Reading the stories in Ha Jins' Under The Red Flag, the reader will go through many troubled thoughts. Ha Jin uses a lot of satire in his stories to pint out human nature. The satire I will try to bring out is the greed in humans. There are many different types of greed from power, money, or even love. In Ha Jins' story "The Richest Man," Li is accused of mutiny. Through out the story …showed first 75 words of 608 total…

…showed last 75 words of 608 total…too good for us (pg 95)." From that quote we see that their love is so strong for the boy they rather want to stay his "friends" than becoming his godparents. Since they want what is best for him not what is best for them. This defiantly is a great example of a greedless act. <Tab/>From these stories it is clear how Ha Jin uses satire to bring out his characters.