Money worship is a topic that people are always arguing about. It has been praised and praised, which has given mankind too much humiliation and glory. Every war is a competition for money; Every miracle is a reliance on money.
in Europe during the industrial revolution, the seeds of capital mainframe grew rapidly in machine tools and steam, and a new class, the bourgeoisie, grew quietly under such an environment. And capitalist money worship, like the sun born at dawn, has also flown into every corner of cities and villages in such an environment.
At this time, some writers of ancient philosophers interweave the inspiration of creation with the warning to life, and that focus is precisely the increasingly cruel and mean nature of this new "sun"-the bourgeoisie.
Balzac was the greatest philosopher of that era.
Balzac's "Gao Laotou" makes me deeply feel the indifference of capitalist society. The only thing people want is money and rights. The social atmosphere of "money is accompanied by love" has been extremely confirmed in this book, and the protagonist Gao Leo (Gao Laotou) in this book is the biggest victim of this social atmosphere.
It was money worship that made him change from "the best room on the second floor to a second-class room where there was no fire to keep warm all winter"; It is money worship that makes everyone change from calling him Mr. Gaolio to treating him as the most mysterious figure produced by "vice, * * *, and imbecility". And all this, just because he poured all his love into his two daughters.
after reading "the old man Gao", people can't help but feel sad for the indifference between human feelings and the money-centered upper class in Paris. In Paris, there is no affection or love in the upper class, but only the money relationship between people. The sadness that "father loves daughter and daughter loves money" is the greatest irony of this book. In 19th century France, the autocratic shadow of feudal dynasty has not faded, but people have ushered in "man-eating capitalism", which makes people completely release the dark and disgusting side of capitalism in order to stand in this turbulent era.
Marx once said: "The bourgeoisie has torn off the veil of tenderness over family relations and turned this relationship into a pure naked money relationship." The experience of the hero in this article is a microcosm of that era. And the change from "calling him Mr. Gaurio" to "being the most mysterious figure produced by vice, * * * and imbecility" has also become a satire with good effect in this paper.
The old man Gao described by Balzac, a great writer, has given readers a pitiful and despicable image, and I can't help but sigh the tragic experience of the old man Gao from the bottom of my heart. Balzac, on the other hand, takes his own life experience as the embryonic form, and through careful and vivid description, profoundly depicts the naked money relationship between people in capitalist society, and with his keen pen, depicts many stories hidden behind contemporary French Paris, a prosperous society, which is a true portrayal of the capitalist class. After reading it, it makes people feel real and heavy from the bottom of their hearts. It is Balzac, a great writer, who reappeared a gray age in human history, and it is also people like countless Balzac who brought us from darkness to light.
The article "Old Man Gao" led me into that era, and that Paris led me into that kind of sadness. The clarity and purity of human nature, influenced by money, degenerated into sin and gloom, and bathed in the temptation of the devil under the illumination of a lot of gold. Saints, in that era, retired to mediocrity and robbers.
The book "Gao Laotou" not only made me really understand that having power to gain benefits is only a moment's pleasure, not a permanent happiness, but also made me know that people should dominate money instead of being dominated by money, and made me deeply understand the sadness of that era.
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