Cultural Revolution

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. However, her life begins to crash when Chairman Mao launched the Cultural Revolution. The…

Revolutionary pedagogy: “Highest Directives” in textbook The textbooks in the era of Cultural Revolution provide a unique perspective to the establishment of Mao’s cult. Although generally regarded a presentation of academic background and kept at a distant from political turmoil, textbooks didn’t escape from the politicization during the Cultural Revolution; rather it bore witness to the Maoists’ attempt of upraising Mao Thought to an omnipresent, universal and unchallengeable place. Similar…

people, all who supported his ideas to make China more modern and civilized, but the results that happened due to Mao’s ideas ended up being more disastrous than helpful. The Great Leap Forward was the start of the decline of China, then the Cultural Revolution began which concluded with the Beijing Massacre. If Mao Zedong had just left China alone, China would have started to modernize by its self and would not have been rushed and forced to change as rapidly as it was. The Great Leap Forward…

Intro to the Ancient Chinese The film presented a general view of the Chinese history, blending technological innovations, philosophical ideas, and historical evidences for a broad introduction of ancient China. From the evolution of Chinese characters to the invention of gunpowder, this film tried to cover the main events in Chinese history. However, the compactness of the film means it had to sacrifice much specific details in favor of presenting the general history trend. Although many…

Consequently, the peasant were hopeless in living a higher quality life until the Communist beliefs appealed to them. Mao introduced the idea of an equal share of land among all Chinese people, equal pay, and equal opportunities, making it a “peasant’s revolution”. The Communist party gained wide support among the peasantry, meaning the majority of the population. Zhang Yimou demonstrated this by showing Fugui’s wife, Jiazhen earning a living by delivering water door to door when Fugui was…

back to Mao. Later, the book would focus on Mao. In the middle of the book, Mao Zedong is focused on. There are many things that he did when he was leader of China. The Cultural Revolution was a big thing during Mao’s time. There were several Chinese citizens who told the author what they thought about the Cultural Revolution. Some…

Mao Zedong was a leader in China who decided to change the country. “China’s Cultural Revolution”, by Mike Kubic informs the reader about Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. The text shows Lao’s thoughts and ideas through a book that he wrote and how he had used China’s Impressionable youth to make change. Mao had attempted to change society and he did this in many different ways. This also caused things to happen in effect. Mao Zedong had shifted China from an…

Everyone, from the head of political movements to the rich and working class to the bottom of the social pyramid has been affected by history and the current events of their lives. No one can evade the historical circumstances of their lives. Ordinary people recall what it was like living during the event and how it affected their lives. Influential figures like Mao, know the inside workings of the event, how it started and the actual purpose. Understanding China’s twentieth century history…

photographing him. Mao swam across the river to prove to his people, in a form of propaganda that at age 72, he was still young, strong, and capable to lead China. He organized a mass movement called the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution or the GPCR. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution had three aspects, they were to purify the arts, to create a new revolutionary group in china, and to destroy all that the previous leaders had built. The new revolutionary group in China were the Red…

contains an examination of power and its limitations, especially as it relates to attempts to control others. Power is a multifaceted thing, and people have power over others in some ways while lacking it others. The novel takes place during the Cultural Revolution, and the Chinese government attempts to use its power to shape people and society as it sees fit. Luo and the narrator are expected to submit to the process of re-education and the village headman who leads it. However, they are also…