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By Ji-Li Jiang
Partly because Red Scarf Girl is written in a simple, direct, reportorial
style, it is marketed to ages 10 and up.
However, this is no juvenile book. It reflects
upon very serious, very adult themes.
It is a story of ordinary people’s
suffering
in a society gone mad. It deals
with guilt
by association, lust for power,
and how decent
people can lose their moral compass
when
fighting for survival. It also
shows how
even a child can show great courage
in the
face of injustice.
In 1966 Ji-Li Jiang was a happy
12-year-old
in China. Then the Cultural Revolution
threw
her life into chaos. Schools
focused solely
on political indoctrination.
Teachers took
orders from students. When her
father was
unjustly imprisoned, she endured
much just
to visit him. At the cost of
becoming a pariah
herself, she refused to denounce
him. This
book is a gripping page-turner. |
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