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Du Tenth Sinks The Jewel Box In Anger Summary

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The story "Du Tenth Sinks the Jewel Box in Anger" was intriguing to me. There are many mysteries that occur throughout the story. As I was reading the story I caught myself making predictions of what was going to happen. One thing that caught my attention was when Li Jia fell in love with Du Tenth. Li Jia sells her over to a stranger on the bases of angering his father and a way to please his father. Du tenth gets angry and throws away all the jewels she hid to show her anger toward Li Jia for giving her away. She does this because Li Jia is afraid of his father's opinion on their love, and that money is a better substitute than love. Du tenth feels like she is an object, and angry toward Li Jia for betraying their love which was very hard

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