Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution

"Interesting personal memoir of China’s Cultural Revolution" according to JustPlainBill. China’s Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s was hugely disruptive, and is now universally recognized as a giant step backwards for China. This is an intimate personal memoir about the life and impressions of a young teenage girl who lived through that time. This is not just a general history of events. The author shares her feelings, fears, and concerns and those of her extended family. The story is well and simply told from a personal perspective and is an easy narrative to follow, but it end. "An Excellent Memoir" according to Gary. This is NOT a book about the "big picture" of what happened in Communist China during the Cultural Revolution. Rather, it is a memoir of the lives of a young girl and her family and her friends' families. For the Chinese people, society's rules about what is good and bad were reversed, first when the Communists conquered China in 19An Excellent Memoir Gary This is NOT a book about the "big picture" of what happened in Communist China during the Cultural Revolution. Rather, it is a memoir of the lives of a young girl and her family and her friends' families. For the Chinese people, society's rules about what is good and bad were reversed, first when the Communists conquered China in 1949, and then the reversal was emphasized seventeen years later, when the Cultural Revolution began. The result was that families who, before Communism, had worked hard and . 9, and then the reversal was emphasized seventeen years later, when the Cultural Revolution began. The result was that families who, before Communism, had worked hard and . A Little Girl Enduring Social Revolution in China "Red Scarf Girl" by Ji-li Jiang A Little Girl Enduring Social Revolution in China patrick e bates "Red Scarf Girl" by Ji-li Jiang 4-starsI'll be honest I wanted to give this a five-star rating, but the writing itself was just not up to that caliber. It was, however, an interesting and informative story of Chinese families enduring the harsh conditions of the Mao Revolution in China. It's also a very interesting and informative human history of how easily people can be 'brainwashed' into believing half-truths and lies.This story reminds me a little of another similar story, "The Plum Tree" set in . -starsI'll be honest I wanted to give this a five-star rating, but the writing itself was just not up to that caliber. It was, however, an interesting and informative story of Chinese families enduring the harsh conditions of the Mao Revolution in China. It's also a very interesting and informative human history of how easily people can be 'brainwashed' into believing half-truths and lies.This story reminds me a little of another similar story, "The Plum Tree" set in

Their home is searched, and they live in constant fear. Told with simple grace, this is the true story of a family's courage in one of the most terrifying eras of modern history. Nonetheless, Ji-li remains loyal to her beloved Chairman Mao and endeavors to "reform her ideology". Because Ji-li's grandfather was a landlord, her family is harassed and humiliated. Then Mao Zedong launches China's infamous Cultural Revolution. Twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has brains, friends, and a bright future. Soon school is suspended and students are getting caught up in the fervor of Mao's extreme politics. But with her father's detention, Ji-li is faced with the most difficult choice of her life. When Ji-li's family is accused of capitalist crimes, all of her beautiful dreams burst like soap bubbles. Christina Moore's moving narration makes the Jiang family's saga unforgettable.