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Old Qian is an elderly man who lives in Ji-li's neighborhood. Because his son-in-law was a counterrevolutionary, he and his whole family are blacklisted as members of the Five Black Categories. The Red Guards raid Qian’s house and torture him, and Ji-li feels conflicted about feeling sorry for someone related to a counterrevolutionary. After witnessing Old Qian’s humiliating punishment, An Yi’s grandmother kills herself out of fear of the same thing happening to her.
Old Qian Quotes in Red Scarf Girl
The Red Scarf Girl quotes below are all either spoken by Old Qian or refer to Old Qian. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1: The Liberation Army Dancer
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Song Po-po told us that our extended family used to occupy two whole buildings, ten rooms all together. “Then they all moved away, and only your family and your Fourth Aunt’s family were left. Your family only has one room now. It’s just too bad.” She shook her head sadly.
But I didn’t feel that way at all. I loved our top floor room. […] Our room was ten times as big as many of my classmates’ homes, and a hundred times brighter. Best of all, we had a private bathroom, a full-sized room with a sink, a toilet, and a tub. It was almost as large as some families’ entire homes. Many did not have a bathroom at all, or even a flush toilet, and very few had a full-size bathroom that they did not have to share with other families.
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Old Qian Quotes in Red Scarf Girl
The Red Scarf Girl quotes below are all either spoken by Old Qian or refer to Old Qian. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1: The Liberation Army Dancer
Quotes
Song Po-po told us that our extended family used to occupy two whole buildings, ten rooms all together. “Then they all moved away, and only your family and your Fourth Aunt’s family were left. Your family only has one room now. It’s just too bad.” She shook her head sadly.
But I didn’t feel that way at all. I loved our top floor room. […] Our room was ten times as big as many of my classmates’ homes, and a hundred times brighter. Best of all, we had a private bathroom, a full-sized room with a sink, a toilet, and a tub. It was almost as large as some families’ entire homes. Many did not have a bathroom at all, or even a flush toilet, and very few had a full-size bathroom that they did not have to share with other families.
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