Although the road of life is long,
But there are often only a few steps at the critical point,
Especially when people are young.
- Lu Yao, "Life""
The urban and rural life of the northern Shaanxi Plateau during the reform period constituted the time and space background of the novel "Life", and the male protagonist Gao Garin returned to the village in a short period of time after graduating from high school to become a teacher in a private primary school; he was soon replaced by the son of Gao Minglou, the secretary of the powerful brigade; afterwards, he worked in the Propaganda Department of the county party committee and exchanged feelings with Huang Yaping, the child of an intellectual cadre; until he got a job in the city through relations.
This book records the hero at different forks in the road, choosing how he has gone through ups and downs in his life. ”
The first time I read this book was when I was still in my second year of high school, I read it very shallowly, I only saw the love inside, I only saw Qiao Zhen's fearlessness of love, and I only saw Gao Garin's failure.
Recently, I carefully read the book "Life", and suddenly found that in fact, Gao Garin was choosing his own life while choosing love.
In China in the 1980s, various policies adopted by the state forced peasants to confine themselves to land, both materially and spiritually, and urban life full of vitality and opportunities constituted a double stimulus for the rural intellectual youth who were closed and poor.
Born in a poor peasant family in Qingjian County, a mountainous region of northern Shaanxi Province, Lu Yao kept running between the city and the countryside when he was young, thinking about and understanding this phenomenon. In the various shocks of the wave of urbanization, he proposed how rural intellectual youth should make choices, which set the direction for Gao Garin's character.
When he did not have the opportunity to work in the Propaganda Department of the county party committee, Gao Garin felt that it was appropriate to follow Qiaozhen, so he chose Qiaozhen. But after getting the opportunity to work in the Propaganda Department of the county party committee, he chose the reality that Huang Yaping could make him a promotion and a fortune.
At that time, the cities of modern civilization had a strong temptation for the peasants who had been trapped in the land, especially in the hearts of young people like Gao Garin, who began to have doubts and dissatisfaction with their lives and the world around them. Although I also tried to comfort myself that Gao Garin really loved Qiaozhen, the truth was that his ambition to go out of the countryside was greater than his love for Qiaozhen.
Even if the tone of the whole story is shrouded in sadness, I am still touched by Qiaozhen's strength and open-mindedness, and Qiaozhen did not find the depression of seeking death and life after knowing that her feelings were in crisis, but optimistically accepted all this. On the other hand, Gao Garin has always said that "it is not interesting to live", seemingly strong, but in fact, the cowardly character is actually the reason why his life is full of tragedy.
Grandpa Deshun is the most touching character in this book, he chose a lifetime of bare sticks, the sentence "I can't die, she lives, she is in my heart!" "Bring me to tears. I love this stubbornness alone, dare to love and dare to insist on living alone for a lifetime, he is the real brave.
Ma Yun said: Lu Yao has the greatest impact on me. At the age of 18, I was a gig worker pedaling a tricycle, and it was "Life" that changed my life.
The importance of making the most correct choice on the road of life is self-evident.
"People go to a high place" is the proverb left to us by the predecessors, but Lu Yao told us through the choice of Gao Garin's two feelings, don't forget the original as a person, ordinary or extraordinary can not forget to cherish the person in front of us.
Knowing that the most fascinating and painful part of life is the ever-unpredictable and unpredictable future, Lu Yao did not give Gao Garin's life an ending. Of course, he's still very young, just like we are.