The True Story of Ah Q – Lu Hsun Ah Q, a poor peasant in a rural Chinese village, is a peculiar character. He is poor, homeless, and illiterate. Fellow villagers sneer at Ah Q; they tease him about everything from his lack of familial roots to the ringworm scars on his forehead. Confrontations with Ah Q usually lead to his head continually being knocked against something or another. Yet, throughout his countless humiliations Ah Q …showed first 75 words of 1208 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1208 total…I found the love of mother and child.” This blessing of a baby becomes a double edged sword for Lady Wen-chi in the end, for she has to choose between a home she has longed for since her arrival and her children. It is her children that eased her restless heart during her time away, but it is also her children that keep a part of her heart under “the nomads’ sky” when she departs.