Lu Xun’s “Preface” to A Call to Arms, Yu Dafu’s “Sinking,” and Ding Ling’s “Shanghai, Spring 1930” address the societal responsibilities and emotional burdens of the politically engaged intellectual. Discuss some of these burdens, and the conflicts or dilemmas that these individuals experience.

With regards to Lu Xun’s “Preface” to A Call to Arms, Yu Dafu’s “Sinking,” and Ding Ling’s “Shanghai, Spring 1930” address the societal responsibilities and emotional burdens of the politically engaged intellectual. Discuss some of these burdens, and the conflicts or dilemmas that these individuals experience.