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24 November, 18:50

In at least 150 words, identify the theme of Chang's "Garden of My Childhood," and explain how the poet uses metaphor and personification to convey that theme.

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  1. 24 November, 20:04
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    The 1950s and 1960s were a brutal, oppressive period in Chinese history. Mao Zedong's "Great Leap Forward"-a plan to rapidly transform China from an agricultural economy to one focused on heavy industry-led to widespread death and starvation.

    Intellectuals were taken from their homes and sent to labor camps to be "re-educated." Chang fled to the United States. His poem Childhood""Garden of my childhood" describes China before the revolution as a peaceful, idyllic garden with a violent horde rapidly approaching. A vine, the wind, and the sea are each personified and beckons him to run.
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