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  • Unhappy new year

    It was again the day before the Chinese Spring festival. Everyone has their favorite day of the year: some people love birthdays when the mere attention is stored on the ones celebrated, others like the traditional New Year when resolutions were made, written on a brand new calendar. For me, the special day is andContinue…

  • A boy with no tears– a story

    People have different problems—and I have mine—I am incapable of shedding tears. You might console my untouched heart and tell me that it is a good thing for a boy. You would tell me that tears are the symbols of my weakness, vulnerability, fragility, and everything that makes me less of a boy. You areContinue…

  • A successful sequel: the end of Gilead–The Testaments

    Book introduction The sequel to the classic The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments provides the readers with an ending to the mysteries of Gilead, an imaginary theocracy regime. Book recommendation Highly recommended to fans of The Handmaid’s Tale. For those who has not yet read The Handmaid’s Tale, both books are recommended because the dystopias areContinue…

  • A failed dystopian novel– book review of The Circle

    Book Introduction In The Circle, Eggers creates an Internet company that seeks to take over the world by controlling users’ data and personal information. Following the story of Mae Holland, a female employee of the company, the book explores the devastating effects of a totalitarian government that controls citizens’ privacy and private information. book recommendationContinue…

  • Narrative and Culture–An Orchestra of Minorities

    book introduction: The book is a hopeless love story between Chinoso and Ndali, whose family backgrounds are completely different. The book is also a celebration of love and an eulogy of the loss of love and life. Spanning continents and narrated by a chi, a guardian spirit of the Igbo culture, the story traverses theContinue…

  • A tale of the past, present, and future— The Handmaid’s Tale

    Book introduction The book is set in the future where the United States is taken over by the Republic of Gilead. Under the regime, women and men live under horror and bizarre consequences, and women are especially demoralized to birth-giving machines. The book is fascinating and written brilliantly. The unique point of view and narrationContinue…

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