Red Scarf Girl

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  1. Red Guard
    a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles
    This book describes her experiences with the Cultural Revolution, including being betrayed by her closest friends, helping to destroy the Four Olds, attempting to become a Red Guard and the constant terror of arrest.Thoguh,towards the end Jiang Ji-li realizes that her goals no longer define her but rather her responsibilities.
  2. Cultural Revolution
    a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos
    Red Scarf Girl is a memoir written by Ji-li Jiang about her experiences during the Cultural Revolution of China.
  3. rightist
    believing in or supporting tenets of the political right
    Her family is considered a "Black Family", because her grandfather was a landlord and her father was considered a "rightist", (though her father reassured her that he is not).
  4. Mao
    Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)
    Many people accuse Ji-li of her family's old ways, or "Four Olds" andthe "Five Black Categories." that Chairman Mao protests againsts.
  5. cultural
    relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society
    Red Scarf Girl is a memoir written by Ji-li Jiang about her experiences during the Cultural Revolution of China.
  6. memoir
    an account of the author's personal experiences
    Red Scarf Girl is a memoir written by Ji-li Jiang about her experiences during the Cultural Revolution of China.
  7. liberation
    the act of freeing someone or something
    However, her father prevents her from auditioning for the Central Liberation Army Arts Academy due to her poor class status, which she had no knowledge of at the time.
  8. landlord
    a property owner who leases property or housing to others
    Her family is considered a "Black Family", because her grandfather was a landlord and her father was considered a "rightist", (though her father reassured her that he is not).
  9. Red
    a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
    Red Scarf Girl is a memoir written by Ji-li Jiang about her experiences during the Cultural Revolution of China.
  10. protest
    a formal and solemn declaration of objection
    Many people accuse Ji-li of her family's old ways, or "Four Olds" andthe "Five Black Categories." that Chairman Mao protests againsts.
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