James Jacob S.

Tabula
STEM 11-B
21st Century Literature: Module 5
Trouble in Beijing Concept Map

The Trouble in Beijing

Communists/Revolution Simone’s
in China Family

China, particularly its capital One of the victims of Due to the political tensions in
Beijing, during the 1900’s was the wrongdoings of the Beijing at the time, Simone’s
filled with a lot of youth communists were brother Roger, couldn’t get
communists that caused many simone’s family proper treatment and died
revolutions and protests

Simone’s
The communists Simone’s Father Mother
tortured people who
won’t comply to
their rules

Her father got tortured by the

Larry
He is the lover and fiance
of Simone, he also had a
mysterious past just like
Simone’s father, it was
cited that Larry was a
former communist and
he also received tortures
from the activists
Simone
She is the main protagonist of
this short story, she grieves
the death of her brother,
Roger. The death of his
brother made the relationship
between her father a bit sour.
communists for not giving his
so called “foreign treasure”
Simone’s father hated beijing
that he accumulated while he
because of the youth activists
was in the Philippines.
and instead wanted to go to
Taiwan and Hongkong where
it’s much more liberated.
Over the years, her father being
old, switched to Christianity and
wished for everyone in Beijing
to also convert, that way their
race will be saved according to
him.

Larry is hoping to marry Simone without having
any problems, but a time came when he and
simone’s father had an argument which caused
him to get on the bit bad side of her father,
starting from there interactions between Larry
and the simone’s family became more distant in
a way
Despite the sour relationship, she Simone’s mother wasn’t supposed to have
strived to regain her father’s children based on a fortune-teller, but was
approval of her love life and in able to bear child, with Roger’s death only
the end managed to fix her her mother grieved so much together with
relationship with both her father Simone. Simone’s mother served as the
and mother. peacekeeper whenever arguments
happened in the house.