Comparing Red Scarf Girl And China's Cultural Revolution
In the articles, Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li Jiang and “China’s Cultural Revolution” by Joseph Vitale, they explained The Cultural Revolution in differing ways by using different points of view. For example, “China’s Cultural Revolution” was in third person because the words I, we, and you were never addressed in the article. Some similarities and differences presented in the articles are the different points of view, and the attitudes. First of all, in the article, “China’s Cultural Revolution” by Joseph Vitale, it presented The Cultural Revolution by using third person. The passage thoroughly explained how the upper class and middle class disrespected the peasants. In addition, the article explained how the peasants worked on the land to farm
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The narrator telling the story described how her parents had her go outside while they talked about grown up things. When she walked into the house, smoke was everywhere, and she urgently asked her grandma if there was a fire. Then the grandma assured her that there was nothing to worry about, and her parents were just burning pictures wearing mandarin jackets and old-fashioned long gowns considered as fourolds. The Red Scarf Girl immediately became curious, and started to look at the pictures that were being burned. Her parents burned all of the pictures that the Red Guards could possibly think only rich kids could afford things such as riding a camel. This story’s attitude is very different from “China’s Cultural Revolution” because in the Red Scarf Girl, the narrator was only talking about how they were buring pictures, and in “China’s Cultural Revolution” it talked about how things were before and after The Cultural Revolution. ‘“Your mother heard today that photos of people in old-fashioned long gowns and mandarin jackets are considered fourolds. So your parents are burning them in the bathroom”’ (Jiang). This quote from the text is presenting how her parents are buring pictures that are no longer allowed to be kept due to The Cultural
The narrator telling the story described how her parents had her go outside while they talked about grown up things. When she walked into the house, smoke was everywhere, and she urgently asked her grandma if there was a fire. Then the grandma assured her that there was nothing to worry about, and her parents were just burning pictures wearing mandarin jackets and old-fashioned long gowns considered as fourolds. The Red Scarf Girl immediately became curious, and started to look at the pictures that were being burned. Her parents burned all of the pictures that the Red Guards could possibly think only rich kids could afford things such as riding a camel. This story’s attitude is very different from “China’s Cultural Revolution” because in the Red Scarf Girl, the narrator was only talking about how they were buring pictures, and in “China’s Cultural Revolution” it talked about how things were before and after The Cultural Revolution. ‘“Your mother heard today that photos of people in old-fashioned long gowns and mandarin jackets are considered fourolds. So your parents are burning them in the bathroom”’ (Jiang). This quote from the text is presenting how her parents are buring pictures that are no longer allowed to be kept due to The Cultural