The most representative and implicit sentence in Lu Xun's description of the spectator image is that everyone behind him has to stretch his neck desperately, and there is a thin man with his mouth even wide open, like a dead fish. This sentence seems funny at first glance, and then I fell into meditation. The so-called spectator naturally focuses on the word "look". These people have no appearance in Lu Xun's world. No matter men, women and children, there is only one action-look. This may be the most prominent image of China people who love to watch the excitement.
In Kong, the author wrote many times that the drinkers in the hotel teased Kong, and each time it was based on Kong's embarrassment, humiliation and psychological pain. These spectators are not only unsympathetic, but also cruelly laugh at his "new scar" or laugh at his lack of scholar, and always make fun of his misfortune. The happy air brought by this laughter is really sad.
In "Blessing", people rushed to listen to Sister Xianglin's story of "Amao was eaten by a wolf", not out of sympathy, but to satisfy curiosity. Seeking excitement in a boring life, but when these people are tired of listening, they immediately spit it out, adding a cold and sharp smile to Xianglinsao, showing a kind of cruelty of human nature.
In Medicine, Yu Xia, the real hero of the novel, bravely sacrificed his life with the belief that "this Qing Dynasty belongs to all of us". However, ordinary people rushed to "watch" him kill people, and the tea drinkers in the teahouse even chatted with his victims. All the lofty ideals and bloody sacrifices of the pioneers became meaningless performances. It is not difficult to see that Lu Xun "looks" with a compassionate eye, and his novels are nothing but the torture of China people's souls. China people, immersed in this heartless society for a long time, unconsciously become numb spectators to show the public and criminals who hurt the dignity and life of others.
At that time, Lu Xun abandoned medicine and joined literature. In his works, a theme runs through, and that is to save the spectators. Unfortunately, Lu Xun's wish has not been realized so far, and the education of treating spectators continues. The word "spectator" is always associated with warriors, and the cotton team is silent when it comes to bravery or being a spectator. This is really a question of "to be or not to be". In a dilemma
Lu Xun's "Old Watcher" is numb and dull, only knowing to stare with his mouth open; Today's "new spectators" are vivid in expression, full of smiles, full of laughter, lively and extraordinary, and have strong psychological endurance.
Lu Xun's "old spectators" are sallow and emaciated, ragged, listless and full of energy; Judging from the photos distributed in the newspaper, the "new spectators" are all flushed and overnourished, wearing suits, brand-name clothes and hats. It seems that their lives are not bad.
Lu Xun's "old spectators" are all empty-handed, and at most they just scream and shout; The "new audience" is fully equipped, with mobile phones to call friends, cameras to leave "eternal moments", observant telescopes and even melodious guitar accompaniment.
Of course, there are no changes. In Medicine, Mr. Lu Xun once described the spectator as follows: "The neck is very long, as if many ducks were picked up by invisible hands and lifted up." This is still the case today. Every "rare thing" happened in the streets, one after another, and the spectators craned their necks to squeeze forward and swarmed in, three floors inside and three floors outside, full of seats.
The same schadenfreude, unsympathetic indifference and cruelty, and the low taste of joining in the fun. Nothing seems to have changed. Nothing more than watching the Japanese kill China compatriots who were spies for the Russians, watching Ah Q get his head cut off by the government, and watching Shan Sisao's son, Bauer, be "severely punished". Now, she watches women who commit suicide jump off a building and migrant workers who can't get paid jump off a tower crane. She is still in high spirits, still crowded with people and still heartless.
Spectator: Metaphor of Life Tragedy —— A Life Interpretation of Lu Xun's Spectator
"spectator" is one of Lu Xun's most important performance objects. On the one hand, Lu Xun wrote Kanke with sober enlightenment reason, on the other hand, he showed a strong sense of life. In Lu Xun's works, the "appearance" of "spectator" hides the desire for mental violence and contains the desire for blood. This is Lu Xun's face-up to the tragedy of life and his great compassion for people.
On the tragic implication of spectator images in Lu Xun's novels
Almost two-thirds of Lu Xun's 25 novels, including Scream and Hesitation, outline and describe the spectator image in different ways. Lu Xun, with his keen eyes, spied the roots of the nation, captured the bad habits of the people and revealed the profound tragic implication. It is of great practical significance for contemporary people to analyze the spectators in Lu Xun's works. The difference between "watching" and "being watched" —— A comparison between Lu Xun's novel Kanke and Mo Yan's Sandalwood Punishment
"spectator" is a common group image in Lu Xun's novels, and the dual structure of "watching" and "being watched" derived from it is its basic theme mode. Mo Yan's Sandalwood Punishment follows Lu Xun's critical spirit and sublimates the image of "spectator" to a higher artistic level. This paper compares and analyzes the similarities and differences of the images of "spectators" in their works, and highlights the aesthetic value of the image of "spectators" and its significance in the history of literature through the power relationship between "spectators" and "watched".