Question

In at least 100 words, explain the historical and literary significance of Mao Zedong’s speech “Serve the People.”

Answer 1

Mao Zedong's speech “Serve the People,” is still significant today because it explains how people living in Communist China had to live their lives. Mao talked about sacrificing yourself for the good of others, giving helpful criticism to the government, and working together as a nation in his speech. He also touched base on how dying for your people will make your death better remembered; whereas if you live an unimportant, insignificant life, your death won't carry as much weight. This is historically significant because we are presented a first hand source that helps us to see how Mao expected his people to live under Communist rule. Additionally, this speech carries literary significance because different people will interpret Mao's speech different ways. Therefore, this speech should be discussed and debated, especially in school settings, so that we can understand the full meaning of Mao's speech "Serve the People." This is how Mao Zedong's speech is significant in literature and in history.

Answer 2

the protracted history of the Chinese socialist revolution started 94 years ago in 1919 on may, 4 when 5,000 students from Beijing university and 12 other schools held a political demonstration in front of Tiananmen, the focal point of what is today know as Tiananmen square. the demonstration sparked what came to be known in history as the may fourth movement of 1919-21, an anti-imperialism movement rising out of patriotic reactions to dishonorable foreign relations of the governments of china's then warlord Yuan Shi-kai that led to unjust treatment of china by western powers at the Versailles Peace conference. May fourth was a political landmark that consolidated the nation's collective awareness that western democracy is a imperialistic as the western monarchy it overthrew. the national collective awareness turned china from Western democracy towards the path of modern socialism through Marxist-Leninist proactive revolution.