2006-05-02

The author obviously has a lot of knowledge about the living of
black people and poor people back to the old days. One word, miserable.
I doubt how many Americans remember those facts. If they do, they will
not be shameless to blame Chinese for their liberal development.

In comparison to the silent or fooled majority, there are always some people
who are smart, knowledgeable, and brave in any society, particularly among
those who are at disadvantages. They try to pass their thoughts
to their peers about freedom and equality. It is a lonely
process, which is even not understood or appreciated by their families.
Dr. Copeland, a Negro physician, who is only allowed to serve the
black people, spent his lifetime to educate his black community. What he
got in return is that his wife and his four children left him. Mr. Blount,
who is a crazy believer in Karl Marx, traveled across different cities, tried
hard to tell people that the rich does not have any right to control so much
wealth, was always laughed at by his peers and chased by dogs.

What is ridiculous is that both Dr. Copeland and Mr. Blount chose Mr. Singer,
a mute, as their loyal friend or the one who kept their secret. For whatever
reason, they thought that the mute understood and agreed on what they were
telling people. Whenever they had troubles or puzzles, they went to the mute.
The mute had a quiet face, always smiling. It became a sign that he knew
everything. However, in the letter that Mr. Singer wrote to his mute friend,
he admitted that he did not understand what these people were talking. He kept
being polite because it was not bad to have some companion since he himself
was also lonely. Nobody knew that Mr. Singer had a close mute friend. Everybody
was shocked when Mr. Singer committed a suicide after his mute friend died.
They were sad because they lost their only audience. The story is not that
ridiculous though considering the loneliness of the heart which longs for
the truth. People need somebody who understands them or they think that they
understand them.

Another lonely hunter is Mick Kelly, a talented girl who is 12, 13 years old.
She liked music very much and she understood every note in those classic
pieces. She even had her own music inside her heart all the time. She had
beautiful dreams of going to foreign countries and became the greatest musician.
She skipped her lunch to save a few cents everyday for her dream of owning
a piano some day. She often wandered on the street at night, listenning to
the radio broadcasting from those rich families. She often lied under some tree
away from the crowd, dreaming of her dreams. When she was 14 years old, she has
to work in a grocery store, earning $10 a week to reduce the family\'s economic
burden. Unfortunately, the boring work worn her out and she found the door of her
inside gradually closed. Everybody has their pink dreams when they are young.
Most of us are even very talented.Nevertheless, when we grow up, we have to face
the reality and we compromise with the reality. Therefore, one result of growing
up is that we gradually forget or give up our pink dreams. It is a pity. But it
is life.