Communism-Balzac_&_The_Little_Chinese_Seamstress

Communism-Balzac & The Little Chinese Seamstress Communism is a collectivist system of government in which the whole of the country is worth more than the individual. Throughout history the spread of communism was feared, and often contained as best possible by western civilization's ever popular capitalist system of government. Much literature throughout history has touched upon the communist ideals, and often been set in communist countries. One such piece of literature is Dai Sijie's, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. The story of, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, is tale of two boys account of living rural communist China where they are drastically programed to think and live a different life as a result of the communist movement. Within the story, the author emphasizes what is called re-education, which is a practice of the communist movement in which, "intellectuals," of the country are taught to think in and live in the communist manifesto. The intellectuals of the country were hated by the communists because they were not afraid to think on their own, individually which took away from the collective nature of this particular system of government and compromised its success. As a result to ensure the success of communist, seamstress, story, luo, intellectuals, re-education, communists, china, life, chinese, country, city, campaign, think, communism, within, romance, relationship, little, about, way, people, one, nation, living, leave, knew, instituted, information, hated, fear, different, day, countryside, book