Releasing The Will of The People

As differently as these two stories were told, I found that they fit nicely together. At first, the peasants, or the general population, are shown as timid and afraid to speak out. However, with a little push from the new leaders, it didn't take long for them to accuse the old leaders of their wrongs and demand punishments. I believe the same goes for the Red Guard. The peasants or general population, or in this case high school seniors, finally relinquished their anger after being encouraged by their new government. Although the second story is told in a more violent manner, it only seemed confusing to me at first because the second story was the aftermath of the encouragement from the new government. In both cases, the lower class or newly empowered people finally rose up after some nudging by their new leaders.