Red Scarf Girl Sparknotes

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Throughout the Cultural Revolution, Ji Li Jiang, a young girl, was forced to choose whether to live with her family and face them getting mistreated and sent to jail, or to break away from her family with the goal to preserve her political future. Ji Li ultimately chose to move in with her family, choosing the more dangerous option.In the nonfiction novel, Red Scarf Girl, written by Ji Li Jiang. The main character, Ji Li Jiang, is forced to not take part in an audition because if she passes, the Red Guards have to do a political background check, which Ji Li’s family will not pass. This leaves Ji Li devastated and her view of the Communist Party changes over time. Ji Li’s opinion about the Communist Party changes over the course of her story by looking up to the Liberation Army dancers and Chairman Mao at the beginning because she felt like she could become a part of the Liberation Army, changing to not really supporting the party as they felt that they were treating her unfairly as her class status was holding her back, Ji Li finally realized that the communist party was bad as they were brainwashing everyone, manipulating them to confess to stuff that no one did and falsely blame others. …show more content…

A Liberation Army soldier! One of the heroes admired by all, who helped Chairman Mao liberate China from oppression and defeated the Americans in Korea. And a performer. to tell everyone about the new China that Chairman Mao had built and how it was becoming stronger and stronger.” (Jiang 6,7) This evidence demonstrates how much JI-li respects and looks up to the Communist Party and its leader, Chairman Mao, who she thinks is a hero for freeing China from oppression as well as offering the nation fresh hope for

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