The original version is usually part of an anthology since it’s so short (only 4 pages), so your uni might have it under the name “The Wind’s Twelve Quarters”. You can also read the short original version here.
I’ve seen the book version (abt 30 pages if i remember right), but it didn’t interest me enough to pick it up and browse through. I think part of what makes the story so impressive is that it has such an impact despite being so short. But of course opinions may differ.
I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities, a thousand unremembered moments, produced in me an anger, a rebelliousness, a desire to fight the system that imprisoned my people. There was no particular day on which I said, From henceforth I will devote myself to the liberation of my people; instead, I simply found myself doing so, and could not do otherwise
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
During one session, a contemporary of mine, Nyathi Khongisa, who was considered an extremely clever fellow, condemned Smuts as a racist. He said that we might consider ourselves “black Englishmen,” but the English had oppressed us at the same time they tried to “civilize” us. Whatever the mutual antagonism between Boer and British, he said, the two white groups would unite to confront the black threat.
If you are familiar with Naruto, particular with the pairing wars, you will be familiar with the scene where the main character’s mother, Kushina, advises her son to “find someone like me” when he looks for his future partner. Both the NaruHina and the NaruSaku camps have their reasons for why Kushina’s advice fits with their chosen heroine. But today, I would like to submit a third option. A candidate who, like Kushina:
was a red-haired, somewhat awkward shinobi
who was ostrischized by their village for something out of their control
and aspired to become a kage for the purpose of being accepted by their peers
A jinchuuriki
who was kidnapped by an enemy group
and saved by the first person who ever accepted them, a blond-haired, blue-eyed boy who became a legendary hokage
I think the evidence is clear. Kushina was a NaruGaa shipper 😀
Kylo Ren really is a great example for how sci fi/fantasy writers should tailor their worlds to fit the times, so it could resonate with the actual audience reading them. There would be no point in making a Hitler villain anymore, because we’re not afraid of Hitler, we’re afraid of the 25-year-old malcontented white boy who fondles Hitler memorabilia while sulking in his room.
Somebody pointed out to me that the First Order aren’t coded as Nazis, they’re coded as neo-Nazis, which is worse, because these are people who looked at horrific historical atrocities with the benefit of hindsight and went, ‘Yes, that’s exactly what we should do again, but this time more’
People complaining that Starkiller Base is a rip-off of the Death Star and that Kylo Ren is a whiny emo fanboy don’t realize that this is exactly the point
marlowfication 