ESSAY ONE Please choose ONLY ONE of the four essay prompts b…

ESSAY ONE Pleаse chооse ONLY ONE оf the four essаy prompts below. Before you respond to this prompt, pleаse think through different relevant situations in Lao She's novel, Rickshaw Boy (1936-37), which you will analyze. In responding in essay form to the prompt that you choose, please be sure to discuss at substantial length Rickshaw Boy. Depending on which prompt you choose, you also may wish to discuss The Story of China, Part 6. Your essay needs to provide clear and detailed explanations. You may draw on class discussion in responding to one of the prompts, but mainly your essay needs to express your own ideas. I recommend that you write a brief but clear introduction, which includes a thesis statement, a brief but clear conclusion, and at least two or three substantial body paragraphs. Please be sure to give yourself time to proofread and edit your essay before you submit it. 1. Near the end of Rickshaw Boy, Xiangzi seems to have an opportunity to obtain the happy life he has wanted. What causes him to respond to this opportunity in the way that he does? What are a few of the reasons that he waits as long as he does? Please discuss clearly and specifically several of the factors that cause him to do the things that he does in the novel's final chapters that thwart his chances of a better life. 2. What are two cultural norms portrayed in Rickshaw Boy that are similar to ones in today's United States? What are two cultural norms in Rickshaw Boy? that differ from those in today's United States? What are some reasons for these similarities and differences between the novel and today's United States? 3. In Rickshaw Boy Xiangzi encounters a wide range of people in the city in which he works. What are some of the most important lessons that he learns from these characters? Why are these important lessons? 4. Rickshaw Boy portrays several ways in which women are mistreated and treated unjustly in Xiangzi's society. What are some occurrences of these, and, based on what Rickshaw Boy tells us, what are the reasons that women are treated this way?