Analysis of Lao She's Teahouse

Reading Response - Teahouse Party
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During the three part play, every reader could easily notice that there is a shift between the themes and the issues being portrayed in every part. However, despite the shift from the context of a weakened China (first act), to the fall of the dynasty and the rise of the Republic (second act), and the end of the war against the Japanese and reactionary functions in the Kuomintang (third act) CITATION Ivydd \l 1033 (IvyMedia.com, n.d.d), a certain "anarchic theme is present". When I mean anarchic, I refer to the presence of political and social conflicts in each and every act. In my point of view, Wang Lifa - the owner of the teahouse CITATION Newnd \l 1033 (New World Encyclopedia, n.d.) - is the representation of the failure of the people who failed to embrace the new society, which in turn, turned to "escapist" acts (e.g. suicide). In contrasts to this, other characters such as Fourth Master Chang and Qin Zhong Yi - who have already aged CITATION LiH15 \l 1033 (Li, 2015) - represents the people who have endured the sufferings of the political and social turmoil in China. Pock-mark Lui on the other hand, represents the greedy individuals w...