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Red Azalea: Life in Communist China - Research Paper

Red Azalea: Life in Communist China

Red Azalea

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the book "Red Azalea: Life and Love in China," by Anchee Min. Specifically, it will describe life in Communist China during the Cultural Revolution (late 1960s) for a young woman, and comment on the degree of independence-choice enjoyed by women in the book. The women living in China during the Cultural Revolution did not enjoy independence or choice - they lived in fear and under constant scrutiny of the Communist Party.

Red Azalea

Anchee Min's book "Red Azalea" is a touching story of a young girl growing up under Communist rule in China. She had a difficult life, and although women ...

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4). She has to act as an adult because her parents, and everyone's parents, were busy working for the Revolution, and they had no choice either, because they would have been sent away, or even killed if they did not support the Community Party and their Revolution.
It is very clear that Min and her family did not enjoy the freedom and independence we enjoy here in America. At one point in the book, she is forced to speak out against her favorite teacher, Autumn Leaves, by the Party, and she does it because she is so afraid of them.
I did not know why I was crying. I heard myself calling for my parents as I took the microphone. I said Mama, Papa, where are you? The crowd waved their angry fists at me and shouted, Down! Down! I was so scared, scared of losing Secretary Chain's trust, and scared of not being able to denounce Autumn Leaves. Finally I gathered all my strength and yelled hysterically at Autumn Leaves with tears in my throat: Yes, yes, yes, I do believe that ...

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Added: 3/7/2016 04:28:36 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 900
Pages: 4

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