Great discussions!

The constant theme of material vs. spiritual conflict is one thing Ha Jin considers, I am sure. The other thing, more importantly, I think, is what A Free Life in the US means for us. Isn't it the freedom for us to do whatever we enjoy, nurture and develope our creativity, which might have been suppressed by Chinese educational system?

Isn't it the freedom to pursure our individuality? Isn't writing peotry making Nan Wu different from all the Chinese 矿工，硅工，神医，小护士，etc， the stereotype of Chinese money-makers?

He has a restaurant and had the most menial job a well-educated immigrant could have. (the most 下里巴人 work）. He aspires to write peotry in his adapted language (the most 阳春白雪 hobby）. I think that's what makes him NOBLE. 

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• I guess the last sentence is the one I disagree the most~~ -jennea- ♀ (339 bytes) () 09/10/2011 postreply 20:34:01

• hehe, maybe "noble" is an overstatement -非文学青年- ♀ (409 bytes) () 09/10/2011 postreply 22:06:43

• Ah, now I agree with you~~ -jennea- ♀ (761 bytes) () 09/10/2011 postreply 22:32:33

• 哈哈，you are not controversial, the topic is controversial -非文学青年- ♀ (150 bytes) () 09/10/2011 postreply 22:37:55

• Yes. I finished Italy today, marching onto India tomorrow~ -jennea- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/10/2011 postreply 22:46:08

• Good luck in India! -非文学青年- ♀ (147 bytes) () 09/10/2011 postreply 23:10:56

• nnd, netflix上竟然没有EPL的stream了，原来有，没来得及看，现在没有stream了。ft。 -非文学青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/10/2011 postreply 23:21:32

• 这是我今年看的第一部电影。 -EnLearner- ♀ (263 bytes) () 09/10/2011 postreply 23:26:17

• 谢谢愚公，改天再听it，在netflix找到一个老片：费城故事，揍它了。 -非文学青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/10/2011 postreply 23:32:11

• 我今天看了一点，想跳过去直接看后面印尼那段。 -jennea- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/10/2011 postreply 23:35:26