Music on the Bamboo Radio Essay

medicine on the Bamboo Radio is a diachronic novel, a fictional story across-the-board of adventure set during WWII. It begins on the day that Hong Kong surrendered to the Nipponese. Nicholas Holford, the protagonist, arrives home and finds his parents cut downing. Throughout the novel, Nicholas changes and grows he be pursues to a greater extent mature, develops a revolutionary identity and as his animateness changes completely and he is compel to be surface brave. Nicholas becomes more mature throughout the novel. He helps a group of soldiers called the eastern hemisphere River Column when the side of meat army sends them a box, but inside e realthing is in English writing and the soldiers pukenot read it and they want Nicholas to come and help them. Later in the novel, Nicholas joins the eastern United States River Column and helps them blow up a train and save hundreds of peoples sleep withs.He grows by joining a group of soldiers and helping them. As Nicholas helpl ess both of his parents during the war he runs by with his servants to an some former(a) hamlet which is a thin village on that point he pits a upstart family, flavors family. Over there he bunks more mature and besides he has developed respect for other peoples beliefs as he also does things he dislikes P.34, The task that Nicholas detest was carrying of pig human raceure up to the handle to spread around the plants.In the hot sun, the slime smelt sickly sweet and revolting.He found that really disgusting because no one really likes to carry buckets of pigs dung. excessively on P.55,However he also goes with Tangs Family to visit the Golden Pagodas. he also respects in other peoples belief and he does e realthing very maturely and is also very keen to gain more knowledge about the Chinese culture. In the novel,Nicolas spirit changes completely and it all begins with the Japanese encroaching(a) (on P.4)Hong Kong and him running away with his servants. As he is been f orced to adapt to his new life and he is given a new name. I give you Chinese name. You no more Nicholas. You Wing-ming. He lives the life of a Chinese boy, because he demand to enshroud from the Japanese so he can stay alive, Must do. You lose Chinese boy hairclothcut now. If Japanese soldier moot you English, he kill you. As succession passes, Nicholas forgets his past life and his real parents. I dont really suppose what it was likebeforeWhat it was like to live with my parents. Losing his parents has changed Nicholas because he realizes how important parents are. he needs to understands his new family and culture. Nicholas becomes more brave as he has to adapt to his wicked blot.His environs is also is a very dangerous because the Japanese are every where in HK. He risks a billet l stiletto heelned that it is dangerous he still does it because the Japanese establish scattered everywhere.The situation is waiver and getting the quinine for Tang because he is very sick of working.So Nichloas and Ah Mee set off to get the quinine.While they go to purchase the quinine the situation gets more dangerous as they come to face to face with the Japanese. When Ah Mee wanted to counterweight for a few moments and went towards a teatime leaf-shop where there were several chairs and tables and were arrayed under a spreading tree. As they just sit down the owner appeared and told them to Place your purchase order. And the owners ear hair which was curled fowards, flavor as if a bizzare free reingus had taken on had taken resolution on the other side of his head. Nicholas kept on look at the owners ear and Ah Mee verbalize You no look his ear. We no want him angry.P.39. Ah Mee said that I no want tea, I just want to sit.. The owner said, This no free seat, must buy tea. because Nicholas was looking at the owners ear for a long time. So they bought tea and left.Nicholas also thinks that two bowls of tea cost might be the release life and death o f Tang on P.40. While going to purchase the quinine on the way they see a man and two japanese soldiers.The Japanese soldiers were looking for the mans identity document which Ah Mee and Nicholas did not have with them. The soldiers were having cruel fun with the man by pointing a dismantle buts around his throat and bust him.While Nicholas deep in thought(p) his balance the Japanese saw him and if they shoot Ah Mee like the man was shot past he would have taken out.But instead one of the soldiers kissed Ah Mee on the lips on P.43. Ah Mee was in crying but silently and disunite also came out silently. To get the quinine they had to meet Dr.Wu to get the quinine P.45. Dr.Wu could read Ah Mees and Nicholas eyes.Dr.Wu could grade what they wanted and on P.45 he tells that he will be getting the quinine from his office. This is how he risks this situation and in the end they were safe. What Nicholas did was very dangerous. This also shows how he cares for people who is in a very critical situation.Overall, Nicholas changes and grows throughout the novel and lives a completely new life filled with danger, while fair more mature and brave. While he gets mature he understands how dangerous the situation has become.The invasion of the Japanese changes him because he learns how priceless and good his life is. Nicholas losing his parents makes him realize that he is very lucky to even have parents because unlike other children who may have lost their parents during the Japanese Invasion. Knowing that Nicholas losing his parents he does not think of them since he has a new family but he does miss them. He also is trying to acquire his fathers footsteps because his father is in the army.