, bought her and took her to his house. However, Thuc Sinh’s wife, Hoan Thu, is infuriated and jealous of Kieu. Then, Hoan Thu planned to force Kieu in slavery by being kidnapped by Thu’s henchman. Kieu couldn’t bear anymore of Thu’s tortures and decided to run away. She was later accepted and became a nun in a Buddhist temple with the help of nun Giac Duyen. But later was kicked out of the temple when they came to know that she stole two candlesticks from her previous place. Nevertheless, she was sold into prostitution again when she was tricked by a family of pious believers who promised her to give shelter. Later, she met a revolutionary leader named Tu Hai and got