China's Worst Times
By: Cole Macau
Jiang Ji Li
Jiang Ji Li is apart of the black category. Her family member, grandfather was a filthy, wicked landlord who exploited people. This was the worst of the five black categories. Her father, also was a rightist who opposed the communist ways. This was also really bad and apart of the black categories. In effect to these circumstances, they have a housekeeper who has to suffer in her house. In conclusion, Jiang Ji Li does not support the communist ways because of her family background and is posing a threat to our society.
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I am lucky and beautiful I wonder how it's like to be in a non black family I hear a bell ringing I see Chairman Mao calling my name I want to be free again I am lucky and beautiful I pretend to be a red guard I feel free now! I touch Mao's golden hand I worry about the future I cry when I think of my grandmother I am lucky and beautiful I understand why most students hate me I say it wasn't my fault I dream I was normal I try to be like the rest I hope I will be accepted I am lucky and beautiful
! s o a h C n i s i a Chin The cultural revolution was just a humiliation to Chinese past. The Chinese Cultural revolution began in 1966 and ended in 1976. During this revolution, the communist party took control of China and made it a disaster. Also, if they found out you were not a follower of Chairman Mao, the mastermind of all this chaos, you were beaten and publicly humiliated. The whole point of the revolution was to get rid of all the four olds, which were old ideas, old culture, old habits, and old customs. One thing that Chairman Mao should not have let happen in the revolution was give Red guards so much power. In the Cultural Revolution, Chairman mao should not have given so much power to the Red Guards. The red guards would just enter people houses and take whatever they wanted. Sometimes, the greedy Red Guards would say specific items were four old just so they could take them. This could have stopped if Chairman Mao would have had the local government look at all the items that the guards took to make sure that they are truely four olds. Then, if they were not four old the guards were fired and the material is returned to the owner. Furthermore, if the victims were actually caught with four olds, then I personally do not think that they should be beaten to death or publicly humiliated, I just think that they should be sent to jail, or fined. To conclude, Red Guards having too much power was something Chairman Mao should have not let happen. As a result of his mishandlings, the guards torture people unjustly. I think that the Chinese Cultural Revolution was a complete disaster and should have been controlled more peacefully.
y r a i D g n e R i X May 9, 1966 This is a has been a very scary year so far. I am not entirely sure if I should inform my children about our family status. Ji-Li has been coming home talking and praising chairman Mao. I will be taking a walk with my children, and I will explain our status and history because lately Ji-Li has been questioning me about status. I am very worried the red guards will come and my children will be humiliated at school. Also I am convinced, JI-Li, my oldest one will be influenced so much that she will become an educable child. January 11, 1967 The comrades at the theder keep holding me in late, to criticize me about things I have not even done! I do not understand, I think it is because of damned father being a landlord. They hold struggle meetings for me at least three times a week. One of these days, I know I will be taken in and my family will look down on me. I am so ashamed. July 4, 1968, I finally was captured and I was humiliated in front of my family when I cried. I went to get clothes from my house and I cried. I couldn't imagine how my family thinks of me now. I have been working all day in labor until I confess. But the thing is, there is nothing to confess for because I was falsely accused! They have been now holding daily struggle meetings for me and I have been informed that my house has been ransacked. This Cultural Revolution has not turned out to be successful, it has just brainwashed all my former friends into maniacts.
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I was born February 15, 2002, and I am currently 12 years young. When I learned about the horrible, but life changing Chinese Cultural Revolution, my mind changed a lot on previous opinions. I also read a book about the revolution, called Red Scarf Girl, that influenced me. The idea that changed the most on my opinion is that most of the time people will go along with the crowd. Before learning about the cultural revolution and this book I thought that it was never ok to exclude someone from a public membership group, but after reading the book my mind changed a vit and now i think that it is. I think this now because in the cultural revolution they had neighborhood dictation groups, and only the good class status people were welcome. Once again, I think that the cultural revolution was someone bad that happened, but also has a lot of things that you could learn from.