Responding to "Gold Boy, Emerald Girl"

1. What does the work mean and why do you think that? Explain the writing's overall significance or message to its readers.

2. Tell about how you feel toward this writing or its author and why.

3. Does this work confront or confirm your personal beliefs? Explain.

Write about 150 to 200 words in one or several paragraphs. Refer directly to the story at least once in the form of a quotation.

Online copy of story (for easier copy and paste quoting)

*I've given you the wrong location for Yiyun Li's residence on our worksheet, sorry. She currently lives in Oakland (across the bay from San Francisco) and teaches at the University of California. She's 37 years old and has written fiction only in English and never in Chinese.

Also of great interest is the fact that Yiyun Li is a huge fan of William Trevor, the author of "The Woman of the House"! She, in fact, pays tribute to him in the story in its design. If that idea intrigues you, read this interview with her (the comment on Trevor is about half way down the page). Interview with Yiyun Li