Comparison - Chinese History and the Life of Fugui

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Better conditions than Nationalists.

Wife delivers canteens - job given by new Communist govt.
Fengxia cannot talk (women actually have same or less freedom than before).

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Fugui realizes that it could have been him if he had still owned the house. Jiazhen assures him they are working class.

Yongqing dumps noodles on a boy's head. His father threatens the Fugui family - calls them counter-revolutionaries.

Fugui and his family are smelting iron to increase China's production to surpass England & U.S. and "liberate Taiwan."
Scare when Yonqing notices the puppets, suggests smelting their box. Allowed to keep them for entertainment.

Yongqing dies in an accident when a car knocks over a wall. The driver turns out to be Fugui's comrade from war, Chengsheng.

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Fugui has to get rid of his puppets as a part of getting rid of the old culture. Burn the, despite their sentimental value.

Fengxia marries Wan Erxi, a Red Leader Guard. They receive many presents depicting Mao, and wear CCP uniforms during the ceremony. Chengsheng visits, but Jiazhen refuses to talk with him.

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Jiazhen forgives him for killing her son, but they need to keep themselves separate to avoid being accused as well.

Inexperienced red guards have taken over many intellectual/professional positions, Mao declaring them counter-revolutionaries. Fengxia dies after they cannot stop her bleeding and the nearest doctor has passed out.

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Fugui states that everything will get better to his grandson. The movie ends with them playing with the chicks.