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Red Scarf Girl ends after Ji Li promises her mother that she will take care of her family and reflects on what has defined her life until that moment, and what defined "Once my life had been defined by my goals: to be the da-dui-zhang, to participate in the exhibition, to be a Red Guard. They seemed unimportant to me now. Now my life was defined by responsibilities. I had promised to take care of my family, and I would renew that promise that promise every day. I could not give up or withdraw, no matter how hard life became."
Red Scarf Girl matters because in it, we get a look at how the Cultural Revolution affected Ji-Li's life by nearly ruining her life. This happened because her grandfather was a wealthy landlord, and according to Chairman Mao, the types of people that were the worst enemies of Communism and the common people. These Five Black Categories included landlords. The fact that Ji-Li's father was a landlord's son just added to the fact that he had disagreed with some of the Communist Party's ideas in 1958, forcing him to resign from the Party. Red Scarf Girl shows the devastating effect the Cultural Revolution had on an entire generation of Chinese youth. The Cultural Revolution tore families apart as family members were detained, or arrested.
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