Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Reading Questions pg. 61~79

22. Four-Eye's mother had informed that an old friend of hers had been appointed editor-in-chief of a journal devoted to revolutionary literature. His mother wants him to work for the journal in order to get off he mountain. Four-Eyes has to collct folk songs from the peasants and submit it to the editor-in-chief. He fails because he did not collect any of the folk songs and the old man who lived on the Thousand-Metre-Cliff, would not be willing to sing.

23. They appear as though they are the soldiers of the revolution. They changed their appearance and wore clothes that was the exact copy of the revolutionary soldiers' and this works on the old miller.


24. Luo and the narrator seem very friendly and kind and asked if it would be okay for him to sing to them. While Four-Eyes demands him to sing so he would become nervous, Luo and the narrator change their appearance and appear as they are the revolutionary soldiers.

25. Four-Eye's mother wants him to find original, primitive words of ancient songs about emotion and love. The miller gave them local song about louse and a young nun, and a monk. The old miller's songs are nonsense and considered trash.

26. The forbidden increases their curiosity and excitement. The more they can't read it, the more they want to know about it. They are smart and aware of the actions and consequences.

27. The narrator fights Four-Eyes because Four-Eyes doesn't want to keep his promise to give them books in exchange for songs. The narrator is defending his privilege to read and he is justified because Four-Eyes did not keep his promise.