Liu Xiwei made a thorough analysis and criticism in Drunken Flowers Collection. Here, let's comment on the novel Zao Jia, which has the most readers in the history of new literature. The first work that Ba Jin read was the love trilogy "Fog, Rain and Electricity", which had a bad impression. Not only the writing is not exquisite, but also the written words are puzzling, because China has never had his own revolution, and for those nothingness. Although Ba Jin himself "burst into tears" every time he reads it, it is like chewing wax for most readers. Home is completely different, with stories, characters, scenes, gardens, the color and fragrance of plum blossoms, ancient houses lacking sunshine, and thick sputum that even spits on the ground. Readers are not only familiar with it, but also have many things, and they are still attached to their parents and themselves. The transformation of these two "torrents" from a family-based society to an individual-based society and a country-based society began with the awakening of individuals, and then individuals broke free from the shackles of extended families (China people's comfort zone in the long years, but became cages in the storm of the new era) and faced the country and society. Home provides typical characters and stories for this transformation from old to new. This great change is coming to an end today. Therefore, the flame of this book has not been extinguished, and many readers can still pick up their sorrows and joys from home. It would be unfair and contemptuous to affirm Home only from the wind of the theme and the typical changes. In fact, since the birth of new literature, most novels have described the above changes, but why does Home have the largest number of readers and is enduring? We must explore hard. This is an overview of the whole book ... Although Home has many shortcomings worthy of scrutiny, it deserves to be regarded as a masterpiece of novels in the 1930s, which is enough to compete with others. The main shortcoming of Home is the lack of artistic training from beginning to end. The book I have in hand was revised in 195 1 year, and it has been changed to "improper use of words" and "deletion of some cumbersome". However, several chapters are still difficult to swallow. Generally speaking, novels are mixed in description and narration, and "hard to swallow" is mostly in the narrative part. Many dialogues are too eager to express their ideas, losing the vitality and charm of spoken English, and reading is like listening to a speech. These shortcomings are related to Ba Jin's literary view at that time. He has confessed countless times: "What is literature? I don't know, and I don't want to know ... I haven't read literature books. " And "I didn't write novels to be a writer, but I was forced to pick up a pen in my previous life." It can be seen that his rudeness and contempt for literature is of course an illusion of ignorance. No matter what your motivation for writing a novel is, as long as you publish it as a literary work and throw it into the literary world, you have to measure it by artistic standards. It is precisely because when he wrote Home (when he was 28 years old) that Ba Jin was so ignorant of literature that he wrote such immortal works, which shows his high talent. The charm of this novel lies in: (1) The author grasps the focus of that changing era, the old and new characters in the process of change, and uses a series of typical conflicts at the same time. It expresses a surging wave of change. Home is a long song in the torrent era. In other words, the role, plot and theme of Home are symmetrical and harmonious. Because of the integrity of the whole structure, it is very important to have some rough words. (2) Nine out of ten novels since the birth of new literature have goals other than literature when writing. But Home was written in memory of his eldest brother. He had to put down his "purpose" and get as close to the truth as possible. Therefore, it has become a novel with the purest human feelings and the strongest flavor of life. (3) 195 1 year, Ba Jin wrote in the last line of "Postscript" of Home: I will always remember that youth is beautiful. Besides, it has always been my source of inspiration. All his works are full of pure youth. Home is particularly strong. This atmosphere embodies a simple state of mind. Reading his novels, you won't feel that it was written, sung and groaned, which is a natural sigh. This is not art, but talent. As he said, "Eternal life in a youthful vilen".