The Story of the Stone and The Death of Ivan Ilyich both present rigidly organized social settings. Jia Baoyu struggles against his role as a first son in a society informed primarily by Confucian academia while Ivan Ilyich seeks to better his position in the Tsarist bureaucracy. These characters react very differently to their respective societies but, regardless of their willingness or ability to exist within these social structures, the obligations and expectations put upon them by social convention
“Judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement.” -- Simon Bolivar. Throughout each book, both of the characters,Jem from To Kill a Mockingbird and Junior from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part - Time Indian mature a lot from experiences and judgement they use. Jem believes he is invincible and no punishment can touch him and also that all people have good intentions. As he grows up through the novel, he learns an important lesson and so does Junior as he grows up. The
Perspective Love is the eternal theme of the novel and it seems to be in love through bumpy road. Under the traction of love, not only the beauties but also the handsome guys have a lot of similarities. As the handsome man from the nobility, Darcy and Jia Baoyu are for the persistent of love and yearning for freedom. The precious qualities that they face the love to show are full of praise now. 2.1 The Feminism In Contemporary society, feminism has become one of the most active social thoughts. It comes
going back.While the Chinese writer, Cao Xueqin's idea of love in the “Dream of the red Mansions” contains the trade between aristocracy and the idea of patriarch.In the story, Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu is a natural pair of two affectionate, like Romeo and Juliet. But Jia Baoyu did not marry to Lin Daiyu, because Jia Baoyu was deceived by the elders who secretly arranged his marriage to Xue Baochai. In the end, Lin Daiyu died with the hate. From this scene, we can tell that China's society pays more