Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Reading Questions pg. 131-184

p.131-157
46. Yes; I agree because he deliberately slowed down the process of drilling the teeth to make it more painful. He was satisfied while doing this.

47. The Old Miller: He realized how old is he, compared to how young Luo and the Seamstress are.
Luo: The Little Seamstress always dives to retrieve the keys, while Luo thinks that he'll never have use for the keys because he will never be released from re-education and never going home.
The Little Seamstress: She loves Luo and she is willing to do anything to please him. she discovered the experience of acting and she loves it.

48. The narrator thinks that he is a secret agent with a mission because he has to spy on the young men who also like the Seamstress. He pictures himself as the head of a routed army, charged with escorting the young wife of a friend, across the desert.

49. The narrator was a storyteller, laundry man, cook, and an all-around helper at home. The city youths were jealous of the narrator because they also like the Seamstress. After their attack, the narrator dreamt that he was tied to a tree and they cut off his ear. They fled when the seamstress came to save him from the gang.