In the Novel To Live by Yu Hua animals are presented everywhere by the people within the story. The main character Fugui is significant to an ox. Long Er is significant to a fox because of his sly tactics with how he cheated Fugui and his family out of their home. Youqing is significant to a lamb because of his childish behaviour and innocence. Fugui is an ox because of how hardworking he is and how strong willed he is. Fugoi wasn't always hard working he used to spend all of his time in a casino like brothel named “The House of Qing”. in the house of qing Fugio beats his pregnant wife for not going home when he told her to go home. Youqing is a lamb because of his innocence and childish behavior throughout the novel until his death then he is a dead lamb that was slaughtered. In the novel youqing takes care of two lambs which are slaughtered at the communal kitchen in the name of communism “They’re the commune’s lambs, not yours!”(Yu 114). Youqing is slaughtered involuntarily by Chunsheng in the movie but in the novel he is sanguinated by an incompetent doctor to save Chunsheng’s wife who is the magistrate's wife magistrate is Chunsheng. …show more content…
Long Er and his casino money sharks are fooling fugio into losing the last 1 mu of land they have left after fugio father gambled away one mu before fugio was born. Long Er ends up like most foxes, Dead. Long Er is convicted of being a landlord and is sentenced to death by execution and he is shot five times “Fugio runs home and tells his wife Jiazhen that they pumped five bullets into Long Er then he says if he hadnt gambled away the families land it would be him who was being executed and not Long
His mother died when he was young and now is studying to become a geologist. He doesn't have many friends nor enemies. Then a rich big game hunter named Madec offered Ben a job which in return he would get a large sum of money to pay for a semester of college. All Ben had to do was to be a guide for Madec to find Bighorn Sheep in the Mojave Desert. As Ben and Madec were scoping out their surrounding in the desert Madec saw something move on a mountain. Madec immediately took the shot thinking that it is a Bighorn Sheep, he rarely ever misses a shot. Madec went up to the mountain where he shot and saw what he killed and told ben that it was a female sheep nothing important. Ben still went up to look seeing that it was actually an old prospector. Ben was petrified he didn’t know what to do. He told Madec that it has to be reported as an accident. Madec does not want it to be reported because then it will affect him because he is very important and busy. Ben still wants to report it to the sheriff, Madec decides to hunt Ben
One day an old man comes to join the family for supper-- he new Poh-Poh from Old China... the man is odd looking and Liang thinks him to be "the Monkey Man" from the ghost stories her grams is always telling. Regardless Liang and this man she comes to call Wong-Suk become great friends. They go to the movies together and get jeered at (I'm not sure if this is beacause 'Beauty and the Beast' or because they are Chinese); he tells her stories; and she dances for him.
...ution of Long Er. From the very beginning where Fugui only cared about living for wealth to the end of the novel where Fugui is only living for the sake of surviving; the execution scene drastically changes Fugui’s character via realization of his fortune to be alive, changing his purpose of survival, and how he is living his life now. If anything, Yu Hua also teaches a life lesson through the impact of the execution scene on Fugui. What can be extracted from the impact is that, many people only understand their meaning to survive when they see another person lose their life and connections can be made to the situation. With Fugui and Long Er, Fugui easily made the connection that he could have been the one dead if he was still wealthy but instead Long Er is the wealthy one. Therefore, Long Er is executed and Fugui now understands the value and fragility of life.
Youqing first makes considerable sacrifices for his family by caring for their lambs. In the novel, his father Fugui explains how the “family’s two lambs relied entirely upon Youqing to feed them. Doing such hard work at home took away from Youqing’s time, so he always had to run to school…One time it snowed but he still ran to school barefoot in the snow” (99-100). In his care of the lambs, Youqing makes a physical sacrifice by running barefoot through the snow. He also sacrifices his time and energy, which is particularly notable because he is just a ten-year-old child. Even Fugui notices and shows concern for his child when he notes, “he looked pathetic, being just that age when kids never want to get up” (98). Still, Youqing does what he knows is necessary for the survival of his family. At the same time, Fugui grows as a father by showing concern for his son’s
Liang’s courage is praised by her best friend, Old Wong, when he says “Liang is tiger-willed” (Choy 28) The reason Old Wong chose to use the word tiger-willed is because tigers are known to be brave and leaders. Old Wong is implying that Liang is a very similar to tigers as she is also brave and shows leadership. In the family, Liang is known as “mo yung”, which is the Chinese word for useless, because she is a girl and nothing but trouble is expected from of her. This is shown when Old Wong visits the family for the first time and due to his facial deformity, everyone keeps their distance from him, out of fear, except for Liang. Liang runs to him and does something no one else would have the courage to do, hug him. In Chinese culture, women are viewed as the feeble gender while men are seen to hold leadership skills. Despite being the youngest and the only daughter in the family, Liang showed leadership rather than her father or her older brothers. In Iron Road, James tells her, he respects her for her courage because she was able to go into the tunnel alone and blow it up despite putting herself in danger. Using the knowledge Tiger gained from working in a fireworks factory, she was able to save her fellow workers in Canada from days of labour by blowing up the tunnel (Iron Road). Going into the tunnel to blow up firework was very dangerous as she almost got stuck in the tunnel. The reason it was an action worth
...ven its unique personality, identity, and destiny. They are like us, but they live in books. To me, we can know read their stories and use what we read to connect them to what we already knew. Manny, the main character in “Crossing”, was being compared to a monkey whose tied up with chains, which resembled the lost of freedom for both of them. Manny compared the group of people who wants to catch him and sell them to hawks to emphasize that he can not fight back the hawks. it’s either run or caught, he doesn’t have a choice. He also compared the way the people from example three to street dogs, because they way they fought. Throughout our processing throughout the history, we had maintained a very close relationship with animals. Which is what Gary Paulsen, the author of “ Crossing,” had tried to do in the “ Crossing,” to compare the character he made to animals.
The relationship between these animals portray the ideas of the Holocaust very well. Mice are small and scrawny creatures which are usually hunted by Cats. Cats chase mice and attempt to devour them, much like the Germans hunted down the Jews during the mass genocide. Pigs are very greedy and self centered. During the story, the Polish(Pigs) sold out the Jewish people on many occasions (Maus I p. 143). An example is when Vladek and his family were staying at Kawka’s farm. “They may come search here any minute! You’ve got to leave!” In this situation, Kawka was not telling the truth, but only trying to protect herself. Dogs chase cats, which in the book was symbolic because the Americans sympathized with the Jewish people. These are very rudimentary overviews of the animals, but they will serve for the purposes of this essay.
"Steve Huey" was suffering from an inoperable and fatal brain tumor. Doctors had given him only two months to live, so Huey decided to end It sooner rather than face the pain. He wrote a suicide note and then placed the gun to his head and shot.
Animal imagery appears throughout Woyzeck -- appropriate, since the rough society Woyzeck exists in has been lowered to the animalistic level. Marie is a sensuous, animal woman, ...
According to the Oxford dictionary, the term “Animal” means a living organism which feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous systems and able to respond rapidly to stimuli. Although this is a very apt definition as it defines the word thoroughly, the Oxford definition missed out a great aspect of what animals truly are. The Oxford definition did not define the charisma of an animal nor did it define the emotions of an animal. What the Oxford dictionary could not achieve (in simple words), the Life of Pi did. The Life of Pi is a powerful novel by Yann Martel which narrates the endearing journey of an animal, the Royal Bengal Tiger known as Richard Parker from its master, Piscine Molitor Patel’s perspective. Yann Martel described Richard Parker in a way no one else could have. The book showcases Richard’s perseverance; his
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a novel based on the lives of a society of animals living on the Manor Farm. Although the title of the book suggests the book is merely about animals, the story is a much more in depth analysis of the workings of society in Communist Russia. The animals are used as puppets to illustrate how the communist class system operated and how Russian citizens responded to this. And also how propaganda was used by early Russian leaders such as Stalin, and the effort this type of leadership had on the behavior of the people of Russia.
The dog they rescued is a particularly prominent topic, a vestige of the past civilizations. In defiance of the treacherous environment, the dog managed to survive, a feat that even Lisa, the most cold-blooded of the three main characters, could not help but be “impressed by” (Bacigalupi 61). Therefore, the dog is a symbol of hope for the reader, an animal that is in the extreme, completely out of its element, and yet capable of surviving. As a result, nature’s idea of itself is astoundingly resilient, keeping certain species alive as an attempt to return to the normal state of the world. Even after horrendous trauma the natural world is still capable of a stalwart attempt at reclaiming itself. Accordingly, it is never too late to start fixing the damages and help nature’s cause, before allowing it to escalate to such a degree where the oceans are black with pollution and there is no room left for the humans of today. Chen could not help but notice that the dog is different than them in more than just a physiological nature; “there’s something there” and it’s not a characteristic that either them or the bio-jobs are capable of (64). Subsequently, the dog has something that the evolved humans are missing, compassion. In consequence, the author portrays the idea that the dog
two entirely different worlds, but it is my belief that it is not the Lamb
The animals in the book “Animal Farm” hoped to achieve unity, equality. trust/truth, prosperity, better quality of life, freedom and individuality, in terms of the revolution. This was achieved at the beginning of the revolution, which made it a success, but in the end the revolution was a failure. The farm, in many ways, was very prosperous when the revolution began. The animals were given an education, “the reading and writing classes were however a great success,” which made them feel equal to the humans because they were now learning in the same way the humans did.
The sweat fell from his forehead and dripped down his nose. Tie Guanyin (Iron Buddha) was two points down and it was the match point. Long Xing Quan (Dragon Fist), the best of all Ping Pong players had lost his last match against Tie and had to reclaim his victorious title. Everything felt much slower for Tie as he stared down his opponent. Tie was revered for his passion and as equally for his talent at Ping Pong. He was 15 years old and tall, just under 6 foot, he looked handsome with his dark brown eyes and his black, spiky hair, which was spiked off to the side. He was up against a tough opponent, Long. He too was handsome, but in a more mean way. Aged 14 and his eyes were fixed at an 'angry' angle, and his dark brown hair was long and spiked towards the ceiling. Long held the ball in has hand looking straight back at Tie. He raised his hand and in one cold breath which held everyone, he struck the ball with such ferocity that it echoed through the hearts of those watching. Tie struck back with the intensity of one thousand Lions. Both players were immersed in their match. Long started to get frustrated with Tie as he would not give in. Suddenly at that moment, Long hit the ball with enough spin that Tie got confused. That was it. Long had won the match. Long went off into the crowd and celebrated while Tie walked out onto the cold wet streets of Melbourne and started to walk home. A couple of his friends hurdled over the crowd and followed him out.