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** During Fugui's stint as a soldier for the Kuomintang army, he talks about how there were so many wounded men that they were simply piled among the dead without any medical treatment at all, and that [[AndIMustScream their moaning and screaming in pain is something that he can never forget.]] TruthInTelevision, as the KMT was so badly supplied during the civil war that they were unable to get basic medical necessities by the war's final years.

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** During Fugui's stint as a soldier for the Kuomintang army, he talks about how there were so many wounded men that they were simply piled among the dead without any medical treatment at all, and that [[AndIMustScream their moaning and screaming in pain is something that he can never forget.]] forget]]. TruthInTelevision, as the KMT was so badly supplied during the civil war that they were unable to get basic medical necessities by the war's final years.
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* {{Woobie}}: Hell, just about everybody in the book. It's ''hard'' not to get screwed over when you're a peasant in RedChina.

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* {{Woobie}}: TheWoobie: Hell, just about everybody in the book. It's ''hard'' not to get screwed over when you're a peasant in RedChina.
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* BannedInChina: This novel has been banned in China for its less than pleasant (but still extremely realistic) description of life as a villager in RedChina.
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** [[spoiler:Youqing's death, who was killed when a jeep crashes into a brick wall, and the bricks fell onto him. In the film, while he was KilledOffscreen, ''his dead body was actually shown'', albeit covered by a blanket.]]

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** [[spoiler:Youqing's death, who was [[spoiler:Youjing is killed when a party member's jeep crashes into a brick wall, and the bricks fell onto him.fall on him while the boy is sleeping. In the film, while he was KilledOffscreen, ''his dead body was actually shown'', albeit covered by a blanket.]]
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** During Fugui's stint of a soldier, he talks about how there were so many wounded men that they were simply piled among the dead without any medical treatment at all, and that [[AndIMustScream their moaning and screaming in pain is something that he can never forget.]]
** [[spoiler:Youqing's death, who was killed when a jeep crashes into a brick wall, and the bricks fell onto him. In the film, while he was KilledOffscreen, ''his dead body was actually shown''.]]

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** During Fugui's stint of as a soldier, soldier for the Kuomintang army, he talks about how there were so many wounded men that they were simply piled among the dead without any medical treatment at all, and that [[AndIMustScream their moaning and screaming in pain is something that he can never forget.]]
]] TruthInTelevision, as the KMT was so badly supplied during the civil war that they were unable to get basic medical necessities by the war's final years.
** [[spoiler:Youqing's death, who was killed when a jeep crashes into a brick wall, and the bricks fell onto him. In the film, while he was KilledOffscreen, ''his dead body was actually shown''.shown'', albeit covered by a blanket.]]

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* NightmareFuel: During Fugui's stint of a soldier, he talks about how there were so many wounded men that they were simply piled among the dead without any medical treatment at all, and that [[AndIMustScream their moaning and screaming in pain is something that he can never forget.]]

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* NightmareFuel: NightmareFuel:
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During Fugui's stint of a soldier, he talks about how there were so many wounded men that they were simply piled among the dead without any medical treatment at all, and that [[AndIMustScream their moaning and screaming in pain is something that he can never forget.]]
** [[spoiler:Youqing's death, who was killed when a jeep crashes into a brick wall, and the bricks fell onto him. In the film, while he was KilledOffscreen, ''his dead body was actually shown''.]]
** [[spoiler:Fengxia's death from childbirth. The movie version even shows her losing a large amount of blood and the nurses panicking as they try to help her.
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* BannedInChina: This novel has been banned in China for its less than pleasant (but still extremely realistic) description of life as a villager in RedChina.



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* TearJerker: From the film. "Mommy's here. Mommy's here..."
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* NightmareFuel: During Fugui's stint of a soldier, he talks about how there were so many wounded men that they were simply piled among the dead without any medical treatment at all, and that [[AndIMustScream their moaning and screaming in pain is something that he can never forget.]]
* {{Woobie}}: Hell, just about everybody in the book. It's ''hard'' not to get screwed over when you're a peasant in RedChina.
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