A blind attempt at the 2019 Jiangsu Province Gaokao essay. Submitted.
Prompt:
Choose an angle based on the following material, come up with your own title, and write an essay of at least 800 Chinese characters. You may choose any genre except poetry.
Everything has its own nature. Water is bland, while salt gives flavor. Water mixed with water is still water; salt mixed with salt is still salt. Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty: the five flavors blend together, coexist, and give rise to endless variety.
This is true of things, of events, and of people.
This year, I'm writing an original piece. About dreams.
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