Summary: Xu Xi’s short story “Famine” shows us the impact of food on one's life and how it can relate to specific memories from the past. The story follows a fifty-one year old cantonese woman who travels to New York for the first time to experience what it is like to live a life of luxury. Shortly after the death of her parents, she leaves her reserved and secluded life in the rural countryside of China to experience new opportunity and a higher quality of life in America. It is here in New York where she guides us through her recollections of her past.
Evaluation: Many visual images came to my mind as I read this short story. I was easily able to visualize a woman arriving in the Unites States not knowing what to expect. The luxurious hotel
Evaluation: Many visual images came to my mind as I read this short story. I was easily able to visualize a woman arriving in the Unites States not knowing what to expect. The luxurious hotel