Red Guard chant used during the Cultural Revolution:

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Red Guard chant used during the Cultural
Revolution Fish cannot live without water and
without Mao Zedongs thought how can people make
a revolution?
Thesis The Cultural Revolution of Mao and Madame
Mao destroyed aspects of the rich culture and
history of China because it led to the closing of
schools, destruction of historical sites and
works, and the complete brain-washing of the
younger generations.
A 16 year old girl's view on the Cultural
Revolution In the cultural revolution they
Communists locked her a teahcer up for a year
and a half because her father was a well-known
scholar whom they said was a capitalist. Some
red guards in her school made her kneel on broken
glass in front of all the students.
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Thesis Rationale

• Thesis The Cultural Revolution of Mao and
  Madame Mao destroyed aspects of the rich culture
  and history of China because it led to the
  closing of schools, destruction of historical
  sites and works, and the complete brain-washing
  of the younger generations.
• During the Cultural Revolution, millions of
  uneducated youths were sent to rural areas to
  work in the countryside and learn from the
  peasants. The Red Guards were shocked at how poor
  the peasants were and how hard their lives were.
  Even though the Communist thought they were doing
  a lot for the peasants, they weren't and Mao knew
  their was a lot left to do.
• Starting in 1966, the Red Guard destroyed
  historical buildings, temples and churches
  because they were feudal, capitalist, and
  radical. They ransacked museums and destroyed old
  books, works of arts, many famous temples, and
  shrines and heritages (4,922 out of 6,843).
  Streets signs and buildings were named and
  renamed to pro-communist titles. Also, people in
  realms of education, academic, media, literature
  and punishment were abused and their houses were
  robbed because they were "capitalist roaders" or
  "anti-revolutionaries."

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Thesis Rational

• Mao and Madam Mao brain-washed people to purge
  the Chinese Communist party of anyone who did not
  fully support him. Red guards were also
  brain-washed into acting enthusiastically toward
  the Cultural Revolution. Madam Mao brain-washed
  the communist community by only allowing them to
  watch movies that she starred in and they had to
  wear clothes that were made in China and not
  western countries. Madam Mao created the Gang of
  Four, a radical political alliance.
• Mao told young people to rebel because he wanted
  to be reinstated as president. The young Chinese
  listened and proceeded to burn down schools and
  schools had to be closed because articles were
  being written attacking teachers and principals.
  This all did great damage to the party, nation
  and people themselves. The young people killed
  thousands of people who did not agree with Mao's
  teachings.
• In August of 1966, at a meeting of the Plenum of
  the Central Committee Mao shut down the nations
  schools calling for a massive youth mobilization.
  The Red Guard units were authorized to set out to
  destroy the Four Olds. These Four Olds are known
  as the old ideas, old customs, old culture, and
  old habits.

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Key

• The quote by a 16 year old Chinese girl addresses
  the threats against teachers that lead to the
  closing of schools and the destruction of an
  entire generations education.
• The quote by the 16 year old represents how
  brutal the Red Guards were. The Red Guards were
  made up of Chinese students and they traveled
  throughout China such as going through schools,
  Universities and institutions spreading teachings
  of Mao and torturing or killing those who were
  against communism. Mao thought this could be a
  way he could be reinstated, so young students
  went on a rampage against those against communism
  and targeted teachers and principals in schools.
• The following picture of a Chinese college
  student standing in front of a closed college
  shows how the Red Guard is a huge threat.
• The college student isn't happy that the college
  is closed but is being brainwashed into thinking
  communist thoughts and that is right to join Mao
  and the Red Army. In 1957-1958 students at the
  university of Beijing produced half a million
  wall posters attacking west and intolerance in
  Chinese society and ran out of wall space to put
  more posters to use as propaganda. After the
  Cultural Revolution ended it was known as China's
  lost generation of youth because they could not
  teach the cultural revolution to students because
  the country didn't make good choices and killed
  millions of their own citizens.

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Key

• The propaganda poster of a red guard member
  holding a hammer represents the destruction of
  aspects in the Chinese culture.
• This propaganda poster shows how the Red Guard
  destroyed many things that had to do with the old
  Chinese views like the music and ideas, he did
  this with his giant sledgehammer metaphorically
  meaning his support of millions. This is known as
  the destruction of the Four Olds. The Four Olds
  include old customs, old culture, old habits, and
  old ideas. The Red Guard would be the ones
  destroying many things that had anything to do
  with the Four Olds because those ideas did not go
  with what Mao wanted for China. The Red Guard
  also attempted to wipe out Confucian thought
  because it was part of the old culture of China.
• The picture in the right corner and the picture
  on the bottom of the slide both represent the
  destruction of historical sites and art that was
  done by the Red Guard during the Cultural
  Revolution.
• The pictures on the right hand side of the slide
  show how the destruction of historical statues
  took place and the Red Guard did not care if it
  was public or private property. Since these
  historical works of art did not portray what the
  Red Guard and Mao wanted them to portray, the art
  pieces would be destroyed so no one could see
  them. Mao took over the minds of young people and
  told them that many aspects of the old Chinese
  culture would weaken society. The Red Guard was
  in charge of all of the destruction that was
  needed by Mao.

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Key

• The following Red Guard chant addresses the
  Brainwashing that destroyed Chinas rich culture
  and history.
• This chant, yelled over and over again by the
  Chinese people brainwashed them into thinking
  that without Mao Zedong, the revolution, along
  with themselves would die. The chant equates the
  Chinese people and their revolution to fish and
  Mao Zedong to water. The fish need water or else
  they will die. Mao brainwashed the Chinese
  citizens by enforcing himself as a lifeblood in
  which they could not survive without. This
  thought imposed on the Chinese people forced them
  to feel as though they needed Mao.
• The following Time magazine cover shows the
  brainwashing that occurred during the Cultural
  Revolution and hurt China's culture and long
  history.
• The Time magazine cover shows a sea of Red Guard
  members. Mao used the propaganda technique of
  bandwagoning to influence the youths to join the
  Red Guard. The bandwagon technique worked in the
  Cultural Revolution because it made those who
  didnt feel strongly about communism think that
  they were wrong because it appeared as everyone
  else did. This fear that they would be ganged up
  on brainwashed the youth to join the sea of red.
  Mao targeted youths to revolt and destroy the
  adults who revolted and destroyed him. Mao
  brainwashed the youth into join the Red Guard,
  take his little red book and help him destroy the
  rich culture and deep history of China.