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Questions for Essay Six
作文答题6
Within the scope and perimeters of the questions below, share your thoughts on conservatism and liberalism. No less than 500 words.
- The late New York senator Patrick Moynihan pointed out: “The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture to save it from itself.”
- Lu Xinhua and Zhang Yimou, as novelist and film director, both tell a story of failure of Mao’s social experiment known as the Cultural Revolution. In their views, what cultural values are overlooked or ignored by the Maoists during this political disaster and national catastrophe?
- Is the scar on Xiaohua during the Cultural Revolution left by a historical or political necessity, or resulting from moral degradation?
- How do you like Shanshan, the daughter of Lu Yanshi and Feng Wanyu? Why? Which is more important to you if in her situation, liberty, independence and pursuit of happiness, or charity (filial piety), self-sacrifice, and loyalty to family? Why?
