When I opened the novel "The Man in the Center of the Earth" by writer Tong Wei and began to read it, the whole person was confused and chaotic. Because the author takes us into a completely strange world, a world that is out of touch with our real world. Whether it is the concept of time, the name of the world, or even the different names of the objects, it is completely unfamiliar, and this strangeness also makes it difficult to read this book.
But it is this strangeness that allows us to penetrate into their hearts and understand their opportunities in this world. Because we want to understand another group, another race, we should not use our perspective to complete our understanding of them, but we should stand in their perspective and put ourselves in their shoes to complete this understanding.
Because of the difficulty of reading, I hurriedly completed a quick glance at the book, and I felt that in fact, the storyline is not complicated, it is the story of a person walking out of the mountains. However, in the process of coming out, he faced all kinds of difficulties, such as the dilemma that Tang Seng would inevitably suffer from "ninety-nine-eighty-one difficulties" when learning scriptures. Of course, in order for him to really get out of this world and get out of his own demons, there will inevitably be some story plots for him to complete his redemption, which makes this book have another series of protagonists' stories, and there is also a background setting that strings together the whole story.
When I read the novel at the end, I read the author's afterword, and I also learned that the author's story is actually based on the history, legends and practical predicament of the Yi ethnic minority in the mainland, and many of the passages in the book are also derived from the history, mythology and anthropological investigation of the Yi people.
With this kind of understanding, when I read the book for the second time, I had a completely different feeling. In the process of reading, we can read that in the historical period of such a nation, they are trapped in their own cognition, they are isolated from the world, and even they have a feud with the Han people outside, which is the kind of feud that never dies.
The protagonist of this book, Tie Ha, also named Feng Shihai, is a victim of this feud, he is a Han nationality, but because of hatred was plundered to the Yi land, became a slave of the Li people, although he survived, but also lost part of himself.
And his escape is actually the road of redemption to seek the final destination of his heart. In the process of his escape, the author also presents us with the rich and colorful myths and legends of the Yi people, and this part has become the most fascinating content of the book, but it is also the most crucial factor hindering our reading.
But now that we have such a cognition, of course, we can calm down and experience a different cultural atmosphere, which allows this book to jump out of ordinary stories and go deeper into the essence of culture, and the demand for the story of this book is constantly reduced, and we can better understand the spiritual connotation provided by the author to us, so that the book can be read more smoothly.
Of course, this book is destined to be a book that cannot be read and completed quickly, and it is not destined to be a work that can be understood quickly, but it provides us with a classic model, presents us with the fate struggle of individuals in a difficult situation, and also presents us with the spiritual home that belongs to the Yi nationality, so that we can build a bridge, complete mutual understanding, and build a human home together. #文学##小说##文学阅读#