In the movie “To Live” Mao was not successful at modernizing China in the Great Leap Forward because China’s economy was getting worse and people were falling into poverty. The Great Leap Forward was an effort made by China to transform their country into an industrialized, thriving country. This was led by Mao Zedong and was targeted to be done in a five year time period. The Great Leap Forward left citizens of China in a lot of pain. When the scene of You Qing transitions, it shows people sleeping in the streets of China (1:07:12.) Seeing the people sleeping in the streets proves that the citizens are in poverty because they have no place to stay. Not only that, but they are tired from working long hours with low pay. This displays the fact
