1. Against A Giant9 Hyo Ji Kim<br />In the Cultural Revolution, there is a young girl that opposed to Cultural Revolution policy of distinguishing people according to their political background. Ji Li in the book Red Scarf Girl is she. Ji Li was 10 year old at that time, and she had a horrible time due to her poor political status. The policy of treating people by their political background affects Ji Li much in several ways.<br />The policy of judging people by their political background brings a massive impact to Ji Li because she cannot have a normal family life. In most cases, parents from poor political status are arrested and put to jail after the search of Red Guards. “Uncle Wung had been accused of being a spy!” (www.radio86.co.uk). For Ji Li's case, the article that tackles her family's critics is spread to the whole society. Therefore, the communist party officials take her father to force him to confess his faults. “We are going to have a struggle meeting of the entire theater system to criticize him and force him to confess” (Jiang, 224). At that time, Ji Li’s grandmother was old, and her mother was ill, so consequently her family became uncontrollable without her father. How can a political background separate young children from their parents? Normal children at same age must be taken care and be supervised by their parents. Treating people according to their political background cannot be accepted, for this can destroy a normal family life.<br />The policy of treating people by their political background in Cultural Revolution influences Ji Li because she mentally receives a shock. In the book Red Scarf Girl, the Red Guards commit many cruel actions to black families. Members of the black families are insulted and are rejected, and even Ji Li experiences inhuman behaviors. Once the Red Guards search her house, her private life plainly expose to them and this hurt Ji Li’s mind. She remembers that event horribly and says, “I felt as if I had been stripped naked in public” (Jiang, 138). This shows how Ji Li has been humiliated and embarrassed. Students from the other black families also receive traumas while watching brutal actions, and one student confesses: “It was scary and confusing to hear the crowd around me shouting ” (www.radio86.co.uk). With these experiences, children cannot grow up well in the Cultural Revolution. In this society, kids from the black families are totally ignored and discriminated compared to kids from the red families. Therefore, it is so unjustly to carry traumas even to children, who will make the country's next society in the future.<br />The policy of considering a political background in Cultural Revolution strongly affects Ji Li because she has been discriminated in education. Almost everyone including her teachers and friends believes that Ji Li can enter Shi Yi, the best junior high school in Shang Hai. She deserves to go there because she has always done well at school, and she has always gotten high educational attainments as shows in her good school records. However, due to her poor political background, she loses the chance to be in that school. Originally, it is the rule that teachers assign students to enter certain schools. Sadly, the statement “The teachers’ assignments have been invalidated” (Jiang, 77) shatters Ji Li’s dream. Instead of teachers, residential districts assign students to schools based on their political status, because “Good class-students’ access to a red career was made easier for them than for other students” (orpheus.ucsd.edu). As a result, students from the red families enter Shi Yi even though they have low educational attainments. Just Ji Li's bad political status ruins her bright future, not because of getting a bad score or making mistakes to teachers and friends. This case shows unfairness on this policy, as it doesn't care the abilities and talents of young children. <br />In Conclusion, the factors of invading her family life, having mental shock, and being discriminated in education are included in the Cultural Revolution’s policy of separating people by their views. Ji Li looked like any other common girl at that time. However, because of this policy, her life was changed dramatically. As the readers read this essay, readers probably realize that the policy of considering a political background is very unfair and cruel to people, especially to the innocent children. Readers will hope that no more children in the world would be treated like Ji Li.<br />BIBILIOGRAPHY<br />1. quot;
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