Son of the Revolution is a far more interesting book than I expected. It is important to see that Communism was a political system with some positives instead of all negatives. However, Liang Heng still seems to have a hard life in Mao's China. One of the things that I found to be most unbelievable is the arrest of the narrator's mother. At first she was simply asked to give suggestions to the Communist party but later she got accused for being a Rightist, becoming a peasant for three years which had a strong effect on her family. Liang Heng got constantly bullied because of his mother's position within the society. Also I think it is interesting how loyalty to Communism is strictly enforced in the country. Some people even dedicate their lives wanting to belong in the Communist party. Overall, I don't know if Liang Heng's life was good or bad. Mao was an unfair ruler in many ways, but he also enforced equality among the people. At least his leadership was better than Chiang Kai-Shek's.