Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in A Hundred Flowers, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Redemption
Journeys and Growth
Suffering, Strength, and Resilience
Home and Family
The Promises and Failures of Communism
Summary
Analysis
Early one morning, Song watches Wei hurry through the courtyard gate. She almost follows him, curious about where he goes each day, but, looking at her mud-splattered clothes (she’s been working in the garden), she decides to stay put. She’s still cutting bak choy when Kai Ying rushes up to show her the note Wei left, telling the family that he has gone to Luoyang to find Sheng.
Wei realizes that he has asked others to bear the consequences of his decisions for him for far too long. Now, he strives to take responsibility for himself, and by doing so, to show his care and concern for the family he genuinely loves, even if he’s had trouble showing it.
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