pg.45-60

Vocabulary:
sadistic (adj.) - syn: cruel, ant: kind
vigilance (n.) - syn: watch, ant: negligence
substantiate (v.) - syn: confirm, ant: disprove
garish (adj.) - syn: flashy, ant: modest
myopia (n.) - syn: nearsightedness
belligerent (adj.) - syn: aggressive, ant: cooperative
redolent (adj.) - syn: aromatic, ant: stinky
somnabulates (v.) - syn: sleepwalks
16. He lives on the lower slopes of the Phoenix of the Sky and he is the son of a writer and a poet. He is very paranoid about his reeducation and is constantly in fear of lessening what chance he has of getting out. He is also very secretive and would not reveal anything about his mysterious suitcase.
17. All the books were burned and they hold great mystique for the boys, who had heard of them and even had relatives that owned them, but were never able to discover what the books held within their covers.
18. This is symbolic of him breaking away from the old world as his glasses were the last traces of his old self. The boys use this by offering the help he cannot turn down in his state in return for one of his books.
19. He is jealous because he also likes the Little Seamstress and this is a new feeling that he has which is part of change (growing up), one of the themes in this book.
20. He copies the excerpt onto a sheepskin coat, which was given to him by the villagers which is symbolic because it shows that he is making the best use of what is available during his reeducation. This is a blend of the old and new, because the literature which is old is written on the sheepskin coat which is part of the new society. He feels a strong connection to the narrator because he was also in the same situation and when he was banned from writing, he began translating instead.
21. Luo and the Little Seamstress make love in the end, and this is possibly due to the ideas presented in the literature. Literature can be dangerous to those who do not know how to differentiate the world in which the book is set and the reader's world or cannot differentiate the characters' actions from what they themselves can do.