Paradise of the Blind

by

Duong Thu Huong

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Rectification of Errors Term Analysis

Rectification of Errors refers to the Communist Party of Vietnam’s attempt to correct the land redistribution that they carried out via the earlier land reform campaign. Because land reform was largely seen as chaotic and excessive, the Communist Party sought to correct it. Many farmers (like Aunt Tam in Paradise of the Blind) were reclassified from the landowning class to the middle peasantry and their land was returned to them, although often in much worse condition than it had been prior to the reform.

Rectification of Errors Quotes in Paradise of the Blind

The Paradise of the Blind quotes below are all either spoken by Rectification of Errors or refer to Rectification of Errors. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2 Quotes

“Ton’s family has always lived in peace with everyone,” my mother stammered. “They’ve never laid a finger on anyone here. You know that. Here in the village, everyone knows who’s bad and who’s good.”

Uncle Chinh interrupted, correcting her sternly: “You must not let yourself be influenced by others, or betray your class. We must crush the landowning classes, these cruel oppressors, and return the land to the peasants. If you don’t listen to me, you’ll be forced out of the community and punished according to revolutionary sanctions.”

Related Characters: Hang (speaker), Que (speaker), Uncle Chinh (speaker), Aunt Tam, Ton, Nan, Bich, Nhieu
Page Number: 23
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Chapter 5 Quotes

Someday I’ll be even richer. This ancestral house will be renovated. It’s going to be even more opulent than before. I’ll show people. Even if I have to tear this body of mine apart. […]

People say I’m extravagant. I tell them, “Yes, that’s right, and I’m offering this to myself in memory of all my suffering.”

Related Characters: Aunt Tam (speaker), Hang, Que, Uncle Chinh, Ton, Nhieu
Page Number: 79
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Rectification of Errors Term Timeline in Paradise of the Blind

The timeline below shows where the term Rectification of Errors appears in Paradise of the Blind. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2
Traditional Values and Sacrifice Theme Icon
Communism, Hypocrisy, and Corruption Theme Icon
Soon after Que returns to the village, the “ Rectification of Errors ” begins. The campaign is an effort to rectify the land reform, which had wrought... (full context)
Chapter 3
Traditional Values and Sacrifice Theme Icon
Communism, Hypocrisy, and Corruption Theme Icon
Love and Wealth Theme Icon
...the working class. Que asserts that Ton’s family was reclassified as middle peasantry during the Rectification campaign , then changes the subject. (full context)
Chapter 4
Beauty, Disillusionment, and Coming of Age Theme Icon
...who knows Tam and Que arrives in Ton’s village. The salesman tells Ton about the Rectification campaign and that Que had sold her home and left for Hanoi. The following week, Ton... (full context)
Chapter 5
Communism, Hypocrisy, and Corruption Theme Icon
...recounts how a little over a year after being kicked out of her home, the Rectification of Errors returned her house to her—though they could not bring back Nhieu or Ton. The house... (full context)