Blog Prompt
Q: Imagine that you lived in China during the Cultural Revolution. Write a journal entry describing the situation and how you felt at that time. You are advised to research on this topic before you start writing.

Dear Diary,

Recently there is not a single peaceful day. Everyday there are Red Guards on the streets creating chaos. Today they cruelly beat up the teachers in the schools, the monks and some nuns. They even publicly burnt paintings and books on the streets.

Luckily my parents did not receive proper education because the scholars are being criticized by the Red Guards. If my parents are being criticized, my whole family would be in deep trouble. The Red Guards would rob my house and take whatever things that worth some money. They even take away people's furniture.

My schoolmates recently joined the Red Guards and now they are trying to convince me to join. However I think that the way they are beating up our teachers is too inhuman-they are our teachers or had once been our teachers, how can we forget all that they have done for us and treat them like enemies? However angry I am with their behaviour, I cannot do anything because the Red Guards are too strong. Hopefully the chaos would end soon. I cannot sleep with all the noise people are making late in the night.

Until next time.

Huang Lin