Luo and the narrator stand before the inspection of the villagers, in the village on the mountain known locally as the "Phoenix of the Sky". In the Novel "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" by Dai Sijie takes us through a tale of three young chinese teens growing up in the age of Mao during the re-education of the city folk. We learn of the trials, experiences, feelings, lessons, and mistakes these characters learn in the novel and what it really means to be an individual.