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Zhang Jie's The Ark (1982) & Alison Bailey Travelling Together Book review (Book Review Sample)

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This is a single page book review which was supposed to be prepared in accordance with MLA standards. The books under review were "The Ark" by Zhang Jie and "Travelling Together" by Alison Bailey. The reviews were supposed to show the plot used in the books. It was supposed to include one source and was to be double spaced.

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Zhang Jie’s The Ark (1982) & Alison Bailey Travelling Together Book review
In reviewing “The Ark” by Zhang Jie, there are several key features which come out clearly and which form an important basis in trying to interpret the strengths brought about by the book. From a review of the book, the women which Zhang Jie depicts in her book are highly concerned with several problems of being divorced or separated in a family centred culture. This culture looks upon divorcees with not only suspicion but also intense hostility. Some of the other issues faced are closely related to social status but not entirely bound by culture since women in other areas also depict them. The Ark appears as a harsh angry speech directed on the obstacles as well as humiliations endured by all women but especially by those divorced who are Chinese and are urban. When we look at both the opening and closing statements of the ark, they bring out similar sentiments: “to be a woman is difficult indeed (4, 59). Depicted in strong language and seemingly exaggerated images, the story presents a forceful argument which tries to justify the above statement. The Ark does not give a happy ending as life proceeds as it did before. What the Ark displays is not a traditional plot where problems are solved and everything ends in a near perfect manner. It displays a modern plot of revelation where the state of affairs are laid naked and eventually remain unresolved. A plot of similar kind does suggest that not all the problems can or have been solved through intervention of the communist party. A shift has also been witnessed in the authorial view point away from the judgmental and intrusive narrator who is willing to show us that everything will work out fine.
The plot of “The Ark” is a narrative which is involved intimately and consistently with its main character and the thoughts and feelings. Basically, the small encounters and incidents serve to shed some light on the emotions as well as lives of the three women. The story opens mid stream and enters into Jinghua’s thoughts moving on through the thoughts of the other two women as well as various other characters with the role of clarifying or granting credence to the beliefs and actions held by the women. With the progression of the story, the women move from individual thought to the encounters which exist between different pairings having perceptions divided between them. In the final scene, these three women are seen for the first time with the point of view shifting from one to another. This progresses until in the closing lines of the story, there is a sense which indicates they are all thinking together or the narrator could be voicing sentiments which they endorse. The story does not end nicely as the women problems still continue. However, the turning poin...
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