About the Ending

The ending:

I looked out of the aircraft window into the darkening sky. I saw myself as a small boy, running barefoot through the commune fields. I saw myself as a Red Guard, and I saw myself once again as Mao’s last dancer endlessly practicing in a dim and dusty dance studio in Beijing. I thought of my journey towards the most precious thing I had, my freedom, and of what had always propelled me forwards—my dia’s pride and dignity, and my niang’s extraordinary courage and unlimited love.

The opinion:

Although the ending was not what I call an excellent one, it was nonetheless one which left quite an impression in my mind. I liked the ending. The main events in the story were reviewed in an interesting way—the author ‘saw’ them in the darkening sky. The ending also reveals the secret to the author’s successful journey towards freedom, which especially delights me, in the sense that he gives tribute to his parents’ support.