Radios
Radios symbolize the performance of revolutionary politics in Do Not Say We Have Nothing. The characters that are in disagreement with Chairman Mao’s politics often blast the radio to distract others from hearing what…
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The Book of Records
The Book of Records symbolizes family bonds and storytelling as an act of resistance. In the novel, The Book of Records is a mysterious piece of fiction that Ai-ming discovers in the papers that Kai…
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Music
In Do Not Say We Have Nothing, music symbolizes the expression of individual identity through art in the midst of cultural oppression. Zhuli and Sparrow are both dedicated musicians—Sparrow is a composer, and Zhuli…
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