"Camel Shoko" tasting

"Camel Xiangzi" is a novel by the People's Artist Lao She (Shu Qingchun) that describes the tragic fate of rickshaw pullers during the warlord melee in the 1920s. Shoko is a representative of the toiling masses in the old society.

"Camel Xiangzi" is a masterpiece of Mr. Lao She's novel, and has achieved high achievements in art. With Shoko as the center and its three ups and downs on the issue of buying a car as the main line, the novel presents a three-dimensional picture of the life of all classes of civil society, thus constituting a colorful picture of the customs of Civil Society in Peiping in the early 1920s.

The rigorous and unique artistic structure, vivid and vivid character images, humorous and humorous language art, and the strong local color of Beijing flavor comprehensively show the unique artistic style of Lao She's novel creation. With its distinctive ideological and artistic characteristics, "Camel Xiangzi" deserves to enter the forest of modern classic works!

Xiangzi, a strong and generous country boy, makes a living by pulling cars in Beiping, and he is thinking of saving money to buy his own car. He saved money and finally scraped together a hundred yuan in three years and bought a new car with his hard-earned money, and Shoko was full of hope for life at this time.

Who knew that the good times were not long, the warlords outside Beiping City were fighting, and Xiangzi lianren with cars was captured by more than a dozen soldiers into the camp to do coolies. Taking advantage of the defeat of the soldiers, he sneaked out, took the camel that the warlord had left behind when he retreated, and sold it for thirty-five yuan, and from then on he had the nickname of "Camel Xiangzi".

Xiangzi went into Liu Siye's depot to rent a car to work, because he was diligent and honest and got a lot of care from the owner. One night, Liu Siye's daughter Tiger Lady seduced him to drink, and the drunken Xiangzi slept with Tiger Lady for the night. Unexpectedly, Tiger Lady pretended to be pregnant and forced marriage, and Shoko of Mu Ne had to be at her mercy. However, Fourth Master Liu could not tolerate his daughter hooking up with the "stinky car puller" and kicked the two out of the house. After marriage, Tiger Lady used private money to buy a car for Shoko, and soon became pregnant. With little savings left, Shoko desperately pulled the car to make money, and finally fell tired and sick. Unexpectedly, Tiger Girl died in childbirth, and in order to buy Tiger Girl's funeral, Shoko gritted her teeth and sold her car.

The neighbor Xiaofuzi is also a poor person and has always had feelings for Shoko. Helplessly, Shoko could not bear the responsibility of supporting her brother and the drunkard father. In order to earn money, Shoko left her hometown to pull a chartered moon car for the old owner, Mr. Cao, and when she returned, she learned that Xiaofuzi had committed suicide after being sold. The soulless Shoko is like a changed person, wandering the streets and alleys every day, eating, drinking, gambling, stealing and slipping. On an ordinary day not long ago, Shoko, who did not look like an adult, fell into the street and never got up again.

The theme of "Camel Xiangzi" is that the tragic fate of the toiling masses at the bottom of semi-colonial and semi-feudal Chinese society is common.

The warlord forces in old China caused wars and chaos in order to seize benefits, and the people's lives were difficult, and the lives of working people such as Xiangzi, who were at the bottom of society, were even more difficult. The dark and corrupt social reality is fundamental to Shoko's tragic fate.

Through the story of the rickshaw puller "Xiangzi", who has several ups and downs in his life and finally sinks, "Xiangzi the Camel" exposes the tragic fate of the people at the bottom of semi-colonial and semi-feudal Chinese society. Shoko's experience proves that it is impossible for the working people in the semi-colonial and semi-feudal era to change their situation through their own diligence and personal struggle.

The novel portrays many small characters like Shoko. Some of those little people have to rely on each other because of the separation of their families due to the war, some are overwhelmed by the burden of the family, and some sell their flesh to support their brothers. The tragedy of the toiling masses at the bottom of society is the tragedy of an entire era, and every member of it will not be able to escape the fate of Shoko in the end, unless they recognize their current situation and unite to overthrow the cannibalistic society and system.

　The book "Camel Shoko" is a good satire on the corruption and incompetence of the old society at that time. But this book is also called our best teaching material— in all cases, we must be diligent and determined, so that we will not cause tragedies like Shoko. Everyone's life is like this. Therefore, we should have ideals, goals, and a positive attitude in order to be based on society.

So, have you realized?