Jin+MPPIP

//__**Jin Kwon Self-Evaluation**__//

The song perfectly portrayed the message of Mao's attempts to transform China into a communist regime. The song displays a perfect understanding of the cult of personality and glorification of the leader, in this case, Mao Ze Dong. The lyrics hold a lot of profound meaning, they glorify Mao Ze Dong to the maximum and tend to make him look like a father, a leader, and even close to a god. A few lyrics that really show the cult of personality are as follows:

//"They don’t know how wonderful it is to live under our Mao’s rules. They don’t know how lucky it is to live in this prospering land, and have equality among everyone."//

Obviously, the song is centered around Mao Ze Dong and his amazing qualities. Everything he does is glorified in the song. For example, the sounds of factories are described as "thrilling." This simply shows how the cult of personality spread amongst the Chinese public. In simpler terms, our song is a perfect example of how Mao Ze Dong brainwashed the general public.

The song is not informative, but also quite attractive to listen to. Songs and propaganda based upon Mao Ze Dong were supposed to look attractive, so that it would catch the people's attention. In addition to capturing the people's attention, the quality of the propaganda was vital when portraying Mao Ze Dong. If the song, poster, or advertisement was of high quality, Mao Ze Dong would then be looked upon as a great leader of great qualities. Mao Ze Dong spread his image all over China in hopes of completely reforming China from it's traditional orthodoxy to a completely Marxist regime. Songs like these were just some of the primary examples of Chinese propaganda during the Cultural Revolution.