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Cunsang
Cunfar is the fifth of Niang and Dia’s sons. His brothers are Cuncia, Cunyuan, Cunmao, Cunsang, Cunxin, and Jing Tring. When they are children, Cunfar is the brother Cunxin plays with the most. From a young age, he is fascinated with trucks, and when Dia retires, he takes over his role at the trucking company. When Cunxin and Mary visit China, Cunfar is married, but he and his wife don’t yet have any children.
Cunfar Quotes in Mao’s Last Dancer
The Mao’s Last Dancer quotes below are all either spoken by Cunfar or refer to Cunfar . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 6: Chairman Mao’s Classroom
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I told everyone that she was such a happy bird, because she chattered and sang all day and all night. She drove my whole family crazy, though. “She isn’t singing, she is crying, ‘Let me out, let me out!’” Cunfar said, acting as though he was the poor bird.
“Don’t be silly, she loves me. I’m her savior. Look at all the food she gets.”
But in reality she ate very little. After school one day that week, I rushed home with some worms in my hands and found my Beautiful River Treasure dead in her cage. I sobbed my heart out. I blamed every member of my family for her death. […] My heart was broken. Deep inside I knew I was responsible for her death. Instead of helping her, I had taken her freedom away, and I hated myself for it.
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Cunfar Quotes in Mao’s Last Dancer
The Mao’s Last Dancer quotes below are all either spoken by Cunfar or refer to Cunfar . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 6: Chairman Mao’s Classroom
Quotes
I told everyone that she was such a happy bird, because she chattered and sang all day and all night. She drove my whole family crazy, though. “She isn’t singing, she is crying, ‘Let me out, let me out!’” Cunfar said, acting as though he was the poor bird.
“Don’t be silly, she loves me. I’m her savior. Look at all the food she gets.”
But in reality she ate very little. After school one day that week, I rushed home with some worms in my hands and found my Beautiful River Treasure dead in her cage. I sobbed my heart out. I blamed every member of my family for her death. […] My heart was broken. Deep inside I knew I was responsible for her death. Instead of helping her, I had taken her freedom away, and I hated myself for it.
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