Zhang Ye spent three hours without rest and quickly finished grading all the assignments. A few of them were not too appropriate, so Zhang Ye had them marked down and he summoned for these students to see him.
Yao Mi was one of them.
When they entered the office, Yao Mi and the others were very nervous.
“Teacher Zhang.”
“Are you looking for us?”
“Did we fail our elective class?”
Zhang Ye put up his hand to stop them from saying more, “Come over, speak softly. Don’t disturb the other teachers.” He then passed their assignments back to them, “They all have problems. Yao Mi, your choice of character was not good. You picked a servant who isn’t even a supporting character. This person was only described with a few lines in the entire novel and even I do not know this character well, nor will I be able to understand. Cao Xueqin only randomly wrote about this character to set off Baoyu and only appeared once. It’s even an appearance by narration, yet you have written it with such exaggeration. It’s as if this character is a main one with a mysterious feel? The role is too significant? It depended on him to save the world?”
The few students all giggled.
Su Na, who was seated nearby, also laughed a little when she heard this.
Yao Mi’s face was flushed with redness, “But, but I feel that he is very important. In ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’, the characters are not just simply characters. They are all made of flesh and blood, but it’s just that no one had ever researched this person. So you cannot say that he’s not important or does not have a significant role. I really did some serious research on this.”
At this time, Chang Kaige and Yan Jiantao had come into the office. They were inspecting on the grading process.
Zhang Ye smiled, “Then alright, explain to me about this person’s life. Of course, it was not mentioned in the novel, but you have to give me your analysis on it.”
Yao Mi immediately replied, “I feel that he is not just an ordinary person because when he first appeared, the chapter description was written in this way….” She explained further.
After Zhang Ye heard everything, he unexpectedly nodded, “OK, you can go back. You passed.”
Yao Mi said in surprise, “Really?”
Zhang Ye smiled, “You have your own views and analysis. That means you have researched and thought about it. Although the conclusion is debatable, it is not a bad thing. You may go.”
“Haha, thank you Teacher Zhang!” Yao Mi went off happily.
Zhang Ye continued to ask the next student, “Zhao Long, what you wrote seemed to be what I said exactly in my class. Regarding the character of Yinchun, what other views of your own do you have? Tell me about it.”
Zhao Long followed Yao Mi’s explanations method and talked about a whole lot of something.
Zhang Ye nodded, “Yes, although you did not analyze from your own point of view too much and was less creative, from your explanation, I can hear that you have also researched on what I mentioned in class. You’ve taken in everything that I’ve said and that’s an effort worth commending. You may go now, you passed.”
In a short while, all of them were passed and left.