Inspiration and Notes on Natsume Soseki's "I Am a Cat" Inspiration and Notes on Natsume Soseki's "I Am a Cat" 1
During the holiday, my child recommended a classic book "I am a Cat" to me. It's a Cat", written by Japanese writer Natsumi Soseki. After reading, let me write this review to complete my task as a parent.
In terms of creative techniques, "I Am a Cat" is an anthropomorphic work. It narrates the entire work through a cat in the teacher's family, which gives the work It brings a sense of fun and humor, making the whole work vivid, showing the author's insight into life and profound literary writing skills. Imagine that if you were to tell it as an ordinary person, it would be boring and boring. Let alone children, adults may not be able to finish reading this book.
From the perspective of emotional deepening, "I Am Cat" can always blend scenes. For example, after the teacher was frustrated in painting and the coachman's Dahei became a lame cat, there was this description: Maple Leaf once The pine forest has been decorated with two or three rosy glows, but now it has faded, like an eternal dream. The red and white camellias beside the stream were in full bloom, and all their petals were gone. Although the two-foot-long eaves and verandah face south, the winter sunlight slants to the west in an instant. There are more and more days when the cold wind picks up. This is the author's desolate moan about the desolation of the world, which can be vented with the help of stories and natural scenery.
Another highlight of the work is to use an interesting anecdote instead of always stating it directly when expressing opinions. For example, the description of a cat being stuck in the mouth by rice cakes humorously and calmly demonstrates the so-called four truths: rare opportunities will make all animals dare to do things they are not willing to do. It is said that people always encounter temptations. Can't help it; all animals can instinctively predict good and bad luck, which means that people will instinctively realize the crisis; in times of crisis, things that are usually impossible to do can also be done at this time, which means that danger can inspire people. Human instincts can exert more energy than they can normally exert; all happiness and happiness will always come from hardship, which means that people will not feel what happiness is if they do not experience suffering. Inspiration and Notes on Natsume Soseki's "I Am a Cat" 2
On Children's Day, I went book shopping with my daughter, found a copy of "I Am a Cat", and read Natsume Soseki's masterpiece.
"I am a Cat" was completed by Natsume Soseki at the beginning of the last century. At that time, the Japanese government was high-spirited and full of arrogance. The narrow-minded Japanese began to regard themselves as the superior people of a powerful country. At this time, some calm Japanese intellectuals began to think about Japan's future. On the one hand, they cannot see a way out, and on the other hand, they are powerless. These social conditions make them feel helpless, helpless, and even desperate. In this mood, Natsume Soseki completed this work, which is recognized by the world as a work as famous as "Les Misérables", "Wuthering Heights", "War and Peace", "Gone with the Wind" and so on.
The novel has a unique form and tells the life of a cat (from the time "I" was born and lived in the home of a novice monk until "I" accidentally drank beer and fell into a water tank and drowned). The author uses this to describe the life of a cat. Use the eyes of a cat to observe, discuss and comment on Japan at that time, ranging from the social status quo to the warmth and warmth of human beings. The observations are meticulous and the writing skills are sharp and sharp. , the author's description of human psychology is even more profound, which is amazing, and I have to be impressed by Mr. Xia's writing skills. Whether they are celebrities, traffickers and lackeys, rogues in the market, or scholars, there are all kinds of people from all walks of life in society. Mr. Xia's psychological portrayal of them is simply indescribable.
Mr. Xia also used the cat's mouth to tell a lot of his strange stories. At first glance, they sounded absurd and interesting, but when you taste them carefully, they all turned out to be true truths. For example, there is a passage in the book, which is roughly as follows: "People in the world are like this, always doing unreasonable things. In the past, when I was ignorant, I lived in harmony with nature... But if this continues, the land, air, water, sky... will all... It means that nature belongs to human beings, and what’s even more ridiculous is that these can even be classified under the name of a specific person... It is rebellious and absurd, this is human beings! Compared with us cats..." Well written. Although it is a bit like the ravings of a madman, these sentences point directly to the flaws and darkness of human nature, targeting the ugly human nature and endless desires. If you restrain these, you will become a perfect person. But there is no perfect person in this world, so you will see ugly human nature and endless desires everywhere. Natsume Soseki's "I Am a Cat" Inspiration and Notes 3
There are no magnificent and important scenes in "I Am a Cat", nor are there any historical figures who have changed everything, but only a greedy tabby cat. , beside the trash cans in the streets, beside the dilapidated roof tiles and walls, and beside the dishes on the kitchen table, watching the various trivial paths in the world.
It can be seen from the book that Natsume Soseki read poetry and books, but he did not express his deep thinking about human nature and society from the perspective of philosophical value or historical politics. Instead, he expressed his deep thoughts on human nature and society from the perspective of a cat. The unique observation angle depicts the characters in a close and down-to-earth manner. As the saying goes, one can see the whole story with a single glance. The first reading is relaxed and humorous, and then the dark and depressive emotions hit the face, and finally it arouses the reader's introspection and thinking. This is the feeling of reading this book, and the reasons will be explained in detail later.
First, the cat’s eye sees all the despicable weaknesses of human nature.
There are all kinds of living beings in the book, and the representative one is the "thatched room teacher" who is ignorant of worldly affairs, impetuous, vain, and arty. The cat said in the book, "If you can read it as usual, you can still read it." It was admirable, but after five minutes, he threw the book hard on the low table." "No matter what he did, he had no talent." He was greedy for perfection in poetry, song, and painting, just pretending to be famous; grandstanding, The "aesthetician" Mi Ting, who talks nonsense and is unrestrained, said to his teacher, "Because I sometimes make jokes, people take them seriously, which triggers a great sense of comic beauty"; Han Yue, the "doctor" who is famous and duplicitous, I visited the teacher's house several times and explained the "mechanics of self-hanging" and "grinding glass balls" in a clear and concise manner, which made people laugh. Yagi, the pretentious "lonely immortal", claimed to be passive and indifferent, and investigated life and death, but he was frightened when he was threatened. There are also the arrogant Suzuki Fuji, the bossy "Mrs. Nose" and so on. Nietzsche said that if you stare into the abyss, the abyss will stare back at you.
The book is consistent throughout, bloodyly showing the ugly face of human nature. Many characters’ rhetoric is full of loopholes, which makes people have to maintain composure and compare with each other to gain a sense of security, existence and achievement. Negative energy such as the "Three Nos" tactics in which the heart is the slave of things is everywhere, filling the whole book and making readers breathless. At the same time, the author uses trivial things in life to reveal human nature, which is so real and close that it makes readers feel like looking in a mirror, and they can't help but feel the same. Secretly ashamed. Being able to experience this feeling is exactly what Natsume Soseki wants to tell us, and it is also what we ourselves need to deeply reflect on.
The second is the author’s pessimism and despair about society.
Natsume Soseki ends with a drunken tabby cat falling into a water tank and drowning, expressing his pessimistic and despairing attitude towards human nature and the current social situation at that time. The tabby cat represents his separation from the self-subject. An objective thinker, but he died as a subject obsessed with desire. It is quite ironic. It is a denial of self and a denial of society. It has the same unique temperament as contemporary Japanese writers such as Osamu Dazai and Ryunosuke Akutagawa. , the book writes, “In a word, no matter the master, Han Yue or Mi Ting, they are all ordinary people in a peaceful and prosperous age. Although they are swaying in the wind like a loofah, they pretend to be aloof from external objects. In fact, they are They have both an ordinary heart and a greedy, competitive mind, and a desire to be strong. Even in their daily conversations and laughter, clues of it can be vaguely seen. In our eyes, they are different from those ordinary mortals who are usually scolded by them. It’s so pitiful that I belong to the same family.”
In the cat’s eyes, I saw my own ugliness. Natsume Soseki's "I Am a Cat" Inspiration and Notes 4
First of all, the special thing about "I am a Cat" is that the first protagonist of the work is a cat. The author allows the cat to talk to itself, from its perspective To interpret human society, in fact, the whole work is mainly divided into two parts. One part is the cat's thoughts. It is always chattering and endlessly talking about its feelings about human beings. In fact, to put it bluntly, this part is an aspect of the author's thoughts. , the author uses cats to express his feelings, just like the preaching element of many literary classics, which is inevitably annoying. Although the protagonist is changed in this part, such a long and lengthy description is also a bit dull, which may not be suitable for most people. I'm too accepting of this kind of boring preaching, but fortunately the expression technique is relatively novel, and the author's language skills are extremely deep, so it's still acceptable.
On the other hand, the behavior of people in the eyes of cats is mainly focused on speech. This section is extremely interesting and is also my favorite. The conversation takes place, of course, mainly in the owner's home. The cat has a lot of dissatisfaction with the owner. In its eyes, the owner is a pedantic, old-fashioned guy with many bad habits, but he is not It can be said that the owner is useless. As the work unfolds, the cat also recognizes the owner's aloof personality that is not succumbed to money. This must also directly lead to his various differences with this money-oriented society. Fusion, but this is still appreciated by cats. The owner has two very good friends, one is Mr. Mi Ting and the other is Mr. Hanyue. Among them, the one who is particularly impressive is obviously Mr. Mi Ting. Mi Ting is a very interesting guy. His words are never reliable or lie. He talks nonsense one after another, and the most incredible thing is that even if he is exposed by others, he can continue to fool people with dignity, as if talking nonsense is the ultimate goal of his life, just like a smoker can't live without cigarettes, teasing people becomes The necessities of his life are provided, and such a cynical Miting forms a strong contrast with the serious owner. To use another metaphor, it is like a cross talk, one is flattering and the other is funny. In the cross talk, the flatterer is pretending to be stupid. , and the owner is really stupid. It is said that the writing style of this book also has a bit of Japanese rakugo style. Rakugo is Japanese cross talk. It is just said by one person. I have heard some but I don’t think it is very funny. I want to come and talk with you. The national language and culture are not unrelated, but the humor of this work has a certain universality, and Mi Ting's style once reminded me of Guo Degang. I always overlap the two of them unknowingly, Of course it is Guo Degang on the stage. What he is like in life is unknown.
In short, as long as Mi Ting appears, you will be full of expectations. This section is fascinating enough.
Another character is Han Yue. Only after reading the entire book can you form a clearer outline of this character. He doesn’t like to express his opinions very much, or his language can’t express his character very well, but in fact he He is also a very serious person, but unlike his master who is pedantic, he is a relatively simple person, so the ridiculous incident of grinding the glass ball occurs at the end. Only by reading the full text and recalling Han Yue's various events can he construct it in his heart. Cheng Hanyue is a character. The book also touches on Dongfeng who is full of literary pursuits, Sanping who says one thing but does another, Mrs. Kaneda who worships money, etc. After you sing, I will appear on the stage, performing some trivial matters in this small courtyard. Life comedies one after another are also full of irony. If Lu Xun's irony in "The True Story of Ah Q" is too spicy, then Natsume Seishi's irony in "I Am Cat" is more of a mockery. , writes about the author’s various dissatisfaction with the current social situation and various perceptions of the shortcomings of reality.
Generally speaking, I like this book quite a lot. Although the author used the cat’s mouth to express some complaints and reveal some of the current situation of society, it is not boring and the expression is quite good. It is clever and fascinating, and can make you experience some deep insights while laughing. I think this is the unique charm of this book. Inspiration and Notes 5 for "I am a Cat" by Natsume Soseki
The fairy tale "I am a Cat" written by the Japanese writer Natsume Soseki is one of the articles that I think is well written and impressive. In the work, the writer wrote the funny image of the "cat", the "me" in the article, eating rice cakes in the first person voice.
While reading this article, I couldn’t help laughing. The author's ability to portray the cat's psychology so delicately and realistically is inseparable from his cultural accumulation and careful observation of animals. While I was laughing, I was also thinking: Since it is a fairy tale, it not only reflects the experience and voice of the "cat", it also reflects every bit of human society to a certain extent.
Thinking about it carefully, isn’t the worry of the “cat” when eating rice cakes the true record and reflection of our hearts when we are preparing to try something? Isn't the embarrassment after being "sticked" by rice cakes the same as when people encounter problems (and this problem is not a problem for some people) and cannot extricate themselves?
Classmates, do you ever remember: when Du Ruifeng and other classmates stood up to read poems or texts, and their hoarse voices sounded in class, didn’t you also smile in return? How is this similar or different from the "laughing" of the girl and her partner in the article? Among classmates, we should respect each other and should not laugh at every classmate and everyone around us.
"I have generally seen human beings' personal assisting behavior that lacks compassion, but I have never hated it as much as I do at this moment." Why can't we have a compassionate heart and a grateful heart? , Tolerate the shortcomings of people around you, tolerate a classmate’s unintentional words, tolerate... tolerate everything that can be forgiven, but cannot tolerate your indifference, unconsciousness and irresponsibility towards learning!
"There is a world in a grain of sand, a paradise in a flower" and what I want to say is: what happened to this cat is a human society!
Students, let us try to read the emotions and truth behind it while understanding the text! ;