Weighing of the Heart Restricted; Files Only
Hung, Esther (Spring 2022)
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Abstract
This work seeks to explore the ramifications of displacement on two radical characters who have been physically, emotionally, and socially displaced from their community. Building on research into Chinese, Japanese, and Taiwanese cultures, this work focuses specifically on the questions of worldview and identity, as well as the divide between the knowledge and the experience of those who have been differently displaced. In addition, this work utilizes the form of the wuxia genre to further explore the theme of displacement, particularly in the questioning of what happens when two non-traditional, radical characters are introduced to the form of this genre. When characters that do not traditionally exist in the wuxia genre are introduced, they become displaced and plagued with the struggles of wuxia characters – the desire for honor and justice – in wholly different ways. By understanding the different ways an individual can be displaced – through education, trauma, forced removal, and societal isolation – we can understand displacement as both generational, continuous, and possessing both positive and negative aftereffects.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
| PROLOGUE |
| ARC 1 | ENCOUNTERS
Part 1 | Ryozo | The Sword-Eyed Stranger
Part 2 | Masika | Forsythia
Part 3 | Ryozo | The Shadows
Part 4 | Masika – The Mountains
| ARC 2 | SCATTERED GINGKO, SMILING MASK
Part 5 | Ryozo | Dawn
Part 6 | Masika | Fracture
Part 7 | Ryozo – Noon
Part 8 | Masika | Dead Calm
Part 9 | Ryozo – Dusk
Part 10 | Masika | Silence
| ARC 3 | PRELUDE TO FLOWER’S DESCENT
Part 11 | Masika | Routines
Part 12 | Ryozo | Yurozo
Part 13 | Masika | Yuko
Part 14 | Ryozo | Songsteel and Crysteel
Part 15 | Masika | Dead of Night
Part 16 | Ryozo | Wake
Part 17 | Masika | Tea Ceremony
Part 18 | Ryozo | The Meeting
Part 19 | Masika | If Winter Ends
Part 20 | Ryozo | Disturbed
| ARC 4 | BLEEDING SHADOWS, BREAKING MASK
Part 21 | Ryozo – The Light Festival
Part 22 | Masika | Hide
Part 23 | Ryozo | Chamomile Empress
Part 24 | Masika | Freezing
Part 25 | Ryozo | The Masked Swordsman
Part 26 | Masika | Frozen
Part 27 | Ryozo | Stirring Shadows
Part 28 | Masika | How Crysteel Breaks
Part 29 | Ryozo – Training
Part 30 | Masika | Stirring Chill
Part 31 | Ryozo | Truth Beneath the Ice
Part 32 | Masika | Kaya
Part 33 | Ryozo | Homecoming
| ARC 5 | DEAD BEFORE THE STORM
Part 34 | Masika | Braced
Part 35 | Ryozo | Flash Freeze
Part 36 | Masika | Where the Snow Begins
Part 37 | Ryozo | Startled
Part 38 | Masika | Fractured Ice
Part 39 | Ryozo | Drown
Part 40 | Masika | Hostage
Part 41 | Ryozo | Standing
Part 42 | Masika | Moon Lotus
Part 43 | Ryozo | Gathering Shadows, Burning Mask
| ARC 6 | WHEN YOU CONTINUE ON
Part 44 | Ryozo | The Lantern That Never Got to Leave
Part 45 | Masika | Thaw
Part 46 | Ryozo
Part 47 | Masika
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