Folk Songs about Revolution

The name of my song is called The East is Red. It is about prasing Mao and the communist party during the Cultural revolution in China during the 1960s and early 70s. Cultural revolution was the time that people in China destroyed everything valuable or cultural. At that time, China was in turbulence, and they were facing a economic chaos. People did nothing except for worshipping and praising Mao. In this song, it talks about how great the party is, and how Mao lead China to glory. It talks about how Mao liberate and save the people of China, and also he made people so happy and cheerful. This song is basically making him like a god, making it seems like he can do everything. One of the reason I choose this song is that this song is very short, and it doesn't really have a story line, it's just talking about we should listen everything Mao and what the party tells us to do.

Duty of Friendhsip

I think both friendship and duty are very important. However, I will choose the thing that is right to do. That means I will choose either frienship and duty. I won't always choose friendship or duty, it all depends all what is the right thing to do. For example: if I am a police officer, and my friend has just killed someone, I will report that to the polices, and I will persuade my friend to admit himself. Another example will be if my friend cheat on a test, I will report that to teacher, and convince my friend not to cheat anymore. Sometimes I will decide to support my friends instead of following duty, for example my parents want me to stay away from my friend jus because he or she looks very ugly, then I will argue with my parents about that. I support neither sides, it all depends on what is right and wrong. 

Under Pressure

I think bravery is able to help people to perfrom well when they face pressure or fear. Bravery can help people to stay calm and steady when they face stake. The brave people won't be scared, because they are usually the people who are not easily surprised or impressed by some specific things, that is why danger doesn't do much to them. Also, intelligence can also help people to perform well. The smart people will have the idea of how dangerous the incident or thing is, and they can swiftly and rapidly come out with a clear and clever idea of solving the issue. For example: when an earthquake has happened, the smart and intelligent people will either hide under the chair immidiately or run the plces that are empty. They react quickly. What I personally do when I face stake is I run away, and sometimes I will probably scream. I have an experience of facing stake, and I think I reacted pretty well towards that incident. I met a snake, and I ran away while screaming.

Vengeance

Vengeance is usually cause by hatred. A sentiment that seems hateful, dislike, and painful also. If a person hates the other person, there is a great possibility that the other person has done something bad or thing that makes him feel insulting and humiliating. That can be mocking at him, steal his stuffs, bully the person,  or lie to him...Many things create hatred. Obsession of vengeance can really cause miserable tragedy, such as the story of The Cask of Amontillado. In the story, Fornanto was eventually suffocate to death, and his body was burned crucially. His body would probably never be found.That is the consequence of having vengeance, people will get hurt and injured, or even die. Vengeance makes the world become darker and darker. This is why we should always be careful on our deeds or actions, cause we may hurt someone recklessly, and that would probably produce hatred and vengeance, which is very bad.

The Glass Is Always Greener

I did envy a lot of things, such as having good memorizations, learning ability, and socialability. I have envied a lot of people before, because I am always not satisfied with myself. I will always want something more. I envied my parent's intelligence on school work. For example: my mom said she always got 100 on almost any tests during her elementry and middle school time. Also, she got like 2040 on her GRE exam. which is incredibly high. I hoped that I can be like my mom on taking test. Not only grades, I also envy other people's looking. For example: I envy the people without pimples, and have clean and beatiful skin color. Unlike me, having so many pimples, and my face looks very dirty and unclean. Even though I havn't seen or felt the negative effect on envying the others. I know there are some negative effect for these good traits. For example: the people who are too smart may be called as freak. The people who are too tall may run slower. I believe there are some negative effect for these things, but I still envy others.