Introduction

representative work

The background is old Beijing in the 1920s. Xiangzi lived in an era dominated by Beiyang warlords. The background world in "Camel Xiangzi" is the dark, deformed, and unbalanced old Chinese society, where people live a poor life, and Xiangzi is only a representative of the working people. Although they had a certain degree of freedom, they had to struggle for their livelihood, and poverty deprived them of the poor freedom they had.

In 1982, Ling Zifeng adapted the novel "Camel Xiangzi" into a movie of the same name. In April 2020, it was included in the junior high school section of the "Basic Education Curriculum and Textbook Development Center of the Ministry of Education Reading Guidance Catalog for Primary and Secondary School Students (2020 Edition)"

The language in "Luotuo Xiangzi" is plain and simple, without a lot of gorgeous rhetoric and description. There are no uncommon words in the book, and the language pays attention to the usage habits of modern vernacular, which greatly facilitates readers' reading. It is an excellent realistic novel.

Before Xiao Fuzi died

After the death of Xiao Fuzi

The daughter of Liu Siye, the owner of the car factory, is thirty-seven or eighteen years old. She is the daughter of a rogue capitalist with a distinctive personality.

Like a big black tower, he is not benevolent and righteous, he is vulgar and fierce, and he treats others harshly. She is unreasonable to outsiders, but she truly loves Xiangzi. She wants to find in Xiangzi the youth that was deprived of her by her selfish father.

a kind, pathetic character

She was sold to an officer by her father, Erqiangzi, and returned to her parents' family. Her mother was beaten to death by her father, and her father became an alcoholic. He watched his two younger brothers starve and were forced to sell themselves. Finally, when she arrived at the white house, she couldn't wait for Xiangzi to pick her up. Unable to bear the inhuman treatment, she hanged herself.

Xiangzi's employer was fond of traditional arts and was kind-hearted, and was considered a "sage" by Xiangzi. He believed in socialism, and the authorities thought he was a revolutionary. He fled to Shanghai to avoid the limelight and returned to Peiping. Later, he was willing to help Xiangzi start a new life.

He was one of the few people in the old society who fought for the people

Cao Zhai's old lady is kind-hearted, strong-willed and helpful, and often enlightens Xiangzi. She retains the kindness and simplicity of most working people, and is also careful and thoughtful in doing things. She is one of the few working people who has adapted to the old society.

He is the epitome of the future Xiangzi, with a strong character and strong body, but he watched his grandson die in his arms. In the end, he sold the broken car and could only rely on selling some things to maintain his life. Like Xiangzi, he could not escape his fate.

The miserable fate of the working people at the bottom of semi-colonial and semi-feudal Chinese society is the same. The warlords in old China caused wars in order to snatch profits, and the working people at the bottom of society lived in poverty. The author deplored the decline of traditional virtues, was dissatisfied with the bad national character of Xiangzi, and cursed the dark society that "turns people into ghosts" and system, and saddened by the degradation of ignorant and ignorant good people in the sick old society.

The dark and corrupt social reality is the root cause of Xiangzi's tragic fate. Xiangzi's experience reflects the sinking of China's bankrupt farmers in the "citizenization" process in the 1920s, and proves that the working people of this era want to change through personal struggle. The situation is simply impossible. The tragedy of the working people at the bottom of society is the tragedy of an entire era, unless they recognize the current situation and unite to overthrow the cannibalistic society and system. Xiangzi's tragedy is not only his personal tragedy, but also contains more profound cultural and era factors.

falling together

Two rises and two falls

Three ups and three downs

Full of hope and longing for the future life, kind and simple, loving labor, even after the car was taken away, he still has a camel-like enthusiasm and tenacity for life.

After marrying Huniu, he heard a tall rickshaw puller who was also married talk about the disadvantages of getting married and his own bad life after getting married. Xiangzi couldn't help but lose some confidence in life.

On the way to find Xiao Fuzi, Xiangzi met Lao Ma. Lao Ma seemed to be Xiangzi's future. He also dreamed of doing well on his own. He once had a good bones, a good mind, a strong body, and had his own car, but as a result, he became old. After the car was sold and he couldn't even keep his grandson, Xiangzi began to waver and doubt his ideals.

It was discovered that Xiao Fuzi had committed suicide, his hope was completely shattered, and Xiangzi also completely degenerated.