![]() ![]() ![]() Min, caught up in the flattery of being singled out by the Party as a good young mind who will make a good adult Party member, the young Min writes a speech formally accusing Autumn Leaves though she wavers when forced to confront her teacher in front of a crowd.Īt seventeen, Min is sent to Red Fire Farm - a Communist Party effort at mass production of food in unforgiving conditions. Min is then told that Autumn Leaves had written in a diary that Min is "educable," which Min is told means that Autumn Leaves has targeted Min as a potential revolutionary. She's convinced by a Party secretary named Chain who uses the fact that Autumn Leaves has allowed Min to borrow American fairy tales as proof of guilt. When she is told that a teacher named Autumn Leaves is an American spy, Min is skeptical. Her ability to write well and to recall what she has written makes her ideal for writing and presenting speeches. She says it is the same with all the children and that the older children tie the younger siblings onto their backs with a strip of cloth so that they are free to play.Īs Min grows, she becomes very active in the Little Red Guard and is called on by Party officials to speak out for the Party. ![]() ![]() Her parents work long hours as teachers and Min is responsible for her three younger siblings from the time she was five. She became a devout member of the Little Red Guard, a school version of the Communist Party. The author, Anchee Min, says that she began learning the teachings of Mao from a very early age as well as the operas of Madam Mao. ![]()
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