Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress Essay

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Dai Sijie’s Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, written in 2000, is a novel about the Narrator’s struggles through the Communist Chinese re-education program. In this passage, on pages 60 through 63, it is apparent that the Narrator moves from complete isolation to curiosity in a new interest.
The first part of this passage shows how the Narrator’s deep isolation is caused by the lack of attention. The Narrator and Luo had discovered this book by Balzac together and had found great pleasure in it, but the second that Luo leaves the Narrator’s emotions change. The Narrator starts by saying how he didn’t leave his bed until he “had turned the last page” but immediately after he says “Luo had not yet returned.” These statements right after each other show the …show more content…
This passage focuses on Luo and the Narrator moving apart, because they both found interest in new things. When Luo returns the Narrator initially describes him as a “shadowy figure.” This shows the shadow of their relationship and the difference between Luo and the Narrator, and how they both found discoveries in new things, and are more different now. Next, the Narrator goes into great detail about the leaves he is being shown by Luo. He calls them “pretty” and “pale gold,” but “stained with black blood.” These leaves Luo’s trophy . After Luo tells the Narrator that he had sex with the Little Seamstress the Narrator says, “Words failed me.” The Narrator is speechless that Luo had showed the Seamstress so much love, and he was left behind with no consideration from his best friend. The Narrator is very curious and confused that Luo has found this new interest in the Seamstress when he thought he was fond of books like himself. It is obvious to see that, throughout this passage, the Narrator has been denied attention from his friends, and it causes him to feel isolated and
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