Today, I continue to appreciate an essay by Zhu Ziqing: The figure's back is a description of his father seeing his son off at the station, which shows his meticulous love for his son and his son's nostalgia for his father.
The article is about 19 17, which has been written for 25 years. The author's family is more and more embarrassed by the darkness of society, and the situation is very bleak. The author's father was "idle", then "wandering around" in order to find a job, and even "depressed" in his old country, all of which reflected the tragic reality from one side. There is a gloomy cloud hanging over their hearts, just like the gloomy tone of the article. The sincere, profound and touching love between father and son written by the author is not only the traditional pure and noble feelings in line with our national ethics, but also the consideration for father and son, especially the love between father and son, which combines bitterness and sadness, including the struggle against bad luck and the struggle against the old world with weak human feelings. Although this is only a resentment rather than an angry resistance, it will also arouse people's sympathy, regret and even strong resonance.
The story behind is very simple. A small official who lost his job sent his son to study in the north and saw him off at the railway station. The article records the misfortune of the author's family and the gloomy world at that time, and reflects the social reality at that time from one side. Although this society no longer exists, the recorded scenes still have a historical understanding for our readers today, especially the younger generation.
This essay is characterized by grasping the characteristics of the character's "back" proposition, organizing materials, and expressing the deep affection between father and son in narrative. "Back" appeared four times in the article, each time the situation was different, but the thoughts and feelings came down in one continuous line. The first time is the beginning of the article, the title is "Hui", and there is a strong emotional atmosphere hanging over the whole article. The second time was at the farewell scene of the station. The author gives a detailed description of his father's "back", which is the focus of his writing. Father's fat body, wearing a black cloth jacket and a dark blue cotton robe, trudged across the railway to buy oranges for his son. This shot shows the father's deep affection for his son, which moved his son to tears. The third time, after the father and son said goodbye, the son watched his father's "back" disappear in the crowd, leaving his feelings and making people cry. The fourth time was at the end of the article. When my son read his father's letter, his father's "back" reappeared with tears. He couldn't miss himself and echoed the beginning of the article. This work shows the sincere feelings between father and son incisively and vividly, but it is different from the description of portraits in general works, focusing on the description of expressions, voices and smiles, but grasping a feature of the figure's "back" and making concrete and detailed descriptions at no expense. Why does the author handle it this way?
This is closely related to the author's family and mood. Because my father suffered a lot, he was down and out for half his life. His family was poor, and his grandmother died. He went to look for a job. His father took pains to send his son to Beijing, climbed the railway to buy oranges for his son, and repeatedly reminded him to be careful along the way. My father was in a bad mood at that time, and so was my son. Then the author grasps his father's "back" to describe and express his thoughts and feelings in a specific environment, which naturally achieves a strong artistic effect. It is precisely because the work is about a specific family, the mood, love and pity between a loving father and a dutiful son, with a touch of sadness between the lines, which is even more sincere and moving.
Time passed quickly, and we came to the end of our program before we knew it. Dear students, let's meet again at the same time next week!