Non-Fiction Analysis
#1) My book's title is called, "Mao," by the author Jung Chang (Wild Swans) and Jon Halliday. This book goes into detail of a communist leader of china by the name of Mao. The untold story of his life starting at his teenage years and the road started that became of his political view which by the way, he had hardly any interest in because his main thought was to always have power no matter what the cost would be. Up to the point that he gets power over China, his theory and mission was to recreate china to fall under him.
#2) The reason to publish this book was to reveal hidden information on one of the biggest events in history.
#3) The book was brought to my attention by a teacher who saw me reading the other book written by the same author, so I didn't have any intention of this book. The cover stood out and claimed to be bold. Therefore I began to read the beginning and what interested me was the psychological perspective that one could read as Mao's feeling were described. To see how the story unfolds and just the secrets held within had me hooked. The book is told in third person and this intrigues me to see other's perspective.
#4) This book is realistic as it gives visuals of things never heard before, they are hard to believe but these things exposed capture the thought of the unexpected. It is intriguing. I could not relate to the main character's but to the witnesses because the incentive's that Mao had were extreme! I could not imagine being the same.
People
#1) The author does put her/his own views on what other's see or say. This choice tell's me that the author uses this tone and evidence to perceive the reader in a different way of understanding the literature. The author does not put themselves out there in the book-Indirect as only they stay as third person's perspective.
#2) The main character is Mao who is described to be self righteous, dominant, close minded, likes to be extolled, and the physical appearance is not described much rather than being usual. Has potential becomes an educator but through the good behavior is mostly put out as scandalous, manipulative, exploits courage and then some. To put him as a fictional character I would use Indirect because if there was more evident support on his character one on one other than other's perspective, he would be a direct character.
Another character was Mao's second wife named Ying Kai-hui who was eight years younger than him.
She was described to be sensitive, smart, and vulnerable. She feel in love with Mao after her father died which who was a former teacher in which approved of Mao. She accepted Mao and his affairs, always stood by his side. Her fictional character would be direct. The reason being she would be interesting because she was the closest person to Mao beside his friends. She would have the insight of their personal lives which is more of a hook.
#3) These two character's are interesting to write about because they are the main people in the book, it is interesting to know the root of the unknown story of Mao.
Update
#1) Indirect characterization: "Mao did not believe in anything unless he could benefit from it personally. A good name after death, he said, "cannot bring me any joy, because it belongs to the future and not my own reality."
Indirect: -"though he seems to have been someone who made an impression. His teacher Yang Chang-chi wrote of him in his diary."
Direct: "My student Mao-Tse tung said that...his...father was a peasent and is now turning into a merchant...And yet, he is so fine and outstanding."
Direct: "These two should be one and the same. All our actions...are driven by impulse, and the conscience that is wise goes along with this in every instance. Sometimes... conscience restrains impulses such as over eating or over-indulging in sex. But conscience is only there to restrain, not oppose. And the restraint is for better completion of the impulse."
#2) The syntax and diction does change when describing a character because the opinion or feeling towards the character is more concentrated than usual.
#3) The protagonist is dynamic and flat. The main characters never change.
#4) After reading the literature i felt as if i were reading a character because this story is third person, it's not one on one. The style and usage of evidence indicates the author was reading the character by the research done. There were other characters perspective that were used to read Mao as well. Tying everybody's perspective together to understand the main character which is Mao.
Style
#1) The author used tools as foreshadowing when using character's perspectives into place to tell the main character. Not much symbolism but as the research was put together it seemed to use the style of a fictional story.
#2) The author uses a mix of styles because the only times lengthy descriptions come into place is when describing a character in the backround, their not main characters through the whole story but only for that moment. Dialogue comes in when there are two characters interacting but not including the author. These overall choices in the book give me a different taste in many visual aspects.
#3) The author is very direct on giving all sorts of resources and putting them into play of the story but somewhat boring. Only style used to help the reader understand is the times the author uses explicit reasoning and visuals into the reader's mind.
#4) The author's mood toward the subject was concern and urgent. The information needed to be let out so it was to be known! The author's mood isn't quite revenge.
#5) The author uses all sorts of resources in the book such as historical documents, witnesses, interview's, personal diaries, articles, etc. This matter's much because it is supportive evidence to what the author is indicating about the subject. It helps set a clear visual and put a puzzle piece together as all the evidence falls into place. It is always best to use this kind of resource when telling a bibliography.
Enduring Memory
The unknown story will always remind to remember even the good has it's balance of flaws. Mao was once thought to be good because of his support for woman independence- "Woman do as much physical labor as men." His answer was, "women should prepare enough...before they marry so as to support themselves." His downfall was his relationship with his wife, the unfairness of loyalty and respect. The importance is that He made it to be a communist leader for the wrong reason's. He did not have leadership skills but found his scandalous ways to shadow him in creating follower's who were manipulated into his fake ideology. His main mission was to be in power, he loved destruction and did so not with his own bloody hands but of his followers. There cannot be another mistake in the system anywhere in the world like the one of Mao. His quote on written couplets at a rally, "Watch us kill the bad landlords today. Aren't you afraid? It's knife slicing upon knife."
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