Tuesday, December 15, 2009

IRL #10

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,842810,00.html

This is a news story from Times Magazine from Friday, September 23, 1966. No specific journalist is listed but since Time produced it, it is probably reliable, although also from a Western viewpoint, which limits the first-hand experience and opinions that can be gained from people who were actually there when the Red Guards existed in China, and also ensures a negative portrayal of the Communist activities (e.g. the diction in use such as "rampage" and "roughing up" [4th paragraph]).
This connects to what we're studying because it's about the Red Guards - their formation, uniforms, activities, violence etc. and even the Chinese press's reporting of these incidents. It enhances what we learned because it gives current reports of the events (it was written in 1966 when these things happened) and adds details about the history and paints visual imagery with its descriptions.

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