My Eco-Friendly Action Plan

This project turned out to be a success. I was able to not use plastic bottles for the 3 weeks. Instead, I used my reusable water bottle. One of the main challenges for me were the plastic bottles with juice in them. For soccer, my mom usually buys the plastic...

Nien Cheng

Nien Cheng is not like the other people from the revolution. She is calm and thinks about things from different angles. For example, when she wondered if she would do the same thing as the Red Guards. She doesn’t want to make assumptions about people she...

Perspective of An Yi

I run as fast as I can. “Ji-li, come on. Come to school right now. Someone’s written a da-zi-bao about you. Come on, let’s go.” I says as I dash into her house. I grab her arm and drag her to the stairs in alarm. “Wait.” Ji-li says,...

Perspective of Mom

I get home from work and am nervous. We eat dinner as a family, but I try to eat quickly. I’m anxious. I need to tell Xi-reng and Grandma the news about the Cultural Revolution. I go up to them and whisper, “Pictures, we need to burn them.” They both...
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