Red Scarf Girl by Ji-li Jiang6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Ji-li’s grandfather, long dead, comes from a family of landlords, and this fact casts a long shadow on the family, limiting Ji-li’s opportunities and ability to achieve political and academic success at school. (The red scarf is worn by adherents to the Communist Party.) Then the Cultural Revolution begins, and Ji-li’s belief in herself and her family slowly erodes. When the book opens, Ji-li is a naïve and enthusiastic “red scarf girl,” convinced that she would always be as happy and successful as her name-“meaning happy and beautiful” (1)-as her experiences up until that point suggest. ![]() As the oldest child in her family, Ji-li must make crucial choices at a young age about whether to remain loyal to her family or bow to the ideological pressures of her community and country. ![]()
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