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.