More than a hundred years ago, the New Culture Movement was vigorous, and the Enlighteners advocated the literature of the common people, but there were not many novels that really featured the low-level people. "Shoko the Camel" is a long novel with a rickshaw puller as the protagonist, which is rare and valuable.
Shoko's life goal is to have her own rickshaw, which is hope and a source of strength. To this end, he was able to pull the cart hard, reject all bad habits, and even get by with clothes and food. Just to save money to buy a car early. The road to achieving this ideal is also difficult.
People's Artist - Lao She
After several years of suffering, Shoko bought a rickshaw for the first time, but the car was not hot in his hands, and when he encountered a random soldier, even people with cars were robbed, he risked his life to escape, and took back three camels. Although Shoko was unlucky, the coercion of force and the suffering of hunger and cold did not knock down his belief in life.
The second time he struggled to save, he met a detective who intimidated the fraud. Cheated his savings. The last time was a physical ordeal, this time it was a psychological blow. Shoko felt cheated by others, is the intelligence, personality and ability to see the insult, Shoko such a clean, positive and good young man actually had the psychology of revenge against society, in the night of being deceived at night, he actually germinated the psychology of stealing the employer's compensation.
Lao She Former Residence & Camel Shoko Museum
The ancients said that "chaos is not as good as the Taiping Dog". It is born in a chaotic world without caring for human dignity, and the basic right to subsistence is not as good as that of a peaceful dog. If you look at the living standards of the Wang Xing people today, it should be said that "the Taiping people are inferior to the Taiping Dogs." The difference is that the dignity of the dog is given by the owner, and the dignity of the human being is fought for by himself. Suffering is the norm of life, and it is normal to encounter it, but only the spiritual strength shown in overcoming difficulties is the noble quality of man.