Mao's Last Dancer Analysis

Mao’s Last Dancer Compare and Contrast Essay Mao’s last dancer’ published by Li Cunxin in 2003 demonstrates the journey of Li’s life from a young age. From him being destined to be a peasant boy working out in the fields to a world-famous professional dancer. He was chosen to represent Chairman Mao and his wife Madame Mao for the revolutionary arts. The following essay will explore the elements of poverty, freedom and security that Li enhances throughout his life in America and China. Poverty, one of the main problems shown throughout the novel has a lot of effect over the lives of the Chinese community. In Li’s community, the housing was not up to the worlds standard. They lived in abject poverty, where there was little availability for spacing in their houses to accommodate their whole family this is proven when Li expresses “My family’s crowded house had a small front courtyard. Inside were four rooms: two small bedrooms, a slightly larger bedroom and the kitchen/living room with no …show more content…
Li could possibly have a better life living in America in contrast to living in China, because in America he had more larger and secured houses to live in, more freedom: Freedom of speech, freedom of beliefs and freedom of ballet style and he was not in such poverty states and was wealthy enough to buy proper food instead of eating dried yams. Li does have a better life living in America in contrast to living in