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“You couldn\u2019t have cared less about school starting. Like fun-loving people of every generation, you could always find ways to skip school, no matter which one you were attending. Your school was located in Bumbu-machi and the first thing you saw when you left the school grounds was the Governor-General\u2019s Office. The building was less than four decades older than you, but it gave the impression of being old and decrepit. Without giving it a second thought, you assume it had a history going at least a century or two, but at other times you assumed it had been built by the Nationalist government, which came over with your parents’ generation.” (Page 119)<\/span><\/p>\n\u624d\u4e0d\u7ba1\u5f00\u5b66\u4e86\uff0c \u4f60\u4eec\u50cf\u6bcf\u4e00\u4ee3\u6b7b\u7231\u73a9\u7684\u90a3\u4e9b\u4e2a\u4e00\u6837\uff0c\u603b\u6709\u529e\u6cd5\u79bb\u5f00\u4e0a\u5b66\u4e2d\u7684\u5b66\u6821\uff0c\u5b66\u6821\u5728\u6587\u6b66\u753a\uff0c \u51fa\u95e8\u5c31\u662f\u603b\u7763\u5e9c\u5927\u4f60\u4e0d\u5230\u56db\u5341\u5c81\uff0c \u5374\u7ed9\u4eba\u5782\u5782\u8001\u77e3\u4e4b\u611f\uff0c\u4f60\u4eec\u4ece\u4e0d\u8003\u8651 \u5730\u4ee5\u4e3a\u5b83\u8d77\u7801\u6709\u4e00\u4e24\u767e\u5e74\u5386\u53f2\uff0c \u6709\u65f6\u53c8\u4ee5\u4e3a\u5b83\u662f\u7236\u8f88\u968f\u6765\u7684 \u201c\u56fd\u5e9c\u201d \u76d6\u7684\u3002(Page 139)<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item][et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 2 ” use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
“In any case, under circumstances created by these combined factors, plus a fire burning with driftwood collected by an industrious individual, you\u2019d wish you had a boy next to you, so the two of you could lie on the beach oblivious to how people might see you. You\u2019d feel so warm and secure in his arms that you\u2019d happily be turned into a woman, no matter who he was.<\/span><\/p>\nYou looked at A, next to you, and wondered why she\u2019d never been the object of your fantasies.” (Page 126)<\/span><\/p>\n\u603b\u4e4b\uff0c \u8fd9\u4e9b\u4e2a\u56e0\u7d20\u52a0\u4e00\u8d77\uff0c \u82e5\u518d\u6709\u52e4\u5feb\u7684\u62fe\u4e86\u6d6e\u6728\u751f\u4e86\u91ce\u706b\u4e00\u5806\uff0c \u4fbf\u53eb\u4eba\u597d\u60f3\u6709\u4e2a\u7537\u5b69\u5728\u8eab\u8fb9\uff0c \u4e24\u4eba\u4e0d\u987e\u5f62\u8ff9\u5730\u8eba\u5728\u6c99\u6ee9\u4e0a\uff0c\u4ed6\u628a\u4f60\u62e5\u62b1\u5f97\u597d\u6e29\u6696\u597d\u5b89\u5168\uff0c \u4e8e\u662f\u4f60\u7518\u5fc3\u5982\u6b64\u751c\u871c\u5730\u53d8\u6210\u4e00\u4e2a\u5973\u4eba\uff0c\u4e0d\u7ba1\u4ed6\u662f\u8c01\u3002 \u4f60\u770b\u770b\u8eab\u7554\u7684 A\uff0c \u5947\u602a\u8fd9\u4e00\u7c7b\u7684\u5e7b\u60f3\u5bf9\u8c61\u4ece\u6ca1\u6709\u8fc7\u662f\u5979\u3002(Page 143)<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item][et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 3″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want to leave, leave. Go back to where you came from”- as if you all had a place just waiting for you to return to, a ready-made place to live, but you kept hanging around, to your shame. Was there such a place?” (Page134)<\/span><\/p>\n\u4f60\u4ece\u672a\u8bd5\u56fe\u6574\u7406\u8fc7\u8fd9\u79cd\u611f\u89c9\uff0c\u4f60\u4e5f\u4e0d\u6562\u4efb\u4f55\u4eba\u8bf4\uff0c\u5c24\u5176\u5728\u8fd9\u52a8\u4e0d\u52a8\u8001\u6709\u4eba\u8981\u68c0\u67e5\u4f60\u4eec\u7231\u4e0d\u7231\u8fd9\u91cc\uff0c\u751a\u81f3\u8981\u4f60\u4eec\u4e0d\u559c\u6b22\u8fd9\u91cc\u7684\u5c31\u8981\u8d70\u5feb\u8d70\u7684\u65f6\u5019\u3002\u6709\u90a3\u6837\u4e00\u4e2a\u5730\u65b9\u5417\uff1f(Page 149)<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item][et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 4 ” use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
“That night, with the residual excitement still raging inside him, your husband attacked you with \u00a0movements and rhythms the likes of which he\u2019d never used before. You lay in the dark refusing to shed a tear, while he did what he wanted. It had been many years since you\u2019d last cried, because tears were too salty. Sweat was salty too. You couldn\u2019t say when it started, but a strange and repellent odor slowly began to appear on you. At first you thought it was the result of childbirth. You\u2019d spent a week in the hospital and come \u00a0home with a pleasant mixture of smells: the hospital\u2019s fresh, clean, disinfectant; baby oil; medicine; and breast milk. But it didn\u2019t take long for the fragrance to disappear. The first time you discovered that the strange odor clung to you, you returned assiduously to the shampoo, hand soap, and laundry powder you\u2019d used before. But twenty-odd years of the same odor was gone; it had been with you for over two decades without your noticing it, and you realized you\u2019d had it only after you\u2019d lost it. What remained was a salty odor that easily crystalized; the dirty, salty smell must have had a completely different molecular structure than the salt in the ocean. There were things you could neither avoid nor change, like bodily fluids or sweat, but not tears, and that is why you refused to shed them.” pg 132<\/span><\/p>\n\u5f53\u665a\uff0c\u4f60\u4e08\u592b\u4ea2\u594b\u672a\u6b47\u5730\u79ef\u6781\u5411\u4f60\uff0c\u7528\u5f02\u4e8e\u5e73\u5e38\u7684\u52a8\u4f5c\u548c\u8282\u594f\uff0c<\/span>\u4f60\u88ab\u62e8\u5f04\u7740\uff0c\u9ed1\u91cc\u4ecd\u7136\u4e0d\u80af\u6389\u773c\u6cea\uff0c\u597d\u591a\u5e74\u4e86\u4f60\u90fd\u4e0d\u80af\u6389\u773c\u6cea\uff0c\u56e0\u4e3a\u773c\u6cea\u592a\u54b8\u4e86\uff0c\u6c57\u4e5f\u597d\u54b8\uff0c\u4ece\u4ec0\u4e48\u65f6\u5019\u5f00\u59cb\uff0c\u8eab\u4e0a\u9010\u6e10\u917f\u6210\u4e00\u80a1\u964c\u751f\u4f46\u4e0d\u597d\u95ee\u7684\u6c14\u5473\uff0c\u8d77\u521d\u4ee5\u4e3a\u662f\u751f\u8fc7\u5c0f\u5b69\u7684\u7f18\u6545\uff0c\u4ece\u533b\u9662\u4f4f\u4e86\u4e00\u661f\u671f\u56de\u5bb6\uff0c\u5e26\u7740\u533b\u9662\u91cc\u6e05\u723d\u5e72\u51c0\u7684\u6d88\u6bd2\u6c34\u3001baby oil\u3001\u836f\u9999\u3001\u5976\u9999\u6df7\u6210\u7684\u597d\u5473\u9053\uff0c\u597d\u5473\u9053\u6ca1\u591a\u4e45\u5c31\u4e0d\u518d\u6709\u4e86\uff0c\u521d\u6b21\u4f60\u53d1\u73b0\u4e86\u964c\u751f\u7684\u5473\u9053\u7d27\u76ef\u7740\u4f60\u4e0d\u53bb\uff0c\u4f60\u8d76\u5fd9\u52aa\u529b\u91cd\u62fe\u4ee5\u524d\u7684\u6d17\u53d1\u7cbe\u3001\u9999\u7682\u3001\u6d17\u8863\u7c89……\u4e8c\u5341\u51e0\u5e74\u7684\u5473\u9053\u518d\u4e5f\u6ca1\u6709\u4e86\uff0c\u8ddf\u4e86\u4e8c\u5341\u51e0\u5e74\u4f60\u4e0d\u77e5\u9053\u7684\u4f53\u5473\u5374\u5728\u6d88\u5931\u4e4b\u540e\u4f60\u624d\u77e5\u9053\uff0c\u53ea\u5269\u4e0b\u53ef\u4ee5\u8f7b\u6613\u7ed3\u6676\u6210\u76d0\u7684\u54b8\u5473\uff0c\u80af\u5b9a\u4e0e\u6d77\u7684\u76d0\u5206\u4e0d\u540c\u7684\u5206\u5b50\u7ed3\u6784\u7684\u810f\u516e\u516e\u54b8\u5473\uff0c\u522b\u7684\u65e0\u6cd5\u907f\u514d\u65e0\u6cd5\u6539\u53d8\u4f8b\u5982\u4f53\u6db2\u548c\u6c57\u6c34\uff0c\u4f46\u6cea\uff0c\u662f\u7edd\u4e0d\u80af\u6d41\u4e86\u3002pg 147<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item][et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 5″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
“It became virtually impossible to recount to your daughter the traces of your lives in this city: the village you\u2019d lived in; the spot where you\u2019d buried the dog; the studio where you\u2019d learned to dance; the memory-filled suburban movie theaters, with their double features; the site where you and her father had had your first date; you and your best friend\u2019s favorite coffee shop; the bookstores you\u2019d frequented as a student; the house you\u2019d rented when you and her father were first married…… Even the two kindergartens (same location, different ownership) where she\u2019d been enrolled not so long ago had disappeared (it was now a small restaurant called Home of the Geese).<\/span><\/p>\nMust this have an either-or relationship with progress?” (Page 149)<\/span><\/p>\n\u4f60\u7b80\u76f4\u65e0\u6cd5\u544a\u8bc9\u5973\u513f\u4f60\u4eec\u66fe\u7ecf\u5728\u8fd9\u57ce\u5e02\u751f\u6d3b\u8fc7\u7684\u75d5\u8ff9\uff0c \u4f60\u4f4f\u8fc7\u7684\u6751\u5b50\uff0c \u4f60\u7684\u57cb\u72d7\u4e4b\u5730\uff0c\u4f60\u7ec3\u821e\u7684\u821e\u8e48\u793e\uff0c\u5145\u6ee1\u4e86\u65e0\u9650\u8bb0\u5fc6\u7684\u90a3\u4e9b\u4e00\u7968\u4e24\u7247\u7684\u90ca\u533a\u7535\u5f71\u9662\uff0c\u4f60\u548c\u5979\u7238\u7238\u7b2c\u4e00\u6b21\u7ea6\u4f1a\u7684\u5730\u65b9\uff0c\u4f60\u548c\u597d\u53cb\u6700\u559c\u6b22\u53bb\u7684\u5496\u5561\u9986\uff0c\u4f60\u5b66\u751f\u65f6\u5e38\u51fa\u6ca1\u7684\u4e66\u5e97\uff0c\u4f60\u4eec\u521a\u7ed3\u5a5a\u65f6\u79df\u8d41\u7684\u65b0\u5bb6\u22ef\u22ef\u751a\u81f3\u624d\u4e0d\u4e45\u524d\uff0c\u5973\u513f\u5148\u540e\u5ff5\u8fc7\u7684\u4e24\u5bb6\u5e7c\u7a1a\u56ed \uff08\u56ed\u5740\u6613\u4e3b\u9891\u9891\uff0c\u76ee\u524d\u662f \u201c\u9e45\u4e4b\u4e61\u5c0f\u5403\u5e97\u201d \uff09\uff0c\u90fd\u4e0d\u5b58\u5728\u4e86\u22ef\u22ef<\/span><\/p>\n\u8fd9\u4e00\u5207\uff0c\u4e00\u5b9a\u548c\u8fdb\u6b65\u6709\u52bf\u4e0d\u4e24\u7acb\u7684\u5173\u7cfb\u5417\uff1f(Page 159)<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item][et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 6″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
“Koi lived in this stream, which was not quiet two meters wide and less than half a meter deep, with willow and weeping cherry trees flanking the banks, toward which shop owners oriented their view, raising or lowering their bamboo curtains based on the intensity of the sun. You told your daughter that Southern China was just like that. When had you ever been in southern China?” (Page136)<\/span><\/p>\n\u773c\u524d\u5bbd\u4e0d\u8fc7\u4e24\u7c73\u6df1\u4e0d\u53ca\u534a\u5c3a\u7684\u5ddd\u91cc\u5374\u517b\u7740\u9526\u9ca4\uff0c \u4e24\u5cb8\u690d\u67f3\u548c\u5782\u6a31\uff0c \u5e97\u5bb6\u4e8e\u662f\u628a\u666f\u89c2\u8c03\u5230\u8fd9\u4e00\u5934\uff0c\u968f\u9633\u5149\u5f3a\u5f31\u6253\u8d77 \u6216\u653e\u4e0b\u7af9\u5e18\uff0c \u4f60\u544a\u8bc9\u5973\u513f\u6c5f\u5357\u5c31\u662f\u8fd9\u4e2a\u6837\u5b50\u3002 \u4f60\u54ea\u513f\u53bb\u8fc7\u6c5f\u5357\u3002(Page 151)<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item][et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 7″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
“Probably there were mental patients among them, but you felt perfectly safe\u2026.Taking a sip of the hot coffee, you said to yourself, for some strange reason, ‘Tadaima, I\u2019m back.’ \u201d (Page 151)<\/span><\/p>\n\u5176\u4e2d\u60f3\u5fc5\u6709\u4e0d\u5c11\u7684 \u7cbe\u795e\u75c5\u60a3\u4e5f\u4e0d\u8ba9\u4f60\u89c9\u5f97\u5371\u9669\uff0c\u4f60\u6280\u5de7\u5730\u6253\u91cf\u8863\u51a0\u695a\u695a\u7684\u4e2d\u5e74\u6b27\u51e0\u6851\uff0c\u4e25\u91cd\u70df\u5ef3\u4e00\u8eab\u9999\u5948\u513f\u7684\u4e24\u540d\u5e74\u8f7b\u5973\u5b50\uff0c \u91d1\u57ce\u6b66\u5144\u7b2c\u7684\u4e0a\u73ed\u65cf\u5e05\u54e5\u22ef\u22ef\u4f60\u555c\u53e3\u70ed\u5496\u5561\uff0c \u83ab\u540d\u6240\u4ee5\u5730\u6697\u6697\u8bf4\u58f0\uff1a\u201cTadaima, I\u2019m back<\/span>\u00a0\u3002\u201d \u56de\u6765\u5566\u3002(Page 161)<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item][et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 8″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
\u201cIt turns out that you cannot call a place your hometown if none of your relatives has died there. You weren\u2019t as picky as that; you just wanted to ask humbly and deferentially: wouldn\u2019t a city, no matter what it\u2019s called (usually something related to prosperity, progress, or, occasionally, hope and happiness), be in essence a city of strangers if it had no intention of retaining the traces of people who had lived there? Why would anyone want to cherish, treasure, maintain, and identify with an unfamiliar city?” (Page 156)<\/span><\/p>\n\u539f\u6765\u6ca1\u6709\u4eb2\u4eba\u6b7b\u53bb\u7684\u5730\u65b9\uff0c\u662f\u65e0\u6cd5\u53eb\u4f5c\u6545\u4e61\u7684\u3002\u4f60\u5e76\u4e0d\u50cf\u4ed6\u5982\u6b64\u82db\u6c42\uff0c\u4f60\u53ea\u8c26\u754f\u5730\u60f3\u95ee\uff0c\u4e00\u4e2a\u4e0d\u7ba1\u4ee5\u4f55\u4e3a\u540d \uff08\u901a\u5e38\u662f\u7e41\u8363\u8fdb\u6b65\u5076\u6216\u95f4\u4ee5\u5e0c\u671b\u5feb\u4e50\uff09\u4e0d\u6253\u7b97\u5b58\u4eba\u4eec \u751f\u6d3b\u75d5\u8ff9\u7684\u5730\u65b9\uff0c\u4e0d\u5c31\u7b49\u4e8e\u4e00\u4e2a\u964c\u751f\u7684\u57ce\u5e02\uff1f\u4e00\u4e2a\u964c\u751f\u7684\u57ce\u5e02\uff0c\u4f55\u987b\u7279\u522b\u53eb\u4eba\u73cd\u89c6\uff0c\u7231\u60dc\uff0c\u7ef4\u62a4\uff0c\u8ba4\u540c\uff1f(Page 164)<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item][et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 9″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
“Was this a case of middle-aged nostalgia, which all people and all cultures experience? Unwilling to admit that was so, you believed that Chen Weiying shared your view, and believed even more strongly that the Meiji Bridge, buried beneath you in the eternal darkness of the eighteenth level of hell, did too. Over half of the sweet gum trees, which had been as old as Chokushi Street, were gone; the beautiful Miyanoshita Road had grown into such a state that it was like countless incurable tumors\u2014ugly, ugly. Mournfully, you avoided the area, but what had died, of course, included part of you.” (Page 160)<\/span><\/p>\n\u96be\u9053\u53c8\u53ea\u662f\u4eba\u6216\u6c11\u65cf\u5fc5\u5b9a\u4f1a\u6709\u7684\u4e2d\u5e74\u6000\u65e7\uff1f\u4f60\u4e0d\u613f\u610f\u627f\u8ba4\u76f8\u4fe1\u9648\u7ef4\u82f1\u4e5f\u4e00\u6837\uff0c\u56e0\u4e3a\u4e0e\u6555\u4f7f\u8857\u9053\u540c\u5e74\u5c81\u7684\u67ab\u9999\u4e0d\u89c1\u4e86\u5927\u534a\uff0c \u7f8e\u4e3d\u7684\u5bab\u30ce\u4e0b\u53c2\u9053\u53d8\u6210\u957f\u4e86\u65e0\u6570\u80bf\u7624\u7fa4\u533b\u675f\u624b\u7684\u666f\u8c61\uff0c \u4e11\u900f\u4e86\uff0c\u4f60\u5e26\u7740\u54c0\u60bc\u7684\u5fc3\u60c5\u8d70\u907f\uff0c\u6b7b\u53bb\u7684\uff0c \u5f53\u7136\u5305\u62ec\u4f60\u7684\u4e00\u90e8\u5206\u3002(Page 167)<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item][et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 10\/Discussion Question” use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
“Honestly speaking, what would have been imprinted on your heart before you died was not white oaks. So what would it have been?” (Page 169)<\/span><\/p>\n\u8bda<\/b>\u5b9e\u5730\u8bf4\uff0c\u5370\u5728\u4f60\u6b7b\u524d\u5fc3\u7248\u4e0a\u7684\uff0c\u5f53\u7136\u4e0d\u4f1a\u662f\u767d\u6a61\u6811\u3002\u4f1a\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48\u5462\uff1f(Page 173)<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Analysis 1″ open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
This quote illustrates you as a young girl going to school. Like a typical kid, she wanted to skip school. Prior to this quote you talks about being completely free of rules, it may be the rules in school that you does not like. Later on in the book you talks about when they had to line up for the opening of the Governor- General\u2019s office in school. She envied the girls who did not line up. She envied those who were not brainwashed by the \u201cpatriotic education.\u201d You may not have cared about school because of the governmental influence in school. Even as a young girl, you is displeased with the Taiwanese government. This could be an explanation as to why her identity is heavily influenced by Japan. <\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Stop 1 Translation Note” open=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
\u56fd\u6c11\u515a\u653f\u5e9c is the complete translation for the Nationalist government. The original text does not have the complete translation but rather “\u56fd\u5e9c,\u201d which implies there is only one government, “the nation’s government.”<\/p>\n
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In this quote you explores her sexuality. This quote represents her identity as a young girl navigating her way through different relationships. \u00a0You and A\u2019s relationship drifts apart as they grow up, however, throughout the book you talks about her relationship with A more than she talks about her husband. A heavily influences you\u2019s identity, even when they are not directly involved in each other’s lives. <\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” title=”Stop 3 Analysis”]<\/p>\n
You is in Taiwan being told to go back to Mainland China. She has never felt at home where she is from, that is why in this quote she doubts there is such a place to return to. For some, their identity rests in where they are from, as a result you could be confused about her identity. Where she is from does not feel like home. Moreover, you goes against the traditions in Taiwan. Her identity is almost defined as what she is not more than what she is. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Stop 3 Translation Note ” open=”off” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
The original text uses the word \u8d70\uff0c in this context \u8d70 means to leave, but \u8d70 can also mean to walk.<\/p>\n
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This quote represents the pivotal moment where You realizes that her identity has slowly slipped away without her notice. To You, this realization takes the form of a \u201cstrange and repellent odor.\u201d When she has her child, she takes on a new identity as a mother. And with this identity comes a fresh, clean, and pleasant mixture of smells. Though, these smells did not persist, and when they wore off, they left You with the realization that who she once was, who she assumed that she still was, had slowly disappeared over the course of two decades. Desperately seeking control, You tries to reclaim her identity by reusing her old shampoo, hand soap, and laundry powder. But regardless of her attempts, she could not have control over how much she had changed, anymore than she could control her bodily fluid or sweat. She could not undo decades of change to her identity. What she could control, however, were her emotions and her resolve to rediscover her identity. And as her husband abused her, she clung to that control. For while she could not control her sweat, she could hold back her tears. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Stop 5 Analysis ” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
You laments the \u201ceither-or\u201d nature of change. The realization that she herself had changed only increases the sensitivity of her ancient eyes. Her eyes reminded her that the only proof of her past identity, the suburban movie theaters, the bookstores, her house, they now only exist in her memories, and they exist in her memories to remind her that she herself has changed. This increasingly appeals to her as she goes to Japan, where Kyoto eschews what You sees as the rapid and careless change of Taiwan and Taipei. <\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Stop 6 Analysis” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
You is torn between her memories growing up in Taiwan, her increasingly complicated identity of a Taiwanese citizen with close family roots in Southern China, and someone who has seen reckless forces change the world around her. In this instance, she remembers spending time with her daughter in Japan, seeing koi swimming in a stream. Without thinking, she associates herself with her roots, and instinctively \u201creminisces\u201d about Southern China. Upon reflection, she realizes that she herself has never been to southern China. While she may have been drawing on stereotypes or images that she has seen of Southern China, it is also likely that she draws upon this instance to demonstrate her torn identity, as all three of her identities intersect at this moment. <\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Stop 7 Analysis” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
The narrator was confused by her identity: Some people says that she belongs to Mainland China, some says she is from Taiwan. However, she does not feel she belongs to either of them. Surprisingly, she finds out her identity in Japan. \u00a0In this quote, the narrator says the Japanese \u201cTadaima\u201d, which shows that she feels home and safe in this country. Different with Taiwan, Japan is a place where keeps people\u2019s memory, which is perfect to people with Old Souls, like the narrator. <\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Stop 8 Analysis” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
The \u201cunfamiliar city\u201d in this quote is Taiwan. Although the narrator has lived in Taiwan for many years, she consistently feels that Taiwan does not keep any of her life traces. Taiwan focused too much on new city development and continuously swiped the old city traces away. As a person with Old Soul, she cannot treat a place with no signs of her memories as hometown, and she cannot cherish a city that does not cherish the memories of people who lived there.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Stop 9 Analysis” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
The narrator feels that Chen Weiying, the famous Taiwan Confucian scholar in 19th century, stood shoulder to shoulder with her. This is because Taigucao, the place where he lived as a recluse, had been demolished by Japanese in 20th century. However, the narrator is more miserable than Chen Weiying, since Chen Weiying\u2019s life traces were destroyed after his death but the narrator\u2019s are destroyed in front of her eyes.The narrator feels that part of her had died when she witnessed the disappearance of many of her life traces, including the Meiji Bridge, sweetgum trees on Chokushi street, and the beautiful Miyanoshita Road. Those places carry the narrator\u2019s memory and thus become part of her life. As these places disappeared, her life becomes incomplete.<\/p>\n
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