River Town Pages 100-150

One of the sections that I chose for my 5-10 pages assignment was pages 125-131. The chapter was called The Wu River. The reason I chose this section was mainly because I was interested and a little enthralled on how Hessler described what was going on during this time with the fisherman. He describes and compares the river to others as well as the fisherman not being able to catch any fish. What really had me thinking though was when Hessler talked more about the rivers. He stated that all rivers have a destinct personality and intangible traits that go beyond width, length and swiftness. I learned that it shows how things like the rivers differ from one another, almost like a culture (which he also describes in the reading as well.) In the end, it was a very interesting section to read and write about.