3rd Journal of the memoir book

Red Scarf Girl
A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
By Ji-li Jianng

MaiDer Vang
Ms. Peifer

My reactions to the book just keep getting worser and worser. I'm getting more and more surprise that nothing is happening so far. Nothing to stop all the drama and all the bad things that are happening. There are so many misunderstanding and wrongful meaningless things that are going on. All along I just keep reading and hoping for a dram come true thing to happen that would solve everything. But as I keep reading my reaction just keep dropping. Maybe there wont be anything that will stop all the mess that are going on. But I still keep my hope up on what is going to happen next in the story. The book gets stronger and stronger every minutes that i read the book. What i mean is that the book gets this feeling of tense feelings that draws you into the book and it makes you feel like you are a art of the story. This is a amazing feeling that makes me feel so sad because I felt like I cant even do anything to help all those people or tell them that they are all fools for turning against each other like that. I just felt like I'm one of the people there and I felt like deep inside I am suffering too. This book is very emotional and it really draws you into the book. Every minute, I feel more and more draped into the story. I like how the author keeps all the story into one simple setting. Just the neighborhood is the main focus of the story and then there is only school. Which school doesnt really do anything to the story. But I like how the story focus into one main spot. It makes it easier to understand and picture the whole story.

After all the problems in the neighbor, school is in session again. Jiang is now a Junior High School student. SO far non of the bully that was in Jiang's class last year was in her class. Jiang didnt have anyone she know in her clas though. But at least Du Hai and Yin Lan-lan are not in her clss.Jiang was very exited for Junior High School since she had heard they they were very fun and exciting, unlike elementary. But that was way before the Cultural Revolution began. Not, it all seem different. It wasnt what Jiang expected. It was more boring than she had expected. Since Theor Chaiman Mao wanted everyone to learn about farming and all those land, all the teachers dont really know what to teach except for boring hand outs. So school wa ssuper boring for Jieng, and not just her, but all the other students in school too. They have to learn about farmland and even learn how to say things like "Long live Chairman Mao." Chairman Mao belives that it'll educate the people more by farming. In math class, Jiang and another boy name Bai Shan did really good in class. They were good students so the teachers wnated them to join the propaganda group for the black boeard newspaper because they both have beautiful hand writing. Jiang was very excited at first but she realize that at her old school, everyone was jealouse that she was favor. So Jiang turn down the offer because ther could be rumor spreading that she gets to work with Bai Shan and that she was favor again. Since her family background wasnt good at all. Now there is a problem with Jiangg's father workplace. Someone have lied that they listen to foreign radio broadcast. The worker wanted someone to amit that they are lying. So they start beating up the workers at her dad's place to get poeple to amit who lie. Someone had lie that it was Jiang's dad and now he is taken away to work haard until he amit. But he keep saying he did nothing and wouldnt amit anything. So for many months and day, Jiang's family haven seen their father. Their house were also being search too. Many things were taken away from Jiang's family. Jiang have been depress and havent gone to school for many days now. Lin-lin from her class came to tell her that there is a meeting at the exhibition tomorrow and for Jiang to attend. Jiang did go and the meeting was about political issue of Chairman Mao. Jiang didn't want to be one of the member because of her background but teacher Zhang convince her to get over her background. So they get into a group and work together to decorate the room for Chairman Mao. Jiang was happy again for once. doing something for Chairman Mao. I like the passage, "We cannot choose our families or our class status. But we can choose or futures." This passage have a touching , encouraging ways of getting a person brighten up. This passage is true throughout the world. That is why i like this passage.