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Test 3-Cornell Notes: Paper Menagerie
Ken Liu
Assumed meaning: a story involving a paper mirage or folding paper
New assumed meaning: story about chinese fighting?
Cues
Notes
Chinese family
fold paper - blow air make paper tiger
mom likes oragami
fold paper tiger - laohu -
mom got picked from catalouge of women by dad
didnt speak english, flown from HK
mom probably knows magic, can blow air into oragami to make them come alive
not looked upon postiviely by neighbors
laohu gets ripped
makes her not want to be chinese
think mom doenst belong
family think mom needs to fit in
he ashamed of mom
Put paper animals in shoebox
mom stopped speaking and tried to “be american”
mom has cancer
she doenst even care that mom is hospitalized, focused on school
mom said “if i die, open shoebox once in while”
mom died when she on flight to california
year later, move into apartment with roomate
used paper animals as deco in house
on qinming, laohu come alive again and unfold, show message
mom from hebei
Chinese family
fold paper - blow air make paper tiger
mom likes oragami
fold paper tiger - laohu -
mom got picked from catalouge of women by dad
didnt speak english, flown from HK
mom probably knows magic, can blow air into oragami to make them come alive
not looked upon postiviely by neighbors
laohu gets ripped
makes her not want to be chinese
think mom doenst belong
family think mom needs to fit in
he ashamed of mom
Put paper animals in shoebox
mom stopped speaking and tried to “be american”
mom has cancer
she doenst even care that mom is hospitalized, focused on school
mom said “if i die, open shoebox once in while”
mom died when she on flight to california
year later, move into apartment with roomate
used paper animals as deco in house
on qinming, laohu come alive again and unfold, show message
mom from hebei
When she was kid, all family memebers kill bc uncle was in HK
smuggled to HK and used as servant, one day laday say owner will eventually rape you, put you in catalouge for white men
son not talk to her make mom incredibly sad
Summary