During the modernisms, the world began changing and evolved in significant ways. Zhang Ailing was able to reveal the modern life of Shanghai city in the short story known as Sealed off,” this was the Japanese, Chinese, and occupation of the Japanese occupation of the land.
Despite the fact that the themes of modernism were explicit and modernization was in the entire society, the Chinese traditions remained among the Chinese community. This paper reflects on the themes of reality and modernization.
The story took place in Shanghai when Japanese were occupying the city during the Second World War. At the beginning of the story, the author reveals the routine of city residents as well as all behaviors demonstrated by tramcar passenger. Nearly everyone was literate this was according to Zhang who reported, “While Lu read the paper others did likewise. People who had newspapers read them; those without newspapers read receipts, or lists of rules and regulations or business cards. People who were stuck without a single scrap of printed matter read shop signs along the street.” (500). Nevertheless, the author portrayal of those characters, these individuals were not happy with the reality, “They simply had to fill this terrifying emptiness—otherwise, their brains might start to work. Thinking is a painful business.” (500).
I like the manner in which the author interjects the comment about thinking whereby each reflected on his or her family and their relationships in this trip in the tramcar. Additionally, the characters’ lives depicted the modern description of contemporary life during the contemporary Chinese days. The young woman known as Cuiyuan raised in a wealthy family reacted to life boredom and its routine without sensitive response; while Zongzhen, a middle-class man with a family was unable to appreciate his job and life.
Based on story reflection these two characters are tortured emotionally by their family principle, and expectations and they are satisfied with the life they are leading. Apart from all conversations this character valued the significance of their realism “real persons” instead of their look as good people to the society, hence they showed each other who they are. In this case, the writer states, “In this world, there are more good people than real people…Cuiyuan wasn’t very happy.” (501).
Alternatively, Cuiynuan was a burden since her family anticipation of her to be insolent and join the university in her life besides to a more warmly painful principle that was to get married to a wealthy man who is educated. Her feeling was completely contradicting that expectation and demands. She hoped to live a free life, but her family was pressuring to do what they wanted.
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