To make the play “Happy Valley” newly and currently relevant to a Lingnanian, or even to a Hongkongese, I would like to reset the last scene of the play in Hong Kong, to where Uncle Chester brings his wife and daughter back and stays at Tuppy’s home. In addition, by setting my new version of this scene on 1st July 2015 (after 18 years of the handover), I can highlight the persistence but also the loss of the Hongkongers, who are compelled to accept their citizenship without choice and any others’ help. To reinforce the theme and connect the characters to us nowadays, I am going to develop Tuppy to be resentful in her inner heart as she has been heartbroken since her uncle neither brought her to London, nor even took a visit to her after
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However, from the fact of being a returnee, it seems that his life in a foreign country is not as good as what we imagine. The competition is fierce in the workplace especially Chester is old and not a native-born. Even for those who have received high educated qualifications, they may still have to work in low-skilled and low-paid jobs in foreign place. Therefore, we can see that fewer people would rather want to leave Hong Kong now. But to the opposite many returnees like Chester, choose to return to Hong Kong because it is more advantageous to work in Hong Kong than Canada. Privacy, safety and working condition are highly secured. Furthermore, staying in Hong Kong can be a lot easier to access to Mainland China, which can be known when Chester stating Tuppy must be making smashing business connections and able to make piles of money on page 168 of the play. At last, we see Hong Kong at least, is relatively independent under “One country, two systems” compared to other cities in China. However, because of the initial fear and selfishness, he has already lost Tuppy even though he returns back to
However, from the fact of being a returnee, it seems that his life in a foreign country is not as good as what we imagine. The competition is fierce in the workplace especially Chester is old and not a native-born. Even for those who have received high educated qualifications, they may still have to work in low-skilled and low-paid jobs in foreign place. Therefore, we can see that fewer people would rather want to leave Hong Kong now. But to the opposite many returnees like Chester, choose to return to Hong Kong because it is more advantageous to work in Hong Kong than Canada. Privacy, safety and working condition are highly secured. Furthermore, staying in Hong Kong can be a lot easier to access to Mainland China, which can be known when Chester stating Tuppy must be making smashing business connections and able to make piles of money on page 168 of the play. At last, we see Hong Kong at least, is relatively independent under “One country, two systems” compared to other cities in China. However, because of the initial fear and selfishness, he has already lost Tuppy even though he returns back to