Clair+Explanation

==For the Asian Studies propaganda project, Youjin and I made a propaganda poster that promotes Mao Zedong. The first thing that you will notice by looking at the poster is Mao with his hand raised like a leader. This is a symbol for cult of personality. Mao is the leader, and there is nothing he can do wrong. He can fix anything. For the background, we have crumpled up red paper. We did this on purpose to depict Mao fixing the "crumpled and disordered society" through Cultural Revolution. This is why Mao and the people praising Mao are drawn on straight, flat paper, but only the background is crumpled.==

==Another important thing that should be noticed is the people on the bottom of the poster board. The people represent the revolutionists who support Mao. They include the Red Guards, and as you can see, some of them are burning church down, holding up the Little Red Book, and waving the flags. They are drawn significantly small compared to Mao, because Cultural Revolution put Mao on top above the people. They are saying "Hail, Mao!" in admiration and reverence to him. They are all smiling on the propaganda poster giving the false impression that everyone was accepting and happy about the Cultural Revolution under Mao's control.==