Chronicle Of A Blood Merchant Summary

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The book Chronicle of a Blood Merchant is a book that is written by Yu Hau. The book takes place during the Cultural Revolution in China. The Cultural Revolution was a period where China’s Communist leader, Mao Zedong, wanted to regain his power over the Chinese government (Cultural Revolution 1). According to the History website He would then go on and call upon China’s youth to “purge the impure elements of Chinese society and revive the revolutionary spirit that had led to victory in the civil war 20 decades earlier and the formation of the People’s Republic of China”(Cultural Revolution 1). The Cultural Revolution continued in China until 1976 when Mao had passed away (Cultural Revolution 1). Not only does The Chronicle of a Blood Merchant talk about the Cultural Revolution, but it gives a story about a family that lives during this time. Xu San-guan and Xu Yu-lan saved their marriage because they put the past behind them, Xu San-guan took back Yile as his son, and they sacrificed for their family
One way that Xu San-guan and Xu Yu-lan save their marriage is by putting the past behind them. In the story both Xu San-guan and Xu Yu-lan do some things that cause both of them to be upset. Xu …show more content…

All of these things were pretty important in order to come through with keeping the marriage. Throughout the book Chronicle of a Blood Merchant things came up making their marriage tough and looking like it could not last. These things caused many feuds between the two throughout the book. Even with the tough obstacles that life threw at them they were able to overcome them and keep their marriage going. For them to do this is pretty amazing especially since the things they were going through were very unusual and it was during the tough times of the Cultural Revolution in

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