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A Love Story

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This was a scene that was seen in three different perspectives: Luo's, the miller's, and the seamstress's. Originally, the story was told by the miller to the narrator. He describes this scene of two figures entwined in a pool. He was stunned by this display of affection. He soon feels that the boy was familiar, and after some thought, he ascertains that this person was the fake interpreter that accompanied the narrator on his visit. The next perspective is from Luo, who originally explains about his keyring that carries everything important in his life. It has his old house keys and even the key they used to break into Four-Eyes's secret suitcase. He then proceeds to explain the game that the Seamstress and him played. He threw his keys and watched her breathtaking body dive into the pool of water. He then explains that these keys were lost one day, during the game. The next perspective was explained by the seamstress. She explained the same thing that Luo did, with the game that they played. She also explains how she lost the keys, which usually were relatively simple to find. She dove down to search for them. After putting her hand of something slick, she realizes that it's a snake, something that she has always had a fear of. Fearing the consequences of losing the keys, she dives down to find them, but to come up with only a snake bite to show for it.

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Keys
The keys symbolize Luo's hope of returning to his home after the re-education. At one point, after seeing how free animals were in nature, he loses all hope of returning to his home and throws his keys away.The seamstress immediately dives after them, not willing to let his dreams sink to the bottom of the pool. Then when he actually lost his keys, he had to go visit his mother, and in a twist of irony, he would return home without his keys.

This is a theme seen in other literature "Do not give up hope, even it the chances of something happening are next to impossible."

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