Eng. class: Saboteur

The theme to the short story "saboteur", is that of revenge and revealing some aspects of Chinese culture that have proven difficult and some what controversial to discuss. The story takes place in communist china and is written from the point of view of the chairman Mao, or rather the statue built in his honor smack dab in the middle of the town square. It appears to be summer because Mr. Chiu and his wife are wearing sandals. and then also it mentions him signing his criticism on the date of July 13th. (summer month.) The plot is revealed early on in the story through some foreshadowing based on the condition of the eating place for the couple. (3.)