Cultural Revolution Dbq Analysis
During the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese government under Mao Zedong used propaganda to help create an image of their new beliefs and aims, but the Chinese population had different stories about the revolution. The experiences of the Chinese citizens were often harsh, compared to the statements released by the government.
In this first paragraph, the government claims that the Cultural Revolution had a more positive setting when in reality, citizens were receiving harsh treatment.The first piece of evidence shows a more positive outlook on the revolution. ““The current great revolution is a great revolution... and touches their(citizens)souls.”(Document 2) In this quote, the setting is more positive and it seems that the citizens are happy …show more content…
“...the masses of workers, peasants, and soldiers are...creatively studying and applying Mao Tse Tung's thought...”(Source 2)This quote uses the word creatively to create a more positive outlook on the revolution, while in reality, people are experiencing harsh and crueler treatment. For example, in this quote, “...beatings were a collective activity...no sense of guilt...rather an excited, giddy atmosphere”(Document 8)This shows that the way the citizens are “creatively” applying Mao’s thoughts is through the beatings. In the present time, people would consider cruel and harsh, but in China during the Cultural Revolution thought beating was ok, and it was more positive. These positive feelings come from the first piece of evidence in the beginning of the paragraph. The citizens are trying to instill Mao’s thoughts to people who were still part of the old customs. Using the word creatively makes the citizens think, “Ok, all the citizens can do anything special, like beating and writing dazibao to denounce them and make them realize their mistakes.” In the end, the messages conveyed by the government were more positive because most of the propaganda was used to convince the citizens that everything they are doing to apply Mao’s beliefs is ok. This made some of the citizens’ experience harsher due to the beatings(if you were being a “disobedient”
In this first paragraph, the government claims that the Cultural Revolution had a more positive setting when in reality, citizens were receiving harsh treatment.The first piece of evidence shows a more positive outlook on the revolution. ““The current great revolution is a great revolution... and touches their(citizens)souls.”(Document 2) In this quote, the setting is more positive and it seems that the citizens are happy …show more content…
“...the masses of workers, peasants, and soldiers are...creatively studying and applying Mao Tse Tung's thought...”(Source 2)This quote uses the word creatively to create a more positive outlook on the revolution, while in reality, people are experiencing harsh and crueler treatment. For example, in this quote, “...beatings were a collective activity...no sense of guilt...rather an excited, giddy atmosphere”(Document 8)This shows that the way the citizens are “creatively” applying Mao’s thoughts is through the beatings. In the present time, people would consider cruel and harsh, but in China during the Cultural Revolution thought beating was ok, and it was more positive. These positive feelings come from the first piece of evidence in the beginning of the paragraph. The citizens are trying to instill Mao’s thoughts to people who were still part of the old customs. Using the word creatively makes the citizens think, “Ok, all the citizens can do anything special, like beating and writing dazibao to denounce them and make them realize their mistakes.” In the end, the messages conveyed by the government were more positive because most of the propaganda was used to convince the citizens that everything they are doing to apply Mao’s beliefs is ok. This made some of the citizens’ experience harsher due to the beatings(if you were being a “disobedient”