The feeling of presented that crown of hope that represents your dreams; only to have it taken away from you is a horrendous agonizing feeling. Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang, is a gripping tale that paints herself as the girl who’s future is shown brightly only to be abruptly forced away from her. Ji-li, a young girl whose perfect world is being tossed around wildly by the Culture Revolutions. She writes in her memoir the heartbreaks, changes and horrors that she witnessed and the emotional journey she embarked. Towards the end she is faced with a traumatic choice will she change her life and let go what has supported her from birth or cling on to hope and follow her family.
Ji-li memoir shows her taking a savage ride on the “feel” train. “Change …show more content…
Unfortunately, many people are unable to keep secrets and Thin face comes to inspect the entire house. ““The theater people are coming to search the house. The Dictatorship Group is watching the entrance to the alley.”(The Incriminating Letter 18). Without hesitating, Ji-li hides the letter, with her cat, and then their dilemma arises. Thin Face has gotten permission from The Municipal Party Committee to ransack the house. “The authorities have determined that Jiang Xi-ring is a landlord who has escaped detection and gone unpunished”(The Incriminating Letter 24). With this order, Thin-Face shows no mercy in searching the house. “What a ransacking! They had brought big lights and thick wires from the theater and strung them through the room and on the roof and balcony”…”Thin-Face and his crew were methodical and thorough. They emptied every trunk and every drawer, tore the beds and sofa apart, and even searched the dusty attic carefully.” (The Incriminating Letter 25-27)” When Thin-Face trashed their entire house but still was unable to find the letter, he demands softly that Ji-li spills her cup of beans. ““According to reliable sources, you hid a very important letter just before we
Ji-li memoir shows her taking a savage ride on the “feel” train. “Change …show more content…
Unfortunately, many people are unable to keep secrets and Thin face comes to inspect the entire house. ““The theater people are coming to search the house. The Dictatorship Group is watching the entrance to the alley.”(The Incriminating Letter 18). Without hesitating, Ji-li hides the letter, with her cat, and then their dilemma arises. Thin Face has gotten permission from The Municipal Party Committee to ransack the house. “The authorities have determined that Jiang Xi-ring is a landlord who has escaped detection and gone unpunished”(The Incriminating Letter 24). With this order, Thin-Face shows no mercy in searching the house. “What a ransacking! They had brought big lights and thick wires from the theater and strung them through the room and on the roof and balcony”…”Thin-Face and his crew were methodical and thorough. They emptied every trunk and every drawer, tore the beds and sofa apart, and even searched the dusty attic carefully.” (The Incriminating Letter 25-27)” When Thin-Face trashed their entire house but still was unable to find the letter, he demands softly that Ji-li spills her cup of beans. ““According to reliable sources, you hid a very important letter just before we