What is the theme in To the Storm: The Odyssey of a Revolutionary Chinese Woman by Daiyun Yue?

The dominant theme of the book is the politics and persecution of the time. Yue Daiyun considered herself a good Communist. She was obedient to the Party and tried to do the politically correct thing. She believed in the Revolution and was willing to do whatever she had to for a better China. As such, Yue Daiyun and others were never prepared for what happened. Following the Party's encouraging openness and criticism, she was bitterly denounced by her students and fellow workers and labeled a rightist.