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Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress

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The story, “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress”, sets place during the Cultural Revolution in China from 1966 to 1976. During this time period, China was more or less divided into two groups, the rich and the poor. With the Little Seamstress leaving Luo and the narrator at the end of the story, she leaves with a quote saying “She said she had learnt one thing from Balzac: that a woman’s beauty is a treasure beyond price.” I believe that women should not be judged by their physical appearance. The circumstances that stand today will be a good example. Many women spend a long time on doing makeup on their faces because they believe that by wearing makeup on their faces, they will gain confidence in front of men. They also believe that they are able to look prettier and younger, which means that they are able to attract more men. The Little Seamstress quote “A Woman’s beauty is treasure beyond price” perhaps evaluates the strength of how women are evaluated by their physical appearances. The Little Seamstress was an ordinary late teenager girl, who was living in the countryside, where she meets Luo and the narrator, who …show more content…

Throughout the story, even though the Seamstress is a girl, she still takes the same actions as Luo and the narrator who are boys. One of the actions she takes place is when Luo throughs the keys down the water, and she goes diving in the water to hunt for the keys. By Dai Sijie putting this information into the story, we are able to tell that the Little Seamstress can do the same things that Luo and the narrator do. Therefore, women shouldn’t be judged by their appearances. They might not have the greatest language skills, or they might not have other great things, but looking into the Little Seamstress, her physical appearance and her heart is wonderful. It is more or like, anyone will fall in love with her just by looking at her appearance and her

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