Read the excerpt below and answer the question. When a son was born to Confucius, the king of Lu sent over a carp as present. Confucius named his son Carp. The wise say a carp leaping over the dragon gate is a very lucky sign. My father says he named me Cloud because I was born in the year of the dragon: there are always clouds following a dragon. Confucius’ son died an early death. My father has only three daughters. Knowing the carp is a symbol of luck, perseverance, and success in Chinese culture, what can be inferred from this excerpt from Wang’s “The Carp”?
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This excerpt is ironic.
Reasons why:
Though carp is a symbol of luck, perseverance, and success, Confucius' son died an untimely death. It was pretty lucky for the Chinese Confucius for having a carp leaping over his dragon gate, sent by the King himself.
But the belief has no truth or validity in it as Confucius' son gets to meet an early end. On the other hand, the narrator's father never had carp over his gate but he shared his carp with children. Although he never completed the ritual, he was blessed with three daughters.
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