Comparing

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Black Li
White Li

• Comparing

Analyzing
Lao Shes Quest of Society
Picture of Lao She has been edited by Angela Chen
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Lao She (Shu, Qingchun)

• Born in Beiping, February 1899
• Realist author
• Converted to Christian 1922
• Lived through two different transitions
• Started writing in England
• Best known piece of work
• Camel Xiangzi
• Usually compared to Charles Dickens
• He wrote poetry, tales, plays, opera, and novels

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Lao Shes History

• Lao She lived
• through two different transitions.
• 1.Modernist age 1899 - 1945
• 2.Postwar age 1945 - Near 20th century

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Analyzing Lao Shes Style

• What is his style of writing?
• What effected his style?
• Lao Shes style came from his experiences which
  had an effect on the way he writes
• Even until the day of his death, Lao She was
  still on quest for his identity in the writing
  world
• Usually settings of his writings are in Beiping
  his birthplace

(Beiping is now known as Beijing)
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What are some themes Lao She used in this story?

• Struggle between transitions in culture and
  tradition
• Conflicts in society
• Current issues of the time

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Characters Vocabulary

• Characters
• Black Li
• Traditional
• White Li
• Modern
• Her
• Mysterious
• Narrator
• Acquaintance or middle
• man of two brothers
• Wong Five
• Servant of Black Li
• Brother/friend of White Li

• Vocabularies
• Rickshaw
• Transporting vehicle for one pulled by another
• Kowtow
• Kneeling and bowing to one while forehead hitting
  the ground indicating respect to a superior

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Questions Of Characters

• What role does she the narrator have in this
  story?
• Besides the brothers themselves, the closest
  relationship they can argue about is the she
• They both, her and the narrator distinguish the
  brothers personality traits with their own eyes
• They are also seen in the brothers eyes in equal
  levels.

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Questions Of Characters

• What role of importance does Wong Five do for the
  brothers?
• Black Li is considerate to Wong Five, but has
  lack of companionship. Also, does things that
  benefit him in the short run, but doesnt see the
  long term harm.

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Questions Of Characters

• What role of importance does Wong Five do for the
  brothers?
• White Li makes Wong Five feel like hes in
  equal status with him. He understands the
  Rickshaw pullers.

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Comparison

• Psychological Structure the Reading
• The Brothers
• The Death
• The appearance

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Questions

• What did you get at the end of the story?
• How does the characters show their relations?
• The comparison of the story and psychological
  order, what was the author trying to say?

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Pictures