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"Red Azalea" is an autobiographical account of the main character Anchee. "Red Azalea" takes place in Communist China during the times of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Anchee is the oldest of the four kids in her family. Anchee's parents work all day and it is up to Anchee to take care of her siblings. Anchee is the mother of her siblings more then her mother. When Anchee turned ten years old her family has to …

…the Mao dictatorship. However, Anchee's loyalty to Mao is put to test when Anchee has to give a speech in front of two thousand people that her teacher is an American Spy and also tried to turn Anchee against her country. At the age of seventeen Anchee is told by the Mao dictatorship that she has to move to the countryside by herself. Anchee is hesitant but she will never go against the Mao dictatorship.