Deng Yi-yi (Pauper) Character Analysis in Red Scarf Girl

Deng Yi-yi is a classmate of Ji-li, An Yi, Du Hai, Yang Fan, Yin Lan-lan, and Zhang Jie in elementary school. She comes from a poor family. Deng Yi-yi reconnects with An Yi and Ji-li briefly in junior high school. The other children derisively call her “Pauper” because of her family’s poverty, and doing so unthinkingly gets Ji-li into trouble with the Red Successors.

Deng Yi-yi (Pauper) Character Timeline in Red Scarf Girl

The timeline below shows where the character Deng Yi-yi (Pauper) appears in Red Scarf Girl. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...crowd the playground. Du Hai points out the da-zi-bao of a classmate nicknamed Pauper ( Deng Yi-yi ). It has Principal Long’s name on it, upside down and x-ed out like a... (full context)

...Ji-li pretends not to care. But one day, Yang Fan overhears Ji-li calling their classmate, Deng Yi-yi , by the derogatory nickname “Pauper.” When Yang Fan calls Ji-li out, Ji-li apologizes to... (full context)

...begins junior high school. As the restless students generally ignore the school chairman’s welcome speech, Deng Yi-yi approaches Ji-li and An Yi. Wearing a beautiful new sweater, Deng Yi-yi no longer looks... (full context)