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A Country Boy Quits School
By: Wang Hsiang Chen
(Chinese Literature)
Characters:
The Boy Teacher
Father Grandmother
Mother Grandfather
Setting:
China House
School
Plot:
Introduction
The boy in the story is described as half capable as that of a grown-up.
He could already do what most boys could not do at their age. Then, there was a
law issued to their place that any boy aging at least 6 years old must be sent to
school or else someone from the household will be sent to prison. Then the family
of the boy divided to send him to school.
Rising Action
The boy went home from his first day of school bringing with him eight
books. His family was filled with awe and wonder at the books and its characters.
But then they heared that the books cost a lot of their money.
Climax
The mother could not take longer what she sees and heard from his son.
She would hear him refer to the picture of a lady in the book as “This is Mama”.
She grew with distress that she asked her son to ask his teacher whose mother the
lady really is. The teacher has to really explain to them that the lady is just made
up. This enlightenment only created more confusion to the boy because he now
believed that everything in the book are real. One time, the boys in the school
decided to have tea party as indicated in the book. They divided to ask money to
buy the food that they need but then their families found at and all they got is a
scolding.
Falling Action
The grandmother heard her grandson read from the book that the
family has a “mama, papa, brother and a sister”, She got mad that she has no longer
needed in the family once she did not heard her grandson mention a
“Grandmother”.
Resolution
The father put an end to their distress and decided that the boy should
quit school even though he will be sent to jail.
Conflict:
The family and even the boy don’t understand the school system. Oftentimes,
the boy would be mistaken for during something wrong in his studies. Once, he
was accused of playing truant after he was seen coming home early but it only
because he had come to school too early that he was told to go back home yet. They
were often confused on what the boy reads and sees in the book that would cause
his family distress.
Theme:
Cultural differences regarding education
Moral Lesson:
Country Boy Quits School shows the importance of education to our lives. It
clearly demonstrates how poor education may result to chaos and confusion to
someone's life, even family. Just as much as it issues how significant education is,
this story also addresses how not just books and teachers define education. The
story, on the other hand, shows the very irony of life during those times. No matter
how hard one works, he is easily brought down by someone with a higher class,
with no effort at all. We clearly see how large the gap between people of different
classes really is.
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