Mao’s Last Dancer 1. Identify your text and author Non-fiction text‚ autobiography: Mao’s Last Dancer written by Li Cunxin 2. What is this text about? Summarise the story or the premise of the text. The text is about a young‚ peasant boy called Li Cunxin who lives in a poor village in north-east China. The text is set around the rule of the communist party led by Chairman Mao. One day‚ Li is visited by Madame Mao’s cultural delegates at his school. They are searching for young children to be guards
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childhood”. Explore the ways in which Li’s childhood was both one of great deprivations and one of great riches. The novel‚ “Mao’s Last Dancer”‚ was written by Li Cunxin. It tells his riveting tale of growing up in a poor family of six boys‚ living in a village in China under Mao’s reign. It goes on to share his eventual defection to the United States as an artistic dancer. His childhood was filled with both hardships and joys. But both helped him to grow as a resilient person to achieve once-thought
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own terms? Mao’s Last Dancer takes place in old communist China‚ when Chairman Mao is at his most powerful. mao dominated the culture revolution leads people lose the Spiritual pursuit and freedom for more than ten years history in old China. Through the specific‚ image plots understanding the extraordinary experience of an ordinary people‚ that from li cunxin autobiography "mao’s last dancer". It is open to interpretation the love and sacrifice on his own remarkable journey.
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Mao’s Last Dancer Term 3 | Maddy Taylor | Mrs Pugliese Hello and welcome to Literature Links‚ a series of podcast lectures which observes and explores social‚ cultural and political issues as highlighted and presented in non-fiction texts. I am your host‚ Maddy Taylor‚ and today I will be exploring significant themes and issues presented in Australian Book of the Year award-winning novel Mao’s Last Dancer‚ by Li Cunxin. Within this literary spectacle‚ Li draws on his own experience growing up in
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In Mao’s Last Dancer we are introduced to the obstacles faced daily by a Chinese boy and his family‚ living in poverty. In Meltdown by Ben Elton‚ we are introduced to obstacles faced daily by Jimmy Corby. Obstacles we can all relate to in the modern world. This is why I think we should study Meltdown by Ben Elton as well as Mao’s Last Dancer as a core text in the Overcoming Obstacles unit. Meltdown is about City Trader Jimmy Corby. Jimmy was living the life being rich‚ pampered and spoilt. That
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young peasant boy’s life by the name of Li Cunxin’s life forever. By pure luck he was chosen to study ballet and serve in Chairman Mao’s Revolution‚ he didn’t know it at the time but he would grow up to become one of the best dancers of all time. His book ‘Mao’s last dancer’ retells his amazing story of survival‚ courage and the battle one man had to prove his worth. Li Cunxin was born in poverty‚ stricken area in Qingdao‚ China to peasant parents who struggled daily to provide him and his 6 brothers
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without him‚ all redeemed from witnessing him in one performance that would change my perspective forever. I was always hopeful for Li‚ and felt lucky that my son‚ out of all other promising students in Qindao‚ had been chosen to dance for Chairman Mao. Although the luck of the Cunxin family had changed‚ it was difficult to adjust to life in the commune without Li’s presence as a guiding light‚ or a helping hand. Having 7 sons while living our conditions was stressful on my poor heart‚ and Li was
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(Describe the event and provide context surrounding the event) | What type of journey is highlighted in this event? (Physical‚ inner or both) | What forces initiated the journey at this stage of the novel? (provide an explanation and evidence for your point) | What were the challenges and obstacles faced on the journey? (provide an explanation and evidence for your point) | Evaluate the consequences of this event on Li’s journey overall.(provide an explanation and evidence for your point) | 1.
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Burke demonstrates journey of acceptance and hardship that the Brennan’s had to face throughout their stay at Coghill and their past from Mumbilli‚ especially for Tom. Each individual creates their own choices to stumble upon their experience which may either trigger awful consequences or opportunities on their new path in life and into the world. J.C. Burke’s “The Story of Tom Brennan”‚ employs the story of the protagonist‚ Tom Brennan‚ and his family as they embark upon new journeys and decisions to
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Does anyone know Li Cunxin or his extraordinary life? He is a Chinese-Australian former ballet dancer and stockbroker‚ and he also was one of the world’s finest ballet dancer. Mao’s Last Dancer" is a heartwarming autobiography‚ which reflects on the past of Li Cunxin‚ the author‚ who went from living a life of extreme poverty to becoming an international dance performer. For master ballet dancer Li Cunxin the measure of his success‚ that Li recounts his determination‚ perseverance‚ vision‚ courage
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