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The True Story of Ah Q The True Story of Ah Q
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Dragonboat Festival Dragonboat Festival
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The White Light The White Light
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Some Rabbits and a Cat Some Rabbits and a Cat
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A Comedy of Ducks A Comedy of Ducks
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Village Opera Village Opera
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Abstract
The True Story of Ah Q, unlike the other short stories in A Call to Arms, was written for serial publication. Its nine chapters appeared under another pen name, Ba Ren, in the literary supplement to the Beijing Morning Post. The title Dragonboat Festival refers to the “double fifth”—the fifth day of the fifth month when debts are, traditionally, repaid. The main character in this short story, Fang Xuanchuo, reflects Lu Xun. The White Light is devoted to a person whose dreams of becoming a successful civil servant go through his head only to be dashed each time he fails the exam. The last three stories in A Call to Arms (Some Rabbits and a Cat, Comedy of Ducks, Village Opera show something of a retreat from human engagements to engagements with animals, and a concentration on the figure of the mother.
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