tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002642382191284824.post6088139832717058461..comments2022-12-11T06:00:19.870-08:00Comments on The Power of the Voice Group 4: Red Scarf Girl, a memoir of the cultural revolution: Question Comander - Rotation #3 - Guilherme Mrs. Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10574254886261133450noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002642382191284824.post-29195903661382474442014-09-08T10:17:50.999-07:002014-09-08T10:17:50.999-07:00Gui, I also had similar questions while reading th...Gui, I also had similar questions while reading this week's section of chapters, and I think I will attempt to answer your last question. <br /><br />I do not believe there is a right or wrong answer for this question. A possible answer to this could lie in a scientific explanation on evolution and how natural selection still plays a role in our daily lives. Perhaps, we humans will always have that need to gain more power to "survive" against our own kind. It could be that it is just in our nature to keep climbing up the food chain until we are at the very top (which includes rising above our own kind). Ever since the earliest form of modern-day humans (Homo Sapien Sapiens), we have fought to survive against animals and other hominids for control of the planet. Throughout history, some of us have created and worshipped gods for a sense of security, while others have attacked these beliefs with scientific reasoning for the same purpose. It might be that, soon, some people will gain so much power or control over the rest of the human population that they will be worshipped as new gods, such as during the rule of certain emperors in the Roman era and the Cultural Revolution. On page 108, the direct worshipping of Chairman Mao during the cultural revolution really showed how he was portrayed as a "savior" to the Chinese and a "liberator" of mankind. In my opinion, I am sometimes sickened when hearing about certain people who are so power hungry that they take any means possible to control others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002642382191284824.post-63803570521559451502014-09-08T05:55:23.202-07:002014-09-08T05:55:23.202-07:00Dear Guilherme,
Great job on your post! I think t...Dear Guilherme, <br />Great job on your post! I think that your questions were different and I hadn't really thought of them before reading your post. On the other hand, I disagree with you on the first question. To begin with, I don't think that Ji-li is supporting the Cultural Revolution, as you stated in your question. In fact, I think she doesn't really like what it is doing to her country, and more specifically, to the people around her. For example, she saw that An Yi's grandma suicided herself, and clearly in my opinion, she doesn't support what Chairman Mao is causing, even though it is indirect. Does it make any sense for her to support something that made her family members suffer? Or that made her suffer? For example, the da-zi-bao that they wrote about Ji-li and her teachers. I think that she doesn't support the revolution, yet she is doing somethings like removing four olds just because she will be punished if she doesn't do so. In addition, I think that maybe she might try to run away from the revolution to a place where she and her family can be "free". What do you think is going to happen?<br />Thanks,<br />Lucas T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com