Rochelle and Gayla's comments regarding To Live expressed the details of differences in the events and representation of events. Gayla pointed out the specific areas of poetry and culture. And Rochelle, addressed the realism in both To Live and Life and Death are Wearing me Out.
Art transcending was expressed regarding details within both the book and play. Dictacticism was my main point with regard to details. Jenson and Weston had great deal of influence on my opinions. However, both Mo Yan and Zhang Yimou expressed other aspects that Jenson and Weston did not address that were accurate to the larger political shifts of the 20th century.
Thanks for a great session.
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I really enjoyed this week's assigned pieces, especially "Life and Death". While the author took liberties in the story, especially regarding the life of the animals, he seemed to follow closely the various political movements and what his book really showed, as did the movie "To Live" was that the people as a whole could adapt to whatever it was being thrown at them. Whether it was to fuel the furnaces of the Great Leap, glorify the greatness of communism in the Cultural Revolution, or find ways to make money in modern times.
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