Dear Jin Jingzhi,

Did you view Mao as a man with good ideas and morals?
Were any members of the Red Guard people you knew?
How was the land and people around you around you changed by the Great Leap Forward?

I found interesting that your life could related to the lives of us so perfectly, even though you were citizens of this period in a completely different society. The Chinese citizens' lives and interests were similar to ours as human beings living in a comfortable society, as well as their thoughts and motives. It seemed so alien because of all the things that Mao did that would have been strange in our society. You also were always in a positive and hopeful mood, you believed that everything would turn for the better.