A Single Tear
JS(Hong Kong)
Meet the author…
Wu Ningkun, educated in US, once a professor of English at Beijing University, was imprisoned in a reform camp in China for 22 years. He now lives in US with his children and grandchildren
Ponder for a moment…
In face of evil, how are we going to respond? Some try to assert their rights and refuse to yield to evil, but many do so at the expense of their lives. Some try to endure whatever happens to them and keep silent. Some even become mad or commit suicides…
What about you …if you were the victim?
Listen to their voices…
In A Single Tear, through 22 years in a reform camp, Prof. Wu showed to us the worth of one’s suffering and how our love for one another and our faith in life can help us gain victories over victimization.
For your thought…
If you are the deprived, the have-nots, the victimized, will you still be able to see other’s needs? Or will you be just like many others and allow yourself to fall into the trap of self-pity and bitterness?
The writer also teaches us a valuable lesson on how to respond constructively to injustice and afflictions. However, throughout history there are many people who were unable to do so because there was too much bitterness and disappointment in them. The writer reminds us the final power still retains in us, not necessarily the evil, the evil can only retain the power only when we give in.
2007-06-03 23:53 | comment
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