The main reason for it is that these people may influence people more strongly than any official can. The author says, “In practically every school in China, teachers were abused and beaten sometimes fatally” (Jung Chang, 284). In this regard, it is quite possible for us to draw parallels between Jung Chang and Solzhenitsyn because both writers show that all totalitarian regimes are most likely to strike against the most educated part of society. Apart from that, Jung Chang very eloquently describes the relationships between culture and society, and namely the notorious Cultural Revolution in China, which, in fact, was aimed against Chinese intellectuals.
Nevertheless, this novel should not be interpreted only from social perspectives because such an approach will not reflect all the complexity of “Wild Swans.” The author attaches places special emphasis on the connectedness of family members, particularly when social ties have significantly weakened.
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