Tuesday, November 30, 2010

who is who

1. 姥姥 – 霍家老爷子

2. 雪 – 霍家老奶奶

3. 老牛 – 霍家第二代小女

4. 水竹—霍家二弟情妇

5. 紫罗兰 – 霍二代二儿媳

6. 大雁 – 养女 (霍二代大儿媳-Rebecca)

7. 萤火虫 - 霍二代老二,etc。

8. 潇竹 – 霍二代老大, etc.

Monday, November 29, 2010

More questions for Solitude

Question 7:

How did the book describe solitude for some of the characters?

How do you define solitude?

Does the Chinese translations and the English word have any subtle differences?

How does the expression of solitude differ between women and men in this novel?

Question 8:

Who are your favorite characters?

What are your favorite expressions, humors, ironies, stories, events?

Monday, November 22, 2010

question no. 6

"从那天起,雷梅苔丝就表现出办事认真负责,举止...p. 64 How did she die?

Question no. 5

The triangular relationship between, 雷蓓卡, 阿玛兰塔, 皮埃特罗 克雷斯庇 (p. 47). How to describe the love affaris and what happened to each of the three in the end?

Question no. 4

"果然,星期天雷蓓卡来了。只有十一岁的她,跟着几个皮货..."p. 32. What one particular problem that she had brought to her new family?

question no. 3

"女人叫庇拉 特内拉。她是最后建立了马贡多的移民中的...p. 22 ・, What are her upbringing and her stories?

Solitude question number 2:

"霍塞 阿卡迪奥・布恩地亚的社会创造精神不久就烟消云散" (page 7), what caused the changes in him?