Reflections after reading about home
Home is a symbol of love, warmth, and safe haven, but in the old society, home was a devil, a prison, and an executioner.
Ba Jin’s work "Home" thoroughly reflects the ugly face of feudalism in the old society, which makes me feel sorry for them. My heart is burning, my thoughts are rolling, I am feeling sad, angry, regretful, and sad! But I secretly feel happy for myself, because the feudal etiquette of cannibalism has been buried by the predecessors, and I should thank them . After countless pitiful lives were laid as burial objects, some lovely and brave people rose up to attack, shattered and disillusioned. A new era has arrived. We will not repeat the old path full of women's blood and tears. This is the greatest luck!
In such a big family, Mei, Qin, Mingfeng, and Ruiyu all have different personalities and outcomes. Mei, who passed by Juexin because of her mother's attitude, became a widow early. After reuniting with Juexin, she became depressed and became ill because she could not express her feelings, and died of vomiting blood; Qin, who read several Nian Shu, actively resisted the marriage of "parents' orders and matchmaker's agreement" with Juemin, and finally won the victory with the help of Juexin and Juehui. They were together sincerely and lived a happy life; Mingfeng, good A fierce woman! For the sake of her pure love, she did not hesitate to abandon her own life rather than destroy herself. I really admire her for resolutely choosing this heroic way to resist in this big feudal family; Rui Yu, a kind and quiet person, let others Because the child in her belly was rejected by everyone and was driven to a dark and damp room outside the city, her husband felt that Xin was too cowardly, which led to her passing away after giving birth to Yun'er. This made me Hate superstition, hate cowardice. These female characters show that too many people made many unnecessary sacrifices in feudal society.
The three brothers have very different personalities. As the eldest brother, Juexin was handsome, good in character and learning, and had a bright future and a happy dream. However, in the face of the cannibalistic feudal etiquette, he did not dare to bear the charge of unfilial piety. He surrendered, accepted, and endured His difficulties that were difficult for others to understand earned him temporary friendly treatment from the elders, but what did he get? Nothing! He lost his beloved Mei, his virtuous wife, and countless opportunities to resist. He even served as the executioner of feudal ethics and forced his second brother Juemin to get married. But in the end, he had some consciousness and he finally helped The third brother successfully escaped from this terrible "home"; Juemin had progressive ideas, but was not firm. He was between conservatism and progress. However, just like this, he got the help of his eldest brother and third brother with his own strength. With her help, she won Qin, a progressive new woman full of confidence; Juehui, who not only has progressive ideas, but also has a firm will. With a simple belief, he will not give up and stride towards the goal. My master, don't have any regrets. Juehui's resistance won him a bright future. He finally got rid of this family. However, he was not successful. He lost his love and sacrificed an originally beautiful life for his career. Mr. Gao's feudal ideology, the entire social system, and the entire superstition have taken away many young lives!
"I am a young man, not a freak, not a fool. I should strive for happiness for myself!" Like Ba Jin, I will remember: How lovely youth is, we are in the beautiful years of youth, We are full of passion and our hearts are overflowing with love! So let it be my source of inspiration!
Reflections after reading Lu Xun’s Medicine:
Mr. Lu Xun’s novel, “Medicine”, vividly exposed the social reality at that time. Here, I will not talk about the issues related to the topic, but will only talk about my views on two small details in the article.
First: Is what Hua Laoshuan and his wife did for their son the "love" that ordinary parents have for their children? At first glance, the question seems absurd: Isn’t parents’ concern for their children a great “love”? But in the distorted social reality, things are often unimaginable; just as it is difficult for people now to understand Belikov "in the bag".
The scene where Grandma Xia Si meets Aunt Hua when she goes to visit the grave. At that time, Grandma Xia Si was "hesitant" and "ashamed", but she "bitten the bullet". This certainly reflects the conflicted psychology of Grandma Xia Si, but if we go further: it is not a bad idea for Grandma Xia Si to go to the grave of her son, so why is she ashamed? First of all, we need to take a look at Grandma Xia Si’s social status at that time: the mother of an executed criminal. Let's not think about the social background at that time. In today's society, it is conceivable how much pressure a criminal's mother will bear in society. What's more, at that time, it had already deserted all its relatives, and its "relatives and relatives" had long since stopped coming, so it was ashamed of itself. The reason for this series of phenomena is that Xia Yu participated in the revolution and devoted himself to it. It is certainly very good to abolish the old social system and carry out revolution. Moreover, Xia Yu is not the enemy of the people, but the enemy of the ruling class; but he is not a friend of the oppressed class either. Not only did the revolution he carried out fail to gain the understanding and support of his family and the people, but the failure left the people with resentment and his family with humiliation. The reason is that he does not represent the interests of the oppressed class. Therefore, revolution is limited and failure is inevitable. From another aspect, we can also see how ignorant and backward the people were at that time, and how cruel the rule at that time was.
In short, this article by Mr. Lu Xun is a microcosm of the entire society at that time, and every word reflects the cruel social reality at that time.
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"Medicine" - is a human blood bun soaked with the blood of revolutionary martyrs, it can cure tuberculosis; "Medicine" - is to win over the nation The great spirit of sacrificing oneself for the sake of light and precious lives of the revolutionary martyrs can save the entire nation.
The fragrant "steamed buns" keep people fed and clothed; the bloody "human blood" is so terrifying that it makes people shudder. In Lu Xun's article "Medicine", in order to save his child, Lao Shuan was superstitious that this kind of steamed buns could save a person's life. He did not hesitate to spend a lot of money and worked hard in a teahouse in order to buy it for his son. Come to the elixir steamed buns, what a great and helpless father's love. This kind of superstition showed the ignorance, ignorance and pedantry that were prevalent in Chinese society at that time, but at the same time it reflected the honest and simple warmth of traditional Chinese society. The helplessness between family affection and reality; the contradiction between feudalism and progress. The article fully shows Lu Xun's dissatisfaction with the current situation of Chinese society, his disappointment with the corruption of people's livelihood in the late Qing Dynasty, and Lu Xun's eagerness to change the status quo. .
These details about the lives of various little people in the traditional feudal society made Lu Xun write articles that not only retained the humane and honest feelings of the Chinese, but also had the rational spirit of seeking truth from facts and being loyal to reality of the Westerners. . Lu Xun's dissatisfaction and objective condemnation of the traditional feudal and ignorant life in Chinese society can be seen everywhere in the article. In addition to exposing the true traditional way of life, this article is also a revolutionary chapter. In the article, Lu Xun was eager to awaken the forbidden hearts of the Chinese people that had been sleeping for many years. Because Lu Xun firmly believed that "literature is the best tool to save the country and the nation from the suffering of ignorance." Lu Xun truly deserves to be called the "engineer of the human soul."
Reading Lu Xun's article - Medicine, we can appreciate it from several different levels:
In the city, a young Chinese Xiaoshuan contracted tuberculosis, and his father worked hard for him. He worked and earned money just to buy a steamed bun that was said to be made with the blood of revolutionary martyrs. After buying it from the executioner, Hua Xiaoshuan still died after eating it! At the same time, on the other side of the city - at the entrance of Guxuan Pavilion, the source of the blood was a young man named Xia Yu who was beheaded for participating in the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In the desolate cemetery, there are only two mothers who have lost their beloved sons, and they are in infinite pain...
The connotation that Lu Xun wanted to express in this short novel was not to expose the dark aspects of society; it was to actively express the bright side. It uses two contrasting methods. On the one hand, it writes the story of primitive ignorance and eating human blood; on the other hand, it writes the bright and great sacrificial sentiment and the ideal of revolutionary martyrs.
As the story progresses, readers can't help but keep asking themselves: "Medicine!" "Medicine?" - "So this is medicine?" "This is actually medicine!" "Is this medicine?"... These three meanings , each layer is deeper than the next, and each layer is more shocking than the last! On the surface, the so-called medicine refers to "human blood steamed buns"; in feudal society, scientific thinking and medical knowledge were not developed, and folklore said that it could cure tuberculosis (this was indeed said in Shaoxing, China at that time). The father believed it and told the story of asking for medicine, but Xiao Shuan still died. But deep down, the so-called medicine refers to the "ideal of reform" to cure the chronic national disease of ignorance and ignorance, and the sacrifice is the life of martyr Xia Yu. One is a frail young man plagued by chronic illnesses in feudal society; the other is a healthy young man full of ideals and ambitions, a comparison of different typical characters; the two young men died in different ways, a comparison of the value of life and death; after death, they happened to be buried not far from each other on both sides of the path. "On the left side of the road are buried those who were executed and executed, and on the right are the graves of the poor." "The graves are lined up with Xiao Shuan's graves, with only a small road in between." This is another Narrative comparison: Xiao Shuan's new grave is lonely, Xia Yu's grave is also new but not lonely. "Looking up further, I was surprised; there was clearly a circle of red and white flowers surrounding it. "The pointed and rounded grave top" - death is as light as a feather and heavier than Mount Tai. What an important contrast this is. This is one of the strongest cries expressed in this article. The national enthusiasm contained in the article was actually the medicine that Lu Xun used to heal the entire Chinese nation. This is the meaning of "medicine".
Lu Xun's writing style is delicate and critical, with many ironies, contrasts, and symbolic techniques. He describes the characters concisely and beneficially. The choice of subject matter is closely integrated with the social life at that time. His articles are not only very literary and artistic, but also very important to the society. The people have more social and educational significance like the drums in the evening and the bells in the morning. This article is presented in four paragraphs as a whole. In terms of the arrangement of the article, the first three paragraphs first talk about Xiao Shuan's illness and the story of Hua's father buying medicine. The plot is described very compactly and is not sloppy at all. Lu Xun abandoned the description of the background of the story and focused on the characterization of the characters and the process of buying medicine, which is the center of the story. This shows that Lu Xun's choice of subject matter is profound. From the time Hua Laoshuan went to Gutingxuankou to buy medicine in the late night of autumn, "the street was dark and empty" and "sometimes I met a few dogs, but none of them barked" (metaphor), which all symbolize the old age. A heavy, hopeless mood. After he witnessed the execution, there was no real description of the execution in the entire paragraph, but "it was like many ducks, pinched by invisible hands, lifted up" (metaphor, irony); "the eyes were like two knives" , the sting caused Lao Shuan to shrink in half" (metaphor, symbol); "One hand held a bright red eel head, and the red was dripping down bit by bit" (metaphor). From these descriptions, readers It is not difficult to paint a cruel and bloody picture in your mind. As for "The new life in this bag is to be transplanted into his home..."; "...The sun also came out;...a road appeared in front of him..., and behind it, it also shone on the broken plaque on the street with a T shape... These four bleak golden characters " (symbol, contrast, irony), Lu Xun deliberately put more emphasis on this plot, should be a strong helpless feeling for the ignorant society and a warning; as for the process of cooking and taking medicine, it is not The focus of the article is briefly described, but in this article Lu Xun did not forget to use Xiao Shuan's serious illness to insinuate the extremely ill Chinese society (symbol) at that time; then the scene jumped to Uncle Kang, the hunchbacked Fifth Young Master and others in the teahouse. , talking about Xiao Shuan's tuberculosis (symbolizing the ignorant Chinese people) as if no one else was watching, and Xia Yu's story is also described in simple words in this paragraph--Xia Sanye snitched and used other people's blood in exchange for his own life (Chinese A more selfish mentality), "...he said, the Qing Dynasty belongs to all of us." (Propaganda of the spirit of revolutionary democracy).