Adversity And Resilience Of Ho

Part I of Essay
Men and women have been attracted to the opposite sex since the beginning of time, but throughout history, there have always been exceptions to that case. Homosexuals have always been subjected to battering and discrimination by society. It was not until recently that the ....

Part II of Essay
.... is not a disease, but just another way of life. In the novel Farewell My Concubine, the main character, Xiao Douzi, is faced with the adversity of being a homosexual in a time when homosexuality was absolutely unaccepted by society. Douzi was born with beautiful facial features and a perfect complexion; because of this, he was chosen to play a woman on stage. Douzi fails to separate his on-stage gimmick from his real life persona, and he falls in love with his partner and best friend, Xiao Shitou. When Shitou married a woman, Douzi ....