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However, when this fails he resorts to slapping his own face which seems to him as if he had slapped someone else, and in this way he becomes the victor.Īh Q believes himself to be the "perfect man", save several ringworm scars on his forehead. When Ah Q finds himself beaten and robbed after a game of dice he tries to console his mind by thinking of his opponent as a son and he as the father, which is his usual means of feeling superior. Even when his usual forms of gaining victory fail him Ah Q discovers alternative routes out of defeat. He states that he must indeed be the "foremost self-belittler" and that being "foremost" in anything must be commendable.Īh Q is quite masterful at his own unique form of gaining a psychological "victory" over his opponents. Lu Hsun, is looked upon as a masterpiece in modern Chinese literature, of which Lu Hsun is a fotetunnet. This proclamation makes Ah Q extremely satisfied and leaves him feeling victorious, not with his skill in fighting but in his ability to demean himself. For instance, while being beaten by a villager Ah Q loudly declares himself an insect. He staked successfully again and again, his coppers turning into silver coins, his silver coins into dollars, and his dollars mounting up. Fellow villagers sneer at Ah Q they tease him. The drums and gongs of the play sounded about three miles away to Ah Q who had ears only for the stake-holder's chant. He has an ability to skirt the reality of a situation by making up excuses, thus the facts of an event are blurred and in a round-about way he feels a victory that is totally separate from the actual incident. Ah Q, a poor peasant in a rural Chinese village, is a peculiar character.

In all of the miseries of life as a peasant in 1911 China the strength to endure comes from inside Ah Q. Yet, throughout his countless humiliations Ah Q convinces himself that these failures are actually successes and even gloats to himself about it. Confrontations with Ah Q usually lead to his head continually being knocked against something or another. Fellow villagers sneer at Ah Q they tease him about everything from his lack of familial roots to the ringworm scars on his forehead. Ah Q, a poor peasant in a rural Chinese village, is a peculiar character.