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Kids Fighting for education

The similarity between the two stories has a lot in common. booth talks about education. In the story colors of the mountain, was about Dan Chen and his family. He was born durning the Cultural Revolution. His teacher did not like him very much because they did not want him to be educated in any way. He passes the third grade in September 1971. His father had a job at the camp on the mountain. He would sometimes be allowed visitation to visit his father. Dan Chen would take advantage of the situation by bringing his father some food. His grandfather was suffering because he was sake and unable to complete a lot of tasks. Even though he was sick they could care less about his problem and his condition.
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The narrator parents were doctors, and Luo’s father was a dentist. Luo had punched the narrator in the face when the narrator-father was publicly humiliated. Luo had a lot of talent, some of which include telling a story. This also makes him popular among the villagers. The headman knows about the narrator talent. Therefore, he sent the two boys on a mission to watch movies. The main gold of the headman was to get the boys to watch the movies, so they could retell the movie’s plot to the villagers. The headman was really impressed by their first performance, allowing the boys to watch more movies. Why on their mission to watch movies. They came across the Little Seamstress daughter of a tailor from the village nex to them. Luo was in love with her. As a part of their job and to be re-education, Luo, and his friend was allowed to the Local coal Mine. If I was in their situation, I would have change a lot of things. I really did not like the way Da Chen was mistreated in the story “colors of the Mountain”. I believe everyone is entitled to an education. Taking it away would be an unfair way to treated a person. Nelson Mandela once said: “ Education is the most powerful weapon”.In my opinion as a young African man, I strongly disagreed with the way, both characters were deprived

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