Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News Reporter Jiang Yun Correspondent Zhu Zhangjin
Talking about Lao She's "Camel Xiangzi", I think many people are not strangers, what does the cover of this book look like in your memory?
Last week, students in Pearl Experimental School Class 709 received a special assignment to redesign the cover of Shoko the Camel and write out the design rationale. What is more special is that it is not the art teacher who assigns this homework, but Gu Mengmeng, the Chinese teacher and class teacher of the 709 class.
After receiving the students' works, Gu Mengmeng was stunned, "I didn't expect the students to be able to paint so well, they are very attentive, and they have their own unique understanding." ”
In the article "Camel Xiangzi", the protagonist Xiangzi's biggest dream is to own his own foreign car, so many students take the foreign car as the theme of the cover, with some small details.
If a classmate deliberately paints the road uneven on the basis of Xiangzi pulling the car, and the color of the road is darker the further forward, in order to symbolize Xiangzi's bumpy and increasingly dark life path, and also paints the foreign car brightly, as a sign that this is the spiritual pillar of Xiangzi.
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There are also many foreign cars as the cover theme -
Design reason: Shoko is a coachman and a "car fan", because this car he has been caught by soldiers, because of it, he has lost Xiaofuzi and Tiger Girl, and become a "ghost of the end". This car is Shoko's almighty field, which is a portrayal of his strong and positive spirit.
Design reason: Shoko's lifelong dream is to buy a car, he struggled for a long time, but in the end he fell into such a situation, mood and sorrow are around the car, such a simple wish can not be realized.
Design reason: Shoko pulls a car for a living, has always wanted to have a car of his own, experienced three ups and three falls in the end and it is difficult to own a car, but tiger girls are difficult to give birth, Xiangzi sells cars to bury tiger girls. The cover Shoko and tiger girl separated by a thin but "hard" barrier, although Shoko has no feelings for tiger girl, but there is still a heavy blow to him, his life fell into misery.
Why is the novel named "Camel Xiangzi", and many "Xiangzi Pulls the Car" and "Xiangzi and the Car"?
Many students have added camel elements to the cover, believing that camels have very important implications, revealing the character of the protagonist Shoko - like a camel, hard-working, silent and generous.
Design reason: Shoko is like a camel who is silent, bears humiliation and burdens, and forges ahead, which is a positive portrayal of him. And the foreign car is the source of all events, sitting in the car is a rich businessman, they are high and fearless, while Shoko bows his head, frowns, and can't take a step, which is a portrayal of his later period.
Design reason: Camel Xiangzi tells the story of Xiangzi from an honest, thrifty, strong, simple, kind person when he first entered the city to a sympathetic little, a numb, sloppy person. Others call Shoko "Camel Shoko". On the right side of the cover is a camel, and on the left is Shoko, naming the protagonist and revealing the protagonist's personality.
What surprised Gu Mengmeng the most was the work of Jia in the class, who depicted the "passers-by" encountered in Xiangzi's life in black and white, "Jia's works are smooth lines and exquisite composition, whether it is the picture, text or composition, they all contain her deep understanding of "Camel Xiangzi". At that time, I was very surprised to see this work, and I drew it too seriously. ”
Design reason: Shoko is an ordinary rickshaw puller, a low-level working person. He has many life visitors: Tiger Lady, Mrs. Xia, Mr. Cao, Camel, Xiao Fuzi, Lao Ma, Second Master Liu... These "passers-by" will become the background of Shoko in black and white, the title is placed at the top, concise and clear, and below is the author. From the cover painting down is a passage in the book, which outlines the suffering of the rickshaw puller, and is also the epitome of Shoko and the working people at the bottom, which adds to the appeal of the cover.
Why did you think of assigning such an assignment to your classmates in Chinese class? Gu Mengmeng believes that this kind of comprehensive homework can not only show personal characteristics and advantages, but also the students' creative interest is stronger than that of ordinary reading homework. "During the winter vacation, students have already read the book "Camel Shoko", and the purpose of this assignment is mainly to show the students' personalized reading results. Mr. Lu Shuxiang, a famous educator, once said that language teaching is half science and half art. Therefore, I hope that in this way, I will stimulate students' creativity, exert students' imagination and observation, exercise students' hands-on ability, and deepen their understanding of classic works. ”
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