that revenge lends no reconciliation to either party. Also‚ who truly decides the guilty party when both have committed a wrong towards each other? Mr. Chiu‚ a character in Ha Jin’s story “The Saboteur‚” makes the transition from vacationer and victim of saboteur‚ to the very essence and definition of saboteur; Jin’s use of role-reversal in this story conveys the concept of revenge clearly and effectively. “Mr. Chiu and his bride were having lunch in the square before Muji Train Station” (Jin 179)
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Ha Jin – The Bridegroom Described as utopian in nature‚ the Chinese culture is often in pursuit for the perfect individual‚ a harmonious and structured society where the citizens as a whole create the ideal culture. In a collection of short stories entitled The Bridegroom‚ author Ha Jin documents this aspect of reality in homeland China. Primarily for the purposes of instruction and satirical verse‚ Ha Jin‚ shows how people are trying to find themselves in a society that focuses on the ‘whole’
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Cultural Movie-Bridegroom In the movie‚ Bridegroom‚ there were many cultural differences aroused throughout the entire movie. Shane Bitney Crone struggled at a young age with anxiety from the fact of the acceptance that he was gay. He was afraid that no one would accept him for being this way‚ and everyone would look down upon him. His mother was his biggest supporter; she was there to pick him up when the kids at school shamed him for being attracted to guys. Also‚ his sisters and father played
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“The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs and “The Bridegroom” by Alexander Pushkin are both short stories that use foreshadowing. Clues that the author presents throughout the story help the reader make a prediction about the outcome of the story. In addition‚ symbolism is a valuable literary term. Examples
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language; it is considered of unpleasant used by homosexuals. On other hand‚ we know Eastern culture is different from the Western one on society and people understandably. In the Asian countries often society effects on the way people thinking. The Bridegroom written by Ha Jin is a good example for the Western readers who have chance to take a journey back to contemporary China by showing conflicts between the value of the society and individual preference. The story starts off with the narrator by
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Short Story Essay The short story "Saboteur‚" written by Ha Jin is a story of hypocrisy and bureaucracy. The story takes place in Muji‚ China during the Cultural Revolution. The setting and period of time is extremely important to the stories meaning. The point of view is third person limited. We only get to see Mr. Chiu’s thoughts and feelings. There aren’t many characters in this story that really make a difference in the story. The main characters are Mr. Chiu‚ his bride‚ the stout policeman
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English 1123 24 October‚ 2010 Literary Analysis on “Saboteur”by Ha Jin If you ever wanted to get revenge on people who have wronged you‚ then you may be able to relate to Mr. Chiu‚ the main character in the short story “Saboteur” by Ha Jin. Mr. Chiu’s revenge is ironic as the conflicts he finds himself in throughout the story. The setting is in Muji‚ China during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. The leader of the communist party at the time is Chairman Mao and ruled based
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“The Bridegroom” by Ha Jin‚ and “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez explore different man versus society conflicts. There are many differences and few similarities as to how each society deals with unconventional members. Some characters are criminalized‚ ostracized‚ and viewed as outcasts‚ unable to conform to “normal” societal activities as demonstrated in “The Bridegroom”. The more progressive society exists in “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World”‚ where the
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An Eternal Marriage: Analysis of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Bridegroom” During the First World War‚ death was a constant threat. Soldiers faced it every day in the trenches‚ and more succumbed to it. Rudyard Kipling’s Epitaphs of War represents the impact those deaths had across much of the world. “The Bridegroom” exposes the last thoughts of a dying soldier through an extended metaphor‚ personification and tone. First of all‚ the title and first stanza reveal that the speaker‚ a young soldier‚ is
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conformity is way better than rebellion. My primary sources‚ “The Bridegroom” and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ‚ show that conformity causes or creates problems within the world while rebellion causes or creates less problems and more solutions to those problems. They seem to prove that rebellion is better than conformity. Not everyone has what it takes to stand up for something they believe in. The author of “The Bridegroom‚” Ha Jin‚ has done everything in life by himself‚ and he has done
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