Forbidden City Quote Chart
Forbidden City Quote Chart
Theme
Quotation
Son and dad relationship
-“I’m really proud of [my dad]” (Bell, 2)
-“I have to handle the tickets and boarding passes and steer Dad around “ (Bell, 10)
-“Alex, I would rather have you up here in case anything happens” (98)
-“I wanted dad to be with me” (143)
-“He searched my face, his eyes coming alive”(187)
Grief
Alex and Dad are grief-stricken when they think of their mom, who are not living with them
-Dad’s “shoulders and head shook from the deep sobs that came from down inside him” “I realized how badly hurt he was, as badly as me” (Bell, 12)
-As Alex thinks that his dad might have been shot, he “felt overwhelmed, as if [he] was drowning,”(123) and sobbed, cried hard.
Xin-Hua: “So many of my friend,s my classmates, were shot down” “Even one of my teachers. My friends” (165)
Fear
“The crowd around us started screaming in rage” (112)
“The people surged away from the guns, roaring, screaming as the crowd rolled backward to the east.” (113)
People “shouted in rage and terror, waving fists in the air, shrinking” (113)
“A bolt of fear shot through me as I remembered I had been captured by soldiers” (120)
“My stomach was knotted with fear and I kept wondering if I was making a foolish mistake” (151)
“I covered my eyes with my trembling hands, screaming inside my skull” (174)
Alex’s struggle in a new place
Different Customs
“I tried to use my chopsticks, but after a few minutes of trying..I gave up and used the fork” (22)
“Lao Xu took the bones out of his mouth with his chopsticks and dropped them beside his plate. It looked pretty rude until I thought about it” (23)
“I couldn’t believe a real doctor was using voodoo stuff like that” (138)
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Homesick
“I wished I could sleep in my own water bed in my own room, listen to my tunes on the stereo in our living room, maybe have a fire going, call up my friends on the phone, and eat real food.” (32)
“I was homesick. I
Theme
Quotation
Son and dad relationship
-“I’m really proud of [my dad]” (Bell, 2)
-“I have to handle the tickets and boarding passes and steer Dad around “ (Bell, 10)
-“Alex, I would rather have you up here in case anything happens” (98)
-“I wanted dad to be with me” (143)
-“He searched my face, his eyes coming alive”(187)
Grief
Alex and Dad are grief-stricken when they think of their mom, who are not living with them
-Dad’s “shoulders and head shook from the deep sobs that came from down inside him” “I realized how badly hurt he was, as badly as me” (Bell, 12)
-As Alex thinks that his dad might have been shot, he “felt overwhelmed, as if [he] was drowning,”(123) and sobbed, cried hard.
Xin-Hua: “So many of my friend,s my classmates, were shot down” “Even one of my teachers. My friends” (165)
Fear
“The crowd around us started screaming in rage” (112)
“The people surged away from the guns, roaring, screaming as the crowd rolled backward to the east.” (113)
People “shouted in rage and terror, waving fists in the air, shrinking” (113)
“A bolt of fear shot through me as I remembered I had been captured by soldiers” (120)
“My stomach was knotted with fear and I kept wondering if I was making a foolish mistake” (151)
“I covered my eyes with my trembling hands, screaming inside my skull” (174)
Alex’s struggle in a new place
Different Customs
“I tried to use my chopsticks, but after a few minutes of trying..I gave up and used the fork” (22)
“Lao Xu took the bones out of his mouth with his chopsticks and dropped them beside his plate. It looked pretty rude until I thought about it” (23)
“I couldn’t believe a real doctor was using voodoo stuff like that” (138)
Language Barrier
Homesick
“I wished I could sleep in my own water bed in my own room, listen to my tunes on the stereo in our living room, maybe have a fire going, call up my friends on the phone, and eat real food.” (32)
“I was homesick. I