It was my turn now. My mind was blank. I did not know what to say. I stood up slowly, the back of my blouse was suddenly soaked with sweat.

"My class status is also office worker. My father is an actor.." I stumbled trying o remember what Yu Jian had said. "He is not a Party member, and neither is my mother. And... I don't know what else." I sat down.

I liked this scene because it showed how difficult it was to do anything in china during the Cultural Revolution.

The main character of my book, Ji Li Jiang is trying to be elected to a position called "red guard" (it is similar to our student council.) She cannot be elected because of her class status, and her father's class status. Class status is a way of classifying people by where they work...