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My article will be about the sub-campaigns that were apart of the Cultural Revolution.Wilsonjake112 (talk) 16:14, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

As we learned this week, the Cultural Revolution was comprised of many different smaller sub-campaigns that affected all of China. One of these campaigns was the Monsters and Demons campaign from 1966-67. Yang makes a reference in brief to the “snake demons and cow ghosts” when describing a group of people, in which she and the other Red Guards had be debating with, who were removed from the train while they were travelling to Guangzhou. This term, “cow monsters and snake demons,” (niugui sheshen) was to become the most frequently used metaphor and way to “demonize” one’s political opponent during the Cultural Revolution. Furthermore, the term “Monsters and Demons” was used to describe individuals who came from wealthy (bourgeois) backgrounds such as scholars or authoritative figures. Once someone was to become labeled as a “cow monster,” they were to become imprisoned in a cowshed. Often times these persons would be held in a storehouse, dark room, or quite literally…a cowshed. The length of time that one was to be held was not disclosed to the person be held. This week’s notes stated that a persons’ imprisonment could be ten days or up to ten years. Yang’s father admits to her that he is in trouble because of an affair he had while in Switzerland. Her father then urges her to remain loyal to the party and Chairman Mao, as this is the only way she will remain out of trouble. He explains this to her because of the threat of spies coming to reveal the truth from her (Rae)…of which her father’s punishment (and fear) would be to be locked in a cow shed.