Characterization - Red Scarf Girl

"Red Scarf Girl" tells the story of a girl called Jiang Ji-Li and basically, she lives a perfect life in Shanghai. . In the beginning, she is a girl who is very bright, smart, respected by her classmates, has a loving and caring family, and her family is a pretty wealthy family, too. She practically lives an almost perfect life. She has everything she wants. Her physical characteristics in this story seems like she is an attractive girl - her picture on the cover looks like it. Her character seems very personal, independent, and generous. Although she is born from a wealthy family, she doesn't seem so spoilt. I think that this is because of her parents' discipline. Her personality seems very cheerful and bright. However, there are some parts of the story in which she brags and she is very selfconcious about herself. She is the top student in her class, she has all the love and respect from her classmates. She can get almost anything she wants. She even gets picked to join the Central Liberation Army Arts Academy. She is able to excel and is always expected to succeed. Her future seems ideal. And she never doubted what she was told: "Heaven and earth are great, but greater is the kindness of the Communist Party; father and mother are dear, but dearer still is Chairman Mao." Chairman Mao is her hero. She vowed to herself she would do anything for him. At least, she kept that vow until the Cultural Revolution began in 1966.