John Steinbeck, born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California, was admitted to Stanford University in 1920 and failed to graduate due to family difficulties. His excellent works are all from the United States in the 30s - the Great Depression period, all of which depict the various living conditions of human beings under poor conditions, and explore the state of material poverty that people could not get rid of at that time, thus praising people's ability to resist blows, lofty spirit, and never-say-die fighting spirit at this time!
As a result, his work "Grapes of Wrath" won the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1937, "Between Man and Mouse", which was published as a bestseller, was later adapted into a play and film, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature for this book in 1962.
So why has this "Between Man and Mouse" become the first choice of ten novels that American middle school students must read? Why is it that reading this book will make you mature instantly? The following combined with what is mature, interpret the following book:
(1) Don't panic when you encounter difficulties!
Of course, maturity refers to people's psychological maturity, and some people may not be able to achieve psychological maturity in their 30s.
When people live, they often encounter some difficulties. The manifestation of immaturity is to choose to escape and stay away, because these people will automatically panic in their hearts, panic about the pressure brought by difficulties!
Mr. Lu Xun said: "Tragedy is to tear beautiful things apart for people to see." If you really read the tragic novel "Between Man and Mouse", you will feel the suffering described in the book, but what really brings the reader is that human beings can fight against loneliness and despair. These excellent qualities of human beings will put up an inspiring banner in your heart!
The theme of this book is loneliness and despair. Loneliness is the eternal theme of human beings, and it is also a theme that modern writers vigorously exaggerate. 40 years ago Nobel Prize winner Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is like this, 60 years ago "Between Man and Mouse", so when encountering difficulties, please do not panic, choose to take the initiative to bear, and firmly believe that it can be solved, even if it can not be solved, it will become your valuable experience.
(2) When contradictions and disputes occur, we must learn to control
Contradictions will inevitably occur when communicating with others, and it is necessary to control your emotions at this time, which is a manifestation of psychological maturity.
There are many contradictions and conflicts in the book, not only between the big Lenny and others, but also between people and their own hearts. Most people sympathize with the psychology of the weak like Lenny, and the author amplifies this psychology through loneliness and despair. The lonelier you are, the more desperate you are, and while winning the tears of readers, you can also subtly change from a bystander to a party, from a fool in the book to a wise man in reality.
When the author Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962, he said in his speech on stage: "From ancient times to the present, the mission of the writer has not changed, and he shoulders the responsibility of exposing our painful and tragic mistakes and failures to others, to excavate dredging, introduce light, and lead to progress in our dark and dangerous dreams!" "Taking this as a lesson, when we have a contradiction again and encounter an argument, we will calmly solve it, control our emotions, and take the initiative to analyze the gains and losses of cause and effect." Especially for angry teenagers, reading it will make the contradiction no longer worse.
(3) Be independent, principled, and have a bottom line
Psychologically mature people will be very independent in thought and action, have an opinion on doing things, and are not easy to be swayed by others. Believing that your future can be obtained through hard work, you will not be attracted to virtual things. Especially the current young people, many of them are virtual games, virtual love... I was so attracted that I couldn't help myself. Learn to stay awake at all times and distinguish between reality and dreams!
The book "Between Man and Mouse", the whole book is less than 80,000 words, its content is to tell the story of the two brothers making dreams together, chasing dreams, and when the dream is about to be broken in time, this dream is very simple, that is, "there is a small house, there are several acres of land, a cow, a few pigs, and most importantly, there are several rabbits!" But under the social and political conditions at that time, this "pastoral dream" was contrary to agricultural industrialization and was doomed to be destroyed! Therefore, we must always be sober and have our own bottom line and principles of being a person. This requires you to learn to face it with thinking and learning when you are lonely, so as to enjoy loneliness!
"What really matters in life is not what happens to you, but what you remember and how you remember it!"
(4) Learn self-analysis and self-judgment.
Psychologically mature people will recognize their own shortcomings and will not be blindly arrogant; they will judge the gap between themselves and others, so as to catch up; they will find ways to stimulate their potential and play a practical role.
Reading the book "Between Man and Mouse" and seeing the author's description of the beautiful scenery, you will not only be taken by the author to cross to his birthplace - the Salinas Grand Canyon in the western United States, but also through the detailed description of some characters and scenes, to understand the development direction of the plot. Like the description of each character's speech during dialogue and their rich body movements, you can judge the inner emotions of the corresponding characters; like the beginning of the novel, the author's description of the sunset, the light and dark contrast used, can judge the final direction of the story - the coming of darkness is blocking the realization of dreams! This is the brilliance of the author, the "big man" Lenny in the book from time to time begged George to recite their dreams of the land, which will make the reader's heart break with the moment of their dreams shattered under this "knock"! Feeling that the people at that time were as humble as rats, under the power of nature and fate, they were irresistible!
(5) Have a grateful heart and be able to help each other.
Finally, please always have a grateful heart, which is also an important sign of psychological maturity! In real life, people are interconnected, you can't avoid accepting help from others, so please learn to help each other! Then you will be like Lenny, touching something smooth and soft will be very satisfied, and simple happiness is happiness!
Have a grateful heart, read and share, and happiness will surround you! [Teeth]