. I can stop eating junk food . I could start working out . I can help around the house more . I can pray more often . I can put in more effort in classes _______________________________________ . It affects my brothers . It affects my own personal image . It would affect my mum . It would affect my dad . It would again affect my self, peers and teacher
In this metaphor that Li uses, he is trying to emphasize that when he left his village, he felt like a bird that's flying in the air with all the freedom in the world. When he arrived at his new school he felt trapped like a bird inside a cage. He had to obide by the school rules and serve Chairman Chao's purpose. He had no say and was pushed to his physical and mental limits.
When Li was in the commune he described himself as wanting to transform into a bird, for him to be free and out of that ‘caged’ life of being a peasant (labourer). When he was selected to dance at the Beijing dance academy for Madame Moa he believed he was free, free like the bird he always wanted to be. When he arrived at the academy Li discovers that he is very restricted in the things he can do and he has to follow all the teachers and commanders instructions to the letter. He may have become a ‘bird’ and escaped the ‘caged’ commune life, but he is so restricted at the academy that he now feels that he is ‘a bird trapped in a cage’ again. He has expectations now that he will have no control over his life like a ‘feather in a whirlwind’. -Brandon Gulasi
Li was far away from home. He missed his family very much. Li had an idea to transform himself into a bird, to visit his family, and have comfort sleeping with them at night. Li always wanted to became a bird for many reasons, usually the idea of freedom, visiting his family also as well helping them. Freedom, is a important thing in Li's life, under the communist rule thoughtout China, freedom is no such thing.
The metaphor Li used was to show the reader that when he was at home he had freedom, but when he arrived to Madame Mao's Academy he soon learnt that there were many rules and they had to be followed otherwise he would get sent home, which Li didn't want because he would disgrace his family name and parents.
. I can stop eating junk food
ReplyDelete. I could start working out
. I can help around the house more
. I can pray more often
. I can put in more effort in classes
_______________________________________
. It affects my brothers
. It affects my own personal image
. It would affect my mum
. It would affect my dad
. It would again affect my self, peers and teacher
In this metaphor that Li uses, he is trying to emphasize that when he left his village, he felt like a bird that's flying in the air with all the freedom in the world. When he arrived at his new school he felt trapped like a bird inside a cage. He had to obide by the school rules and serve Chairman Chao's purpose. He had no say and was pushed to his physical and mental limits.
ReplyDeleteWhen Li was in the commune he described himself as wanting to transform into a bird, for him to be free and out of that ‘caged’ life of being a peasant (labourer). When he was selected to dance at the Beijing dance academy for Madame Moa he believed he was free, free like the bird he always wanted to be. When he arrived at the academy Li discovers that he is very restricted in the things he can do and he has to follow all the teachers and commanders instructions to the letter. He may have become a ‘bird’ and escaped the ‘caged’ commune life, but he is so restricted at the academy that he now feels that he is ‘a bird trapped in a cage’ again. He has expectations now that he will have no control over his life like a ‘feather in a whirlwind’.
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Li was far away from home. He missed his family very much. Li had an idea to transform himself into a bird, to visit his family, and have comfort sleeping with them at night. Li always wanted to became a bird for many reasons, usually the idea of freedom, visiting his family also as well helping them. Freedom, is a important thing in Li's life, under the communist rule thoughtout China, freedom is no such thing.
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The metaphor Li used was to show the reader that when he was at home he had freedom, but when he arrived to Madame Mao's Academy he soon learnt that there were many rules and they had to be followed otherwise he would get sent home, which Li didn't want because he would disgrace his family name and parents.
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