Saboteur The short story "Saboteur"‚ written by Ha Jin exposes a social problem of China: the consequence of Culture Revolution on people’s life. How the faithful educated scholar becomes a merciless assassin. Who is the real Saboteur‚ Mr. Chiu or policeman? Through the author’s skillful description‚ we are able to understand the theme of the story is revenge. And “Saboteur” is irony. The setting of a story has a ponderous influence on our perception as it often justifies a character’s behavior
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"Saboteur." Mr. Chiu unintentionally became the saboteur that he was accused of and there’s no indication that he regrets his choices. Although Mr. Chiu lives in a communist society where the Cultural Revolution was redefining the way of life for many Chinese people‚ there are still some fundamental principles of law and order that have not and will not change. His pride can be confused with arrogance and in this story his pride was definitely a character flaw. However‚ the complex human experience
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SAMPLE ESSAY ASSIGNMENT ON SETTING (30%) Outline of Essay Title - The Importance of Settings in Ha Jin’s “Saboteur” Introduction - Ha Jin brings out the historical setting‚ consisting of political‚ social and cultural‚ geographical and physical elements as all are important in this story and how they influence the story line (thesis statement) Analysis - political‚ social and cultural elements as well as geographical and physical elements in the essay are discussed
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Name: Marie Smyrne Paul Date: 3/11/13 Allen Patricia Essay 2 A White Heron Why could a man kill something he loves very much? That’s where I want to begin. When you love something or someone you care for that certain thing. You wouldn’t kill it. You would try to protect it‚ and not let anybody get close to it or hurt‚ and that’s where Sylvia comes in. Sylvia wanted to protect this bird because she truly loves nature unlike the hunter. In this story of “A white Heron” Dewett
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Ha Jin is a contemporary Chinese author and poet who grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and has written many books of short story collections. “The Bane of the Internet” is fairly new and part of a collections of stories published in his 2009 book “A Good Fall”. Characters like the eldest sister in “The Bane of the Internet”‚ immigration to the land of opportunities shows the loss and gain of her life. Jin created the character of the eldest sister to dramatize the lives of the Chinese
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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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overthrow the Manchu-ruled Qing Dynasty and to restore the Han Chinese rule in China. In 1955‚ Jin Yong published his first Wuxia novel in Hong Kong; it called “The Book and the Sword”. Which talks about during the rule of Qianlong Emperor‚ a secret society called The Red Flower Society which was trying to overthrow the Dynasty (The Book and the Swords‚ 2010). Jin Yong used a method called cultural nationalism to write this novel; in this story‚ Jin Yong expresses the cultural nationalism in four ways:
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Jin Kim‚ manager of Taejon City branch of Korea Auto Insurance in South Korea discovered that there was big problem in the headquarters’ overhead cost allocation when he was preparing for the branch operation report. Taejon was a rapidly growing city. with the hard work Kim‚ the Taejon branch raised insurance revenues. However‚ the net income of the Taejon branch was much lower than for the prior year. And this attributed to the inappropriate cost accounting systems. For the underlying cause
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philosopher during the Han Dynasty. It’s an amazing idea to start the book off with such powerful words. Ha Jin included this as an important inspiration for the character Shao Bin. It leads him to speak out against the unjust ways of his supervisors. “As an artist and scholar I ought to expose those corrupt leaders… A good piece of work should be as lethal as a dagger to evildoers.” These words fuel Bin throughout the entire novel. They are the match that lights the flame. Jin tactfully placed them
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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 Old Cheng; He’s telling
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