Mao Zedong Essay

In the post-Maoist era, China has seen a transformation to various parts of its society, some argue these changes were done in order to Westernize the nation while others argue these changes will allow China to keep its overall structure intact. Throughout this unit we discussed social changes in contemporary Chinese society, especially in aspects of education, ethnicity, and gender were the focal points of transformation. Throughout this piece, these transformations and whether I believe if…

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…

Irony Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular plays ever written. This writing displays irony because Juliet goes to the extent of faking her death to be with Romeo. However, the play ends with both of the star-crossed lovers committing suicide. Irony is often used in stories and our everyday lives. Irony is when one thing is expected to happen, but the opposite occurs. Three types of irony are situational, verbal, and dramatic. Each of the types of irony have the same general meaning…

Little Chinese Seamstress, written by Dai Sijie, is an instrument which remarks upon the re-education and revolution of China during the early 1960s. Dai’s commentary of the revolution is finite and expressed through circumstances of particular characters predominantly the narrator's. This commentary is intriguingly delicate in its attack towards communism which minimizes opinions in the novel. An exemplification of this is when Narrator is performing a tooth decay extraction on the headman. A…

As the representative work of the 1985 Fine Arts New Wave, Xu Bing’s, Book from the Sky, aka. An Analyzed Reflection of the World: The Final Volume of the Century, made between 1987 and 1991, incorporates long scrolls and four volumes of books with 604 pages, filled with about 4000 entirely meaningless glyphs. Xu Bing designs them to make no sense, whereas in the form of Song and Ming style, representing the orthodoxy of Chinese culture. Since firstly publicly exhibited in 1988, the installation…

In that period, we called student activism as ‘Red Guards’. In 1966 to 1967, Mao had initiated the Cultural Revolution and organized a mass social movement of young people. Most of the members of the Red Guards were students. They mainly helped Mao to found out those bourgeois and treated them hard. Actually the whole nature of the Red Guards was just a role of puppet. The main difference between the activism nature…

Introduction Patterns in Classical China • China born from isolation Isolation caused China create its own identity Invasions from neighboring regions happened rarely With the decline of the Shang dynasty there was relatively little chaos • Intellectual theory and heritage Harmony of nature Ying and Yang, everything is balanced by an opposite Dao used to appreciate, but avoid excess appreciation of opposites • Patterns in Government Dynasties or family of…

suspicion (“Cultural Revolution”). Despite the revolutionary significance of this time period, the state of the Chinese education system during the early years of the Cultural Revolution was, to some extent, detrimental to the ideal China that Chairman Mao had envisioned. Not only did thousands of children lack proper education and opportunities as a result of this movement, but the aftermath of substandard education has left its enduring mark on China to this day. Despite these stigmas and the…

Joseph Willis 3/6/16 HUM-111 Professor Stayer The first emperor of China was Shihuangdi, whose name means just that First Emperor. He became emperor in 221 BC, and promoted himself as the emperor. Shihuangdi was a cruel leader who did not like when people did not follow what he wanted. He easily killed those who did not agree with things that he wanted or agree with his ideas. He did not approve of the people talking about anything from the past and got rid of all things that even…

the revolutionary communist leader Mao Tse-Tung’s thought process. Mao Tse-Tung led China between 1945-1976. During his time in power, he implemented many changes, both economically and socially. Mao Tse-Tung is a controversial figure in China's past; hated by some, celebrated by many. Overall, Mao Tse-Tung was not beneficial to China because of the famines he caused, his destruction of chinese culture and the purges he carried out against his own people. Mao Tse-Tung was born into a poor…