Stefan-Son of the Revolution

At the beginning of the book Mao seemed to be a positive character and most people gladly followed his philosophies. However, as Liang Heng got older Communism seemed to take a different course. The main character began to face more problems as different revolutions took place. At the start of the Cultural revolution, Liang Heng was excited at first because he wanted to participate and even founded his own propaganda club in school with which he accused all his teachers of being Intellectuals. However, soon his father also got accused for being an enemy, which Liang Heng did not understand because his father had great respect for Mao. Communism can also be noted for splitting up the main character's family. First it happened with his mother but then with his older sister Liang Fang, who thought that her father's accusation ruined her life. Liang Heng was constantly scared because guards would take him and try to make him confess of a "crime" so they could have a reason to arrest his father. Later on the father was beaten by young revolutionary guards because he hesitated to give up his older possessions (in the movement where people tried to distance China from its history). So far Liang Shan (the father) is the most significant character to me because I wonder how can a man who was so dedicated to Mao be accused so many times of not being loyal to the government?