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Betrayal. In Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, the Final Chapter. The Seamstress betraying Ma. ‘I was angry with the Little Seamstress’ - She’s leaving them behind, and Ma feels betrayed.
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Betrayal In Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, the Final Chapter
The Seamstress betraying Ma • ‘I was angry with the Little Seamstress’ - She’s leaving them behind, and Ma feels betrayed. • ‘The fact that she had not thought to tell me about it’ Even though he isn’t as close to her as Luo was, he still expected the Seamstress to tell him important things • ‘As if I had never been more than a friend to a friend’ He thought they were really close, after he helped her with the abortion, but it turns out they weren’t.
Ma betraying Luo Even though Ma was Luo’s best friend, he was still in love with his girlfriend. ‘Or was it my affection for his girlfriend?’ Ma was the one that wrote on the coat which first introduced the seamstress to literature, which inspired her to leave – ‘She said she had learnt one thing from Balzac, that a woman’s beauty is a treasure beyond price’ So – was Ma the reason LSS left?
The Seamstress betraying Luo • ‘Her despairing lover’ • She won’t stay, not even for Luo, who is begging her to come back. • The Seamstress didn’t tell Luo that she was leaving, even though he was her boyfriend. • ‘Did we overestimate the power of love?’
