A Son of the Celestial

A Son of the Celestial

A Son of the Celestial is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published on 15 January 1893 in The Hesperian [Willa Cather's Collected Short Fiction, University of Nebraska Press; Rev Ed edition, 1 Nov 1970, page 540] .

Plot summary

In San Francisco, Yung and Porter share their penchant for both Sanskrit and opium. When Yung fails to understand "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, Porter blames the Chinese man for being heathen. As requested, after Yung's death, Porter sends him back to China.

Characters

*Yung Le Ho, a white-haired Chinese man who lives in San Francisco. Although he was born in Nanking, he moved to India and finally to the United States. He understands Sanskrit and makes opium. He runs a bazaar for a living.
*Ponter, a Professor of Sanskrit. He now works in a boarding-house and as an amanuensis for a lawyer. He likes to smoke opium.

Allusions to other works

*Painting is mentioned through Michelangelo
*Religious texts are mentioned through The Bible, Buddha, Confucius, and Vishnu.
*Plato is also mentioned.
*There is a quotation taken from Horace's "Odes".

Allusions to actual history

*The Chinese Treaty of 1880 is mentioned.

References

External links

* [http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/cather/writings/shortfiction/celestial.html Full text]


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