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Story Summary The Red Scarf Girl is an Autobiography written by Ji-li Jiang herself. Throughout the book she displays her life before, during and after China’s cultural revolution. The story begins with Ji-li talking about her family, and her status in school. She’s a motivated, hardworking person who hopes for a bright future. She also mentions the fact that she gets perfect scores on many of her tests, and her dream to go to Shi-Yi, one of the most accredited schools around. Later on in the…

Memoir 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…

The book, “Red Scarf Girl” takes place in Shanghai, China. The time period in which the story takes place in is the cultural revolution. The book takes place between 1966 and early 1980’s. This book was published in 1997, the year that Hong Kong gains independence. China also resumed the control of Hong Kong. However, the book was most likely written in 1990’s. The time period that the book takes place in was during the cultural revolution. The cultural revolution that took place in China from…

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,…

The Impact of a Family In The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, Mohja Kahf characterizes Khadra as a woman who is closely knitted to her roots. Khadra looks back at her childhood and early adulthood, as she negotiates questions of religion, identity, racism, and belonging. From the start, Khadra constantly struggled between believing the morals of Muslims and obtaining an American identity. Whether it was at school or at home, she encounters people who challenge her conceptions of both. Through this…

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…

a winter scarf Do you think of ways to wear a winter scarf in style? You do not just drape around your neck. Scarf is an accessory for playing just like a combination of earrings and necklace. They can upgrade your appearance to go from sneakers to your heels with jeans. Try out different styles for your winter scarves. This versatile accessory has infinite variations. Several ways to wear a winter scarf Long winter scarf You might be overwhelmed and wondering how to wear a winter scarf that…

Chairman Mao’s Scheme to Success In Ji-Li Jiang’s Red Scarf Girl, Chairman Mao is the egregious dictator responsible for the destruction during the Cultural Revolution, achieved due to his manipulative nature. For example, near Ji-Li’s house stands a propaganda wall filled with quotes and pictures of Mao, one of which Ji-Li describes as, “… a beautiful copy of the popular painting Mao Ze-Dong on His Way to Anyuan… I could not look at the painting without feeling inspired. I was ready to follow…

Both the SCARF theory as well as the Non-Violent Communication (NVC) model offer useful ways in which to enhance communication. At their core, they both speak to influences that each of us has within us, making them practical in daily application. For example, the SCARF model, published in 2008 by David Rock, deduces that people think and act in ways that affect a human’s innate programming which calls us to minimize threats and maximize rewards. The model asserts that the fundamental human…

in a state of ambiguity without attempting to change their situation. The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu, Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang, and Dawn by Elie Wiesel are all examples of novels in which characters are able to exist in states of uncertainty. The Hairdresser of Harare follows Dumisani, a gay man in a country that heavily discriminates against homosexuality. Red Scarf Girl is about the Chinese Cultural Revolution, told through the eyes of a young girl named Ji-Li Jiang who faces…