"Morning Blossoms Plucked at Dusk"

Author: Lu Xun

Main content: The work describes the author's childhood life and study process in his youth, recalling those difficult times. The forgotten people and things express the nostalgia for relatives, friends and teachers in the past. The work is a mixture of narrative and discussion, criticizing and ridiculing reactionary and conservative forces.

"Camel Xiangzi"

Author: Lao She

Main content: "Camel Xiangzi" is based on the whereabouts of a rickshaw puller Xiangzi in Peiping (today's Beijing) as a clue , based on the life of Beijing citizens in the late 1920s, with the rough and tragic life experience of rickshaw driver Xiangzi as the main plot, profoundly exposed the darkness of old China, accused the ruling class of exploitation and oppression of workers, and expressed The author's deep sympathy for the working people shows people the picture of the poor citizens at the bottom of Beijing living in an abyss of pain under the warlords' melee and dark rule.

Theme: It mainly tells the sad story of the rickshaw pullers in old Beijing. This article denounces the unscrupulous people who oppress the people, exposes the exploitation and oppression of simple and kind-hearted workers by the dark old society, accuses the evil of the old society of "turning" people into ghosts, and expresses the author's love for labor. The people's deep sympathy criticizes selfish and narrow individualism, and also reveals that personal struggle is not the theme for working people to escape poverty and change their circumstances. It also shows that humans are animals that change with changes in the environment, and they can be said to be the most vulnerable. The ugliness of human nature is fully exposed here.

Character image:

Xiangzi------a first-class coachman who was once so strong, but in the end he still failed to struggle out of his tragic fate.

Huniu is a fierce and scheming middle-aged woman with a masculine personality. She is very good at taking care of things and manages people and the car factory in an orderly manner. She was quite scheming and arranged a scam, but she didn't expect to be exposed early by her father, Mr. Liu Si. However, she still deceived Xiangzi into marrying her, but she didn't expect that her father would cruelly abandon her. She didn't care, sold the factory and went elsewhere. In the end, she died due to dystocia caused by her gluttony and laziness. All her endings were caused by herself. After all, her own fate was also included in the calculation.

"How Steel Was Tempered"

Author: Nikolai Ostrovsky

Thought: "How Steel Was Tempered" "" is an excellent novel that describes the growth process of newcomers and reveals their excellent qualities. When a British reporter asked the author why he took "How Steel Was Tempered" as the title, Ostrovsky replied: "Steel is cast in fire and quenching. Only in this way can it be Become strong and fear nothing. Our generation has also been trained in such struggles and arduous tests, and has learned not to be decadent in the face of life." The title of the book vividly summarizes what he wants to express. The ideological content; the growth path and ideological character of one’s own generation.