How Mark Salzman's China Travelogue Iron and Silk Explores the Concept of Losing Face

This reflection on and analysis of Marc Salzman's autobiographical Iron and Silk takes a look at cultural expressions of saving face (or avoiding loss of face). The student observes that Salzman, as a foreigner in China, occupies a unique outsider position that raises the stakes of outward propriety. The student also reflects on their own experiences with losing face.

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"You make great use of well-chosen examples from the text to illustrate your claims; this also creates ethos, showing the reader your engagement with Salzman's book. The straightforward structure and organization help guide the reader, and your language is clear and allows the reader to focus on the discussion. With the mechanics in good shape, I encourage you to incorporate a bit more sentence variety into the style of the writing, which creates dynamism and flow.

I'd like to quickly comment on the introduction as a vehicle for stating the essay's purpose: is the last sentence of the introduction too late to alert the reader that this is a textual analysis (and not, say, just a personal essay)? Try out some alternative internal organizations for the first paragraph; for example, what if the second sentence started out with a clear statement of the text's title: "As I read Mark Salzman's book, Iron and Silk, I remembered, as a kid..." Another approach may be to use those "I" sentences in the conclusion, grouping the personal reflection toward the end."

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