... -key her classmates mocked her by jeering, "The little landlord is pretending to be working class" (61). In this segment of the novel, Ling was in high spirits on her first day of school and decided to dress well, but her clothes (and hair) become a label of her high status in society before the Culture Revolution. She becomes subjected to vicious torment as ... her classmates accuse her of being a 'bourgeois,' a degrading name for the rich and well-educated of China. Ling begins to ... family, are disliked by Chairman Mao Zedong, therefore, unpopular among the working class of Chi...

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• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate