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What is the message of The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind?
The theme in ‘The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind’ is it is better to have friends than enemies. The Cold War fought between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What does the daughter symbolize in Golden Kite Silver Wind?
The Mandarin’s daughter is a symbol of knowledge. The Kite and the Wind is a symbol of unity. The different designs of the walls all stand for something, the allusions of the walls each go together and symbolize each other. Allegories: The silver wind is an allegory.
Which statement best expresses the theme of Golden Kite the Silver Wind?
The Mandarin seeks advice from the Emperor. Which statement best expresses the theme of “The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind”? Love conquers all.
What does the Golden Kite represent?
Thus, she directs that Kwan-Si shall make itself to resemble the Silver Wind, and her town shall be made to resemble a Golden Kite, such that the two should sustain each other and they could live in peace. The kite is representing the wind.
What is the conflict in Golden Kite Silver Wind?
The conflict in the short story is both external and internal. The external conflict (man vs. man) is the competition about the shape of the walls surrounding the towns. Whoever has the more “powerful” wall structure is winning, and both towns work until the brink of death to beat each other at this competition.
What is the climax of the Golden Kite the Silver Wind?
Climax: Both Mandarins, in the presence of the townsfolk and the Mandarins of neighboring towns, agree they need to put an end to their “competition” for the sake of their cities. 17. The Mandarin’s daughter comes up with the idea of having walls that compliment each other.
How does the Mandarin use his daughters advice?
The daughter of a Mandarin is determined to give advice to her father. She advises him secretly. She nearly destroys the town with her advice and then saves the day with one last good idea. Two Mandarins engage in a rivalry.
Why are the Mandarin and his daughter changing the shape of the walls again?
The mandarin and his daughter demand the townspeople change the shape of their wall to compete with Kwan-Si instead of harvesting their crops.
How does the Golden Kite the Silver Wind relate to the Cold War?
In fact, the story “The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind” just so happens to be a metaphor for the Cold War, which took place between 1947 and 1991 when America and Russia collided. One bomb after the other, the United States and the Soviet Union were head to head as they wanted supremacy over the other.
Why does the Mandarin’s daughter speak from behind a curtain?
Why does the Mandarin’s daughter give advice from behind a screen? She is too shy to speak in front of a group of people. She does not want her father to know who is giving him advice.
How do the townspeople react to the repeated directions to rebuild?
How do the townspeople respond to rebuilding the wall over and over again? They build walls during the day and run their farms and businesses at night. They rebel and refuse to build any more walls. They become weak or ill and many die.
How is dramatic irony used in the Golden Kite the Silver Wind?
Irony, specifically dramatic irony, appears as the reader can easily distinguish that the two towns’ attempts to rebuild their walls in order to conquer the other town’s wall is futile and not a promising venture.