... family, his only escape from the madness inside the walls of their apartment, was the fire escape. For many years it had been saving Tom from a simingly-cramped apartment. The other escape, "the movies," as he would tell his mother, but in reality he was out drinking. Out drinking, and escaping form his own self. Tom has earned some time outside the house. Although drinking is also an ... who she is. She lives in the past to stay a child and never get responsibilities. When the gentleman caller, Jim, comes to dinner Laura becomes extremely nervous. Her boosts her spirits, and also break...

• Word Count: 1336
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... -key her classmates mocked her by jeering, "The little landlord is pretending to be working class" (61). In this segment of the novel, Ling was in high spirits on her first day of school and decided to dress well, but her clothes (and hair) become a label of her high status in society before the Culture Revolution. She becomes subjected to vicious torment as ... her classmates accuse her of being a 'bourgeois,' a degrading name for the rich and well-educated of China. Ling begins to ... family, are disliked by Chairman Mao Zedong, therefore, unpopular among the working class of Chi...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate