Son of the Revolution

The struggles that Liang Heng went through in the story “Son of the Revolution” during the reign of Mao are an incredible story of loyalty towards political Party versus family. You can slowly see how Liang Heng’s absolute loyalty towards Socialism is slowly swayed through personal trauma and strife as he slowly starts to disregard what the Party says and puts him and his family first. During the time of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, …

…political leaders and Mao a senile, crazy leader leading movements forward that often ruined families and killed millions. Ling Heng’s story is one of millions in this time in China. Luckily, there were enough people from this time like Liang Heng who became a free thinker and took risks to change the Party’s policies within China. Work Cited Liang Heng and Judy Shapiro. Son of the Revolution. Random House. Inc’Alferd A. Knopf, 1983.