![]() ![]() The fight as well isn’t just against foreigners, but also against “secondary devils” - Chinese citizens who have converted to Christianity. I love how Yang keeps the story complex - it would be all too easy to simply cheer on the Boxers in their fight, but Yang shows how their anger drives the Boxers towards violence, sometimes beyond reason. Despite their lack of resources, the power of the gods is on their side, and they are successful in their fight. Channeling the power of ancient Chinese gods, he raises an army of Boxers, kung fu-trained peasants, and they wage a rebellion against the foreigners. In Boxers, Little Bao has had enough of the way foreign missionaries and soldiers have been robbing and bullying Chinese peasants. I was completely blown away by Gene Luen Yang’s Boxers and Saints, a two volume graphic novel series that depicts the 1898 Boxer Rebellion in China from the perspective of both sides. ![]()
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