Wednesday, May 13, 2009

The comparison of two primary sources

To me it seems that in both these primary sources we see the fall of the old ways, and the reconstruction of new communistic ways. In Land Reform In Action, the people are encouraged to stand up to all enemies, as well as their supporters and turn them into the authorities. What makes these actions shocking is that normally their was a social hierarchy, but as we see at the end of this primary source. There is an massive change in the sense that hierarchy is ripped apart when a peasant stands up to an official. After this peasant stood up to an official, the rest of the peasants followed illuminating the power, of the people and how easily they will become followers. The other primary source we read, which was Make Revolution, had a similar idea of overriding the norm. Here the Red Guards who were also people of all classes, especially lower class, entered a man's house without a search warrant, which was against the constitution. Their motto was "if we do not destroy, we cannot establish," which is essentially the same idea that I found in Land Reform and Action. The idea of destroying the old, and creating a new norm that is completely against the old ways. 

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