What do these details tell us about Ji-li’s feelings about her home now?
Compare how Ji-li felt in her home at the beginning of the story to how she felt after the Red Guards searched her home. Use details from the setting to support your ideas.
What kind of mood does this description create?
Why didn’t Ji-li want her brother to get his cap back?
5. In paragraph 47, Ji-li wonders what her life would be like if her family's status were "red" instead of "black." Which two sentences show that Ji-li isn't sure how to feel about this?
I wondered what I would be doing if I had been born into a red family instead of a black one. Searching people’s houses? Hating landlords and rightists? Of course I would hate them; I hated them even now. The harder I tried to figure things out, the more confused I felt. I hated my grandfather, just as I hated all of Chairman Mao’s enemies. A. But I had felt sorry for Old Qian even though he was wrong. B. And I did not know if I could hate Grandma if she was officially classified as a landlord’s wife. C. I wished I had been born into a red family so I could do my revolutionary duties without worrying. The harder I tried to figure things out, the more confused I felt. D. I wished I had been born into a red family so I could do my revolutionary duties without worrying.