The one I read is from Zhiheng Wang and we both talked about the idea of working hard. That’s a very general idea in China and we can see how this influenced characters in the text. Maria Romero has two jobs while keep going to college. Gonzalez gets up very early in order to make money. They are all signs of working hard. At the same time, they still care about their family. It’s a very classic Chinese family.

We also mentioned the phoenix web. In China, it’s normal to beautify everything. It makes things more attractive, and people hope it brings luck. That’s a special culture. That also shows why ” Books don’t always speak the truth.”