Plot of Red Scarf Girl Continued

Ji-Li's father is taken to the work dungeons and does not return for a long time...... (From the last post)

Ji-Li visits her father in the work dungeons with a sack of her father's clothes and necessities. Six-Fingers (I'm not sure if that name's right...) offers Ji-Li to follow Mao and betray her family from their status and beyond. Ji-Li ponders which side she should choose and returns to her home.-Climax> Ji-Li gets a letter from the government or something and she tries to hide the letter to keep her troubles in disguise. Eventually, the raiders stalk Ji-Li and raids her house again to find the hidden letter (which Ji-Li his in her cats litter box). While raiding the house, Six-Fingers humiliates Ji-Li's mother and grandmother for being wives of black status men. Ji-Li's grandmother is charged to sweep the alleys of the neighborhood and they find the letter. -Falling Action>Six-Finger persuades Ji-Li to join up on Mao's side and says that the chance is her last. Ji-Li, finally discovering courage, she decides to follow her family and go against the government. -Conclusion>In the last chapter, Ji-Li Jiang finishes her story with a decision that the Chinese people at that time were brainwashed with Chairman Mao's despotism. Ji-Li ends the story with her acts of courage and independence.

Characterization of Red Scarf Girl

The author used many children and neighbors from her past in her story. The particular thing about this is that she changed their names so they won't be dangered because of her book's event descriptions. Because the author was young at that age and she went to school, she put many of some same aged kids in her story and included many conversations with them. The main character also stayed at her house for a amount of time and was in 'hiding' with them for a long time, so, there were many of her family members, too. This also strengthened the strength that her family helped Ji-Li and also symbolized the danger of the 'outer world'. At the end of this book, the author states all the things that happen to the characters and that also gave me a thought that I had read a story that talked about people who actually exist and that gave a lot of reality into this book.

Setting of The Red Scarf Girl

"Red Scarf Girl" is a story that takes place in China, 1966. When the main character Ji-Li turns twelve she is expecting to join a dancing school in the liberation army. But right at that moment Cultural Revolution strikes and low status families are divided and kept away from their hopes and safety. Ji-Li lives in a better part of the neighborhood of where she lives (located in Shanghai) and lives in a apartment like house with many of her friends and classmated living in the same town as her. Shanghai is taken over mainly during the Cultural Revolution and Ji-Li grows through the highest peak of the revolution.....

The Plot of "Red Scarf Girl"

The Red Scarf Girl is a story of a girl (Ji-Li) who lived during the Cultural Revolution in China. Before the cultural revolution, Ji-Li was excepted as a excellerated student and was a leader of her school. Cultural Revolution strikes (exposition) and Ji-Li adjusts to many taunts and disrespect of her classmates, neighbors and aquaintances because her family is sent down as a low status (Ji-Li's Grandfather was a landlord.)-Rising Action> Of course, Ji-Li ponders upon her worries and many of the people around her were trapped in work camps after their houses are raided. In some worse conditions, some people even commit suicide. Ji-Li's life gets darker and she soon finds herself in a new junior-high school that is far from her dreams. Ji-Li tries her best in all her studies and pushes herself to reach the top. Unluckily, a picture that is considered a fourold is found in the garbage can outside Ji-Li's house and her house is raided. After the raid, Ji-Li's father is taken to the work dungeons and does not return for a long time......

Secret

This happened when I was still in kindergarten. My friend, Emily and I used to hide under the teacher's rocking chair and play. One day, we couldn't find the rocking chair (probably because the teacher found out that we were sneeking underneath her chair) so, we decided to hide inside the game chest. We took out all of the board games in the chest and sat inside it. We locked ourselves inside and told each other scary stories. While we were chattering, I felt around the dark chest and found a wrapped lollypop. Full of joy, I happily ate the stale candy and kept on chattering. At the end of the day, I was laying in the nap-time bed with a stomach-ache. My teacher asked me why I was sick and also asked if I ate something that was dirty. I lied and said that I didn't and was sent home. The white lie is still a secret of mine.

Courage

When I was still in the States, my friends and I went to a City Halloween Fair that had many amusement rides and entertainment shows. We were only in 5th grade, so not many of us had the courage to enter the 'Spooky House' that was hidden in the corner of the park. The Spooky House was known for it's blood-chilling surprises inside it. A rumor that a real ghost with long, black hair was lurking around the house to attack anybody who opens the door. Of course, this was a fake ghost made out of pillowsheets. But the thought of the ghost jumping on us was frightening and also exciting. Although my friends didn't dare to enter, I grit my teeth and opened the door. But......to tell you the truth.....I just ran across the house all the way to the exit with my eyes closed and don't remember any ghost that jumped or startled me.......I only remember the cold knob of the opening door and the hard wood of the exiting door.