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Fenggui And The Cultural Revolution

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To Live suggests that The Cultural Revolution was a time when communist students took authority over Chinese citizens, and the historical event was similar. In the film, Fengxia dies in the hospital because the red guards are performing jobs of professionals and do not know what to do. In historical records, the red guards accused professional workers of crimes and resumed their jobs for them without experience. The film accurately shows how red guards, or young communist followers had control of the maintenance in China. In order to feel safe, citizens would need to be a true communist and throw away old prophecies or ideas. In the film Fugui, who has kept his old puppets with him through many hard times, decides to burn them in fear of being
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