Question One: MUST COMPLETE

What does Li’s description of his early days at the Ballet school tell us about his life in the village?

Li's first days in the ballet school were very sobby because everyone was home sick and everyone was having a cry. He said, "The girls were sobbing more that the boys." pg. 136-137.

He tells a great story in his emotions when he lived back in the village. His mother and Father were very kind and loving. he missed his all his brothers and family. "The girls were sobbing more that the boys." but the teachers just told them to 'man up'.

What does Li’s description of his early days at the Ballet school tell us about his life in the village?

When Li first joined the dance acadamy he was very home sick and would very much enjoy visiting his family in their village called Shangdown Provits for the first four or so years.

Li's description of the early days in the academy show that to him his village was great and that he had lots of friends and that he was homesick
because of the way it say he clutched his Niangs quilt.

he said he was enjoying the ballet school, he had lots of friends, but he was homesick. You could tell he was homesick when he said "Nights were the worst. i couldn't wait to get to bed so i could clutch my Niang's quilt, my only security".

Li's first few weeks at the academy he is very homesick and he would often think about his family back in shandong province and he said that everybody was sad for the first few days and he said his favorite time was bed time because he would cuddle up with his niang's quilt.

He did not want to stay in the academy because there was only rules, scary teachers and mostly, he was homesick. He misses his families, friends and he felt unsafe in the academy. All he could do was get use to it and hang on to the quilt at night.

The first day in the Madame Mao's Dance Academy everybody was homesick, everyone was crying and when Li thinks about his family back in ShanDong it makes him cry too. His favorite time was when he can cuddled his quilt that his Niang made for him at night time.

Li's description of the early days of ballet school was all the people being very home sick, lonely. He said "Nights were the worst, i couldn't wait to go to bed, so i could clutch my niang's quilt for security". It was his only hope for breaking the vicious cycle of poverty by staying at the ballet school. The city kid's coped much better then the country ones, they were more confident and coped well.

He had a great time with his family and brothers; he was being loved by his parents and played with his old friends. However after he joins the Mao’s Beijing Dance Academy, he was homesick and missed all what he did back in the village. On the first day in the ballet school were mostly filled up with tears, many people were homesick and many people was having a cry. But the girls cried more than the boys.