Red Scarf Girl and Communism in China
Queenie Zou
Catherine
10012014
Assignment#2Draft3
In the book “Red Scarf Girl” by Ji Li Jiang is about Ji Li, a smart girl who 12 years old had deeply believe in Mao, Chairman of China. However, her behavior was getting change during the Cultural Revolution. At the beginning of the book, Ji li thought that China was a great state with communism and everyone was nice to people. However, things became different. People thought Ji Li’s family was black background because her grandfather was landlord which landlords were considered bad at the time.The Red Guards searched through people who had old tradition thing, and then taken and destroyed. Also, Ji-Li's family was worried about the Red Guards came to search the house because Ji li's grandmother was landlord's wife. In addition, the Cultural Revolution in China is Mao head a group of people that took place and changed people’s old traditions from 1966 until 1976. The Cultural Revolution changed China, but also changed Chinese which Mao implemented communism by eliminating capitalist or old traditions from Chinese society. There several changed in Ji li’ feelings toward the Communist Party.
The first change in Ji Li’s feeling is she was proud of her family before that after the Cultural Revolution her background made her shame. Ji Li’s family had education which her grandmother, girls were few went to school and her father had high degree. After the Culture Revolution, “four new” which were new customs, new culture, new habits, new ideas made people’s thought changed which Ji Li’s political background. Her grandfather was landlord, and landlord considered bad at that time like exploited farmers or people. For example, Landlords were the worst of five black categories in Chinese which bullied people such as whipped the farmers if they could not pay the rent or made their kids been landlord’s maids. She was shock and disgraced when she knew.
The second change in Ji li’s feeling is she thought the communist
Catherine
10012014
Assignment#2Draft3
In the book “Red Scarf Girl” by Ji Li Jiang is about Ji Li, a smart girl who 12 years old had deeply believe in Mao, Chairman of China. However, her behavior was getting change during the Cultural Revolution. At the beginning of the book, Ji li thought that China was a great state with communism and everyone was nice to people. However, things became different. People thought Ji Li’s family was black background because her grandfather was landlord which landlords were considered bad at the time.The Red Guards searched through people who had old tradition thing, and then taken and destroyed. Also, Ji-Li's family was worried about the Red Guards came to search the house because Ji li's grandmother was landlord's wife. In addition, the Cultural Revolution in China is Mao head a group of people that took place and changed people’s old traditions from 1966 until 1976. The Cultural Revolution changed China, but also changed Chinese which Mao implemented communism by eliminating capitalist or old traditions from Chinese society. There several changed in Ji li’ feelings toward the Communist Party.
The first change in Ji Li’s feeling is she was proud of her family before that after the Cultural Revolution her background made her shame. Ji Li’s family had education which her grandmother, girls were few went to school and her father had high degree. After the Culture Revolution, “four new” which were new customs, new culture, new habits, new ideas made people’s thought changed which Ji Li’s political background. Her grandfather was landlord, and landlord considered bad at that time like exploited farmers or people. For example, Landlords were the worst of five black categories in Chinese which bullied people such as whipped the farmers if they could not pay the rent or made their kids been landlord’s maids. She was shock and disgraced when she knew.
The second change in Ji li’s feeling is she thought the communist