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Propaganda Wall The Propaganda wall is a wall that displays the newest campaigns of Chairman Mao. Now it showcases a painting of chairman Mao and people are always bowing down to him to show loyalty to the communist party. The rag picker ripped the newspaper in half and there happened to be a picture of Chairman Mao on the back. Then six-fingers took him in to the police station because this was considered a fourold. Later in that week, Chairman Mao came to town and tons of people were gathered from all different parts of china just to be near him and listen to him speak. A Search in Passing

Then Grandma takes Ji-li, her siblings, and her cousins on a picnic because Ji-li’s parents want them out of the house when the Red Guards come. Ji-li saw red guards make Old Man Quian kneel on a wash board while they searched his house. Ji-Li was was worried about the red guards coming to search the house while at the park. There was a mop in the front of the house and that was a sign not to come in. So the family won’t get caught by the Red Guards, Mom and Dad are burning all the old photos in the bathroom. Then the Red Guards come and search their house. So the children would not be afraid Mom and Dad tell them to hide in the bathroom. They opened the door and searched the entire house, destroying almost all of their possessions forever.

FATE The junior high school teachers were still out of the city establishing revolutionary ties and no one could enroll the new students. Ji li was bored and at the same time worried with all the current up and down situations going on. One afternoon, she found her Aunt Xi-Wen sweeping the streets and saw her take what seemed to be a serious fall on the street. She thought she should help her but saw her son walk towards her. To her surprise, he walked right by her Then she remembered that Shan-Shan had written a da-zi-bao after their house had been searched. One December afternoon when An-yi and Ji-li came home from a walk, they saw a big crowd gathered in the middle of the alley. An-yi turned pale and ran to the crowd dragging Ji-li with her. Ji li and An Yi found Du Hai's mom in a struggle meeting in a nearby ally. She was accused of mistreating and lying to her workers and was beaten and embarrassed in front of all the people watching.