Ji-li Jiang

“Don’t you wish something exciting happened, this town is so dull.” I shuck my head we had this conversation every day. She always found life to be boring, I on the other hand was quite satisfied with my routined life. “ You can’t tell me you haven’t even thought about it, something big to shake the whole town. I’d kill for a little excitement.” Too bad she never realized she’d have to be killed for the excitement to start. “ Under the State of Massachusetts, you are hereby found not…

As heard earlier, Eli slept with Sophie. Eli headed to Nanapush, a man he respects very much, for help and advice. Nanapush helped Eli make some important realizations and helped pave a path for him to take. Eli opened up about some strange things that have been going on with Fleur going to Matchimanito at night, but that is no news to us. There has been some news spreading of Fleur being pregnant, but we are not yet sure if this is gossip or true facts. For revenge for Sophie, Clarence and…

The tradition of honoring 25-, 50-, 65- and 75-year Kappas is captured in four pieces of ritual available for this occasion. The service for the presentation of the 25-year pin award is found on Page 21 of the Ritual Book for Alumnae Associations. The service for presenting 50-year award and the alternate service for presenting the 50-year award are found on Pages 23 and 24. The service for the presentation of the 65- and 75-year awards is found on Page 26. All of these services are also…

author of the memoir, Red Scarf Girl,Ji-li Jiang, writes, “Once my life had been defined by my goals...Now my life was defined by my responsibilities” (Jiang 263 ). Ji-li’s identity was influenced by the Cultural Revolution, which is a period of time where Chairman Mao wanted to boost agriculture and industry by teaching children new ways and getting rid of ancient ways, in many ways such as school teachings, her family history, and the pressure of changes. Ji-Li changed throughout the story by…

Red Scarf Girl The book Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang is about her early life in communist China. The cultural revolution is underway and Ji-Li’s life is starting to fall apart. Throughout the book, Ji-Li's perspective changes as she takes on more and more responsibilities for her family. Red Scarf Girl is voiced by the main character, Ji-Li Jiang, who is 12 years old and lives in Shanghai, China. She is an outstanding student, as well as her family is wealthy. She has everything students want.…

holds Ji-li Jiang back from numerous opportunities. In her memoir, the Red Scarf Girl, Ji-li shows that she is forced to miss being a liberation army dancer. If not for her class status, she would have probably been a Red Successor. In addition, she is replaced as exhibitioner for her group. Ji-li’s father warns her not to audition for being a Liberation Army Dancer. Even in the first chapter of her book, Ji-li begins to see how the Cultural Revolution directly affects her. Someone selects Ji-li…

Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang is a memoir about the author when she was in middle school in communist China. The book details her family’s brutal experience during the Cultural Revolution in 1966. Under Chairman Mao Ze-dong’s terrifying rule, the country of China fell into disarray and poverty and many people died. Chairman Mao brought up poor people and punished rich people. He made it so that no one had trust in one another. The following paragraphs will address characters’ desire to belong,…

girl. Ji-Li Jiang was a science teacher in China before she came to the United States. She came to the US in 1984 when she was 30 years old. In 1992, she co-founded the East West Exchange in which helps businesses exchange with China and other countries from the US. Ji-Li Jiang did this until 2003 when she decided that she would want to start her own nonprofit organization. This organization would continue and expand the cultural exchange that she strongly believed in. Currently, Ji-Li Jiang is…

In the historical memoir, Red Scarf Girl, author Ji-li Jiang illustrates the way in which different social classes are viewed throughout Chinese society during the Cultural Revolution, as well as the struggles many families endured during this socio-political movement. Issues surrounding class status is a prevalent issue throughout the novel as China’s leader, Chairman Mao Zedong, initiated a Cultural Revolution in 1966 in an attempt to rid the country of capitalist ideas and preserve…

Essay: Red Scarf Girl Out with the old and in the New! Red Scarf Girl is about a girl named Ji-Li Jiang and her experience during the Cultural Revolution. In 1966, she was twelve years old and in the sixth grade. That was the year the Cultural Revolution started. Chairman Mao led the revolution and went with the model of get rid of the “Four Olds”: old ideas, old culture, old customs, and old habits. Ji-Li Jiang illustrates how the Cultural Revolution caused wide spread fear leading to many torn…