Yu Han, the main character in my journal, is a middle schooler who was sent to join the red guards by her parents. Under peer pressure and under the chaotic situation, she chooses to keep her own opinion deep down in her mind. She is a thoughtful teenager, she eager for fairness and freedom, but eventually made a choice that protected her whole family.
The cultural revolution was not worth it. The ins and outs caused thousands of innocent people to lose their lives and led the country into disorder for many years. The red guards who ended up being the “Trouble makers” were the ones who were once strongly supported by Mao. It also unmasked the darkness of human nature, revealed how state leaders tried to usurp the power by fair means or foul….. This revolution’s outcomes weren’t anything good, nowadays some Chinese still refuses to talk about this event, it is an all-time political sensitive topic.