Nien Cheng’s “Life and Death in Shanghai”
Number of pages:
6
ABSTRACT:
This 6 page report
discusses the autobiographical account of Nien Cheng’s
experiences during China’s Cultural Revolution. “Life and Death
in Shanghai” by Nien Cheng requires that the reader or student be
particularly aware of the unique nuance of time and place and how
Cheng causes those aspects of the story to be as essential as the
actual characters of the book. Cheng’s crime was that she was
born into a wealthy, land-owning Chinese family. As a result of
her “privileged” background, she was put into solitary
confinement and ordered by Red Guards to confess to the crimes
they had trumped up against her. Quite simply and without much
fanfare . . . she refused. Throughout the book, the reader sees
the honesty, intelligence, and perseverance of one woman in the
face of horrific torture and oppression. Bibliography lists only
the primary source.
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File: D0_BWshanhi.rtf
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