Ji-li Jiang

result in death? In the memoir Red Scarf Girl, Ji-li describes how everybody had dutifully followed Chairman Mao and took action in helping the Communist Party. On the other hand, others flouted the Party. During the events of the Cultural Revolution, Ji-li Jiang has self-conflicts about her true beliefs. Ji-li once believed in the kindness of the Communist Party and had confidence that the Cultural Revolution would benefit the fate of China. However, Ji-li’s beliefs soon change from following the footsteps

In the Red Scarf Girl book, teacher Zhang tells Ji-LI Jiang that “We cannot choose our families or our class status. But we can choose our futures… You are still an educable child.” He meant that just because Ji-Li grandpa was a one of the richest landlords in the city and to everyone by default Ji-Li and her family was considered “Four old.” Which means old customs, ideas, culture, and habits. The worst thing to be considered during those times of 1966 in China because it could lead to you and

Those being oppressed by their government must find a way to keep a sense of themselves and their beliefs despite others attempts to change them. In the Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai Huchu, Dumisani is a gay man in a country that heavily discriminates against homosexuality. Dumi is under constant threat of having his sexuality discovered and being punished by torture or imprisonment. Despite this fear, he is able to overcome the disdain his society holds in order to embrace who he truly is, “You

thinking about this and the two sides to it. Jiang doesn’t know what is right, and she is always thinking about that to herself. Another small technique I noticed was dialogue. In some books, there’s not a lot of dialogue but I really noticed it in Red Scarf Girl. This really helped to show the two sides to Jiang’s conflict. When she’s talking to say a Liberation supporter, the way they are talking shows how Jiang supports that side. On the other hand, when Jiang is

________________________________________________________________________ Main Characters Jiang Ji-Li Ji-Li is born on the Chinese New Year of 1954 or February 2, 1954. Her name means lucky and beautiful. She is very smart and used to be the "da-dui-zhang" (the Chinese equivalent of the head of the student council, the most powerful student in the elementry school). Despite her academic achievements, she is held back by her poor class status. Ji-Li very much wants to become a Red Successor. A Red Successor is a student

the Red Scarf Girl memoir narrative, Ji-li Jiang. At the beginning of the story, Ji-li once believed her life was near ‘perfect’ because of how unique her family was and how she was always ‘loved and respected” (Ji-li Jiang, PG 42). Now, in the end, Ji-Li acknowledged her struggles and had to come up with humiliation because of her family ties to being a ‘black family’. along with affecting her life tremendously. In this essay, I will be talking about how Ji-Li changes throughout the story with the

author of the Red Scarf Girl memoir narrative, Ji-li Jiang. At the beginning of the story, Ji-li once believed her life was near ‘perfect’ because how unique her family was was how she was always ‘loved and respected” (Ji-li Jiang, PG 42). Now, in the end, Ji-Li acknowledged her struggles and had to come up with humiliation because her family ties of being a ‘black family’ and affected her life tremendously. In this essay, I will be talking about how Ji-Li changes throughout the story, and how it will

southern America. The Cultural Revolution was a sociopolitical movement against the “four olds” from 1966 to 1976 sparked by Mao Zedong when millions of people faced a variety of abuses for their profession, education, wealth, and family past. Ji-Li Jiang, the main character of Red Scarf girl, grows up during this period and tells the stories of her family and other targets. Scout is raised in the 1930’s in Maycomb, Alabama where racism is rampant. The book details her experience watching her father

the Cultural Revolution. The memoir Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang shows life in 1960’s China through the perspective of 12-year-old Ji-li. The book follows the hardships Jiang faced and the growth of her character throughout the movement. During the events of Red Scarf Girl, Ji-li Jiang changes from a loyalist during the Cultural Revolution to a loyalist to her family. Ji-li was loyal to the Cultural Revolution. In the prologue of the memoir, Jiang writes, “I was happy because I was always loved and

and blood. In the memoir Red Scarf Girl, Jiang Ji-Li recalls her experiences growing up during Chairman Mao’s “Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution”, during a time where hundreds of thousands were unfairly persecuted and even tortured by their brainwashed friends and family. Although it is clear that my experiences and Jiang Ji-Li’s are very different, there are also some similarities. One of the similarities between my life (and family history) and Jiang Ji-Li’s is our nationality. Red Scarf Girl