The document discusses different instances of jealousy experienced by characters in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. The narrator feels jealousy when he learns that the Little Chinese Seamstress has chosen Luo over him. The miller is jealous of Luo and the seamstress' youth while watching them play. The narrator and Luo are kept awake with envy, wondering who will be the first to be released from the re-education camps.
6. The narrator is jealous of
Luo
“Suddenly I felt a stab of
jealousy, a bitter
wrenching emotion I
had never felt before.”
7.
8. The Little Seamstress is described to be very beautiful
and it is obvious that the two boys are attracted to her.
9. The Little Seamstress is described to be very beautiful
and it is obvious that the two boys are attracted to her.
After learning that the LCS has chosen Luo, the
narrator feels a stab of jealousy.
10. The Little Seamstress is described to be very beautiful
and it is obvious that the two boys are attracted to her.
After learning that the LCS has chosen Luo, the
narrator feels a stab of jealousy.
But the narrator’s friendship and respect to Luo is very
strong and so the narrator holds his silence, yearning
for the LCS’s love.
11. The Little Seamstress is described to be very beautiful
and it is obvious that the two boys are attracted to her.
After learning that the LCS has chosen Luo, the
narrator feels a stab of jealousy.
But the narrator’s friendship and respect to Luo is very
strong and so the narrator holds his silence, yearning
for the LCS’s love.
‘Unrequited love’
14. The miller is jealous of Luo
and the LCS
“I understood full well
that I would never taste
the watery delights
enjoyed by them.”
15.
16. The miller says this quote while he watches Luo and
the LCS playing in the water.
17. The miller says this quote while he watches Luo and
the LCS playing in the water.
He is clearly jealous of their youth and for the fact that
he would never experience what they are doing.
18. The miller says this quote while he watches Luo and
the LCS playing in the water.
He is clearly jealous of their youth and for the fact that
he would never experience what they are doing.
Also we can clearly see that the miller is very lonely.
21. The narrator and Luo is
jealous of Four-Eyes.
“Who could this fortunate
person be - the first to
be ... released from re-
education? The question
kept us awake ... feverish
with envy. ...We had no
idea who the lucky boy
might be.”
22.
23. It is clear that the two boys are jealous of Four-Eyes
because he is the first to get out of the re-education
camps.
24. It is clear that the two boys are jealous of Four-Eyes
because he is the first to get out of the re-education
camps.
Through this we can see that how eager the two boys
are to get out of re-education.
