Music on the Bamboo Radio Essay

Music on the Bamboo radio set is a historical novel, a fictional story full of jeopardise set during WWII. It begins on the day that Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese. Nicholas Holford, the protagonist, arrives home and finds his parents missing. Throughout the novel, Nicholas changes and grows he be hails more than mature, develops a cutting identity and as his life history changes completely and he is forced to become brave. Nicholas becomes more mature throughout the novel. He helps a group of soldiers called the East River Column when the English army sends them a box, besides inside all(prenominal)thing is in English writing and the soldiers cannot read it and they want Nicholas to come and help them. Later in the novel, Nicholas joins the East River Column and helps them blow up a train and save hundreds of peoples lives.He grows by joining a group of soldiers and helping them. As Nicholas lost some(prenominal) of his parents during the war he runs away with his ser vants to an an some other(prenominal) hamlet which is a blue village there he go steadys a parvenue family,Tangs family. ein truthwhere there he take a craps more mature and overly he has genuine respect for other peoples beliefs as he likewise does things he dislikes P.34, The task that Nicholas hated was carrying of pig manure up to the handle to spread around the plants.In the hot sun, the dung smelt sickly attractive and revolting.He found that rightfully disgusting because no one veritablely likes to carry buckets of pigs dung. Also on P.55,However he overly goes with Tangs Family to visit the Golden Pagodas. he besides respects in other peoples belief and he does everything very maturely and is also very keen to gain more knowledge about the Chinese culture. In the novel,Nicolas life changes completely and it all begins with the Japanese Invading (on P.4)Hong Kong and him cut away with his servants. As he is been forced 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 needs to hide from the Japanese so he can duty tour alive, Must do. You amaze Chinese boy haircut now. If Japanese soldier theorize you English, he kill you. As time passes, Nicholas forgets his past life and his real parents. I dont really remember what it was like forwardWhat 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 dangerous situation.His surround is also is a very dangerous because the Japaneseare every where in HK. He risks a situation knowing that it is dangerous he still does it because the Japanese buzz off scattered everywhere.The situation is going and get the quinine for Tang because he is very sick of working.So Nichloas and Ah Mee set off to get the quinine. dat e they go to bribe the quinine the situation gets more dangerous as they come to face to face with the Japanese. When Ah Mee wanted to rest for a few moments and went towards a tea-shop where there were several chairs and tables and were arrayed under a facing pages tree. As they just sat down the possessor appeared and told them to Place your give. And the possessors ear hair which was curled fowards, looking as if a bizzare fungus had taken on had taken root on the other side of his head. Nicholas kept on looking at the owners ear and Ah Mee utter 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 dissimilarity life and death of Tang on P.40. While going to purchase the quinine on the way they see a man and two Nipponese sold iers.The Japanese soldiers were looking for the mans identity papers which Ah Mee and Nicholas did not have with them. The soldiers were having cruel fun with the man by pointing a drop dead buts around his throat and shoot him.While Nicholas lost his balance the Japanese saw him and if they shoot Ah Mee like the man was shot then he would have taken out.But instead one of the soldiers kissed Ah Mee on the lips on P.43. Ah Mee was in utter but silently and tears 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 tell 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 dan ger, while becoming 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 valuable and good his life is. Nicholas losing his parents makes him realizethat 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 follow his fathers footsteps because his father is in the army.