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Caitlin Kennedy
Setting
Literary Devices
-Beijing in winter
-Tianamen Square
-Gang of Four
-Communists who gained traction in cultural revolution
-blamed for societal chaos
-charged with treasonous crimes after Mao's death
-Lots of Questions asked
-p 168, p 176
-show uncertainty of the times
-Kite metaphor dream
Themes
Characters
-Fan Susu
-spent time in countryside
-waitress in Muslim canteen
-"Red Dream"
-disenchanted with Communism
-Pessimistic
-Jiayuan
-always late and helping people
-naive
-interested in pursuit of knowledge
-Failed promises of Communism
-Red Dream turns to black
-Depreciation of Mao
-Failed potential
-Change
-Death; his grandmother & Mao
-Both determined to go to graduate school
Wang Meng
- Born Beijing 1934
-wrote over 60 novels
-labeled"rightist", labor rehabilitation
-1979 released, works at University of Iowa
Story
- How Fan Susu and Jiayuan meet
- Arch of relationship
- Wander around Beijing
- Break into a high rise