21.   U.S. readers wondered about how average Chinese people were affected in their everyday lives by the historic political transformation that had occurred over the years behind the bamboo curtain.

22.   Ultimately, however, the reader is left wondering why he made the journey.

23.   He is a thoroughly likable character whose sense of humanity and conscience jumps from the pages and makes readers wonder how they would react in a similar situation.

24.   However, there is spontaneous humor which makes readers wonder about the craziness of his ideas.