Balzac Test: The Ending

Although the ending surprised me, it made sense. The two friends spent their free time trying to read and acquire books and their imagination grew in the process. The author became a better storyteller, instead of just being envious of Luo. Also, the author's extremely detailed dreams of the Little Seamstress' death articulate his growing imagination. However, what made the ending so relevant is that in the duration of their re-education, the two friends actually made the Little Seamstress more open-minded of the rest of the world. After Luo and the author describe the books by Balzac, she is directly affected, re-educated, and compelled to leave the mountain girl life behind to explore what she has been missing. She strives to become a city girl and the Seamstress will not let her two friends, or her father, stop her. The one lesson that she learned from Balzac is "that a woman's beauty is a treasure beyond price." That is a lesson she will have to experience on her own as she grows up.