Antonio Fernandes
Red Scarf Girl
Connection Captain
Red scarf Girl
My first connection with the book called Red Scarf Girl, is the
story of a Chinese dancer, described in the auto-biographical book, called ~Mao`s
last Dancer ,by Li Cunxin. This story is a true-life story about a young
village boy , whose dream is to become a professional dancer in China. Just like in the book Red Scarf Girl, this boy
was chosen by the Chinese communism party
to be part of selected group, to be trained. Both stories happen during
the Mao’s Cultural Revolution There is when China started the revolution
because of the old costumes.
Both stories show how the political power can, by a unique
decision, change the life of such young people (the dancer was 11, the girl was
12 years old), make their like upside down, and ruining their lifes because of
the means of power . I chose this image to show the character of the book Mao`s
Cunix in one of his famous plays.
Li
Cunxin performs with female dancer
One more connection is the book Snow Falling in Spring, an
auto-biography by Moying Li. The story is very similar to the Red Scarf Girl,
as at the age of 12, on 1966. In this case, Moying Li could see
her headmaster being beaten by
the Red Guards. They humiliated people,
forced confessions. Her family suffered . Also in this case, the future of this
young girl, who loved to read, was taken away. I chose this image to show the
author who wrote it and how she remembered her childhood.
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