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Fan Shen: The Horrors Behind The Cultural Revolution

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Cultural Revolution affected his choice of whom to marry. He married Li Ling because he loved her and how knowledgeable she was. Fan Shen was raised by a revolutionary family but his curiosity got the best of him. He started seeing the horrors behind the Cultural Revolution. He was as confused as everyone else after more and more mysterious deaths. He didn’t know exactly whom they were fighting or who the enemy was. As he started reading more and more of the bad book he gained knowledge that challenged they Cultural Revolution. His thoughts and beliefs changed the more he read. In addition many of his unfortunate life events and the involvement of the Red Guards made him want to rebel against the Cultural Revolution even more. He befriended

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