"In the Mountains and Gorges" uses a first-person narrative perspective to show the lives of people who have become thieves forced by life, and it is the cruelty of society, the cruelty of life, that distorts their character and makes them barbaric, cruel and unjust.
Written in 1933, "In the Mountain Gorge" describes the real life of the bandit gang led by Uncle Wei, who lived in a steep mountain gorge, haunted, vulgar in speech, violent in personality, fierce in heart, and did not hesitate to throw their injured companion Little Black Bull into the rushing river to reduce the burden. They pursue the philosophy of "cowardly people, who can only give people a life to live" in their lives.
The wild cat in the novel "In the Mountain Gorge" is a vivid artistic image, she is the daughter of the bandit leader, who lost her mother from childhood, followed her father to live on the tip of the knife, spicy, fierce, and wild, coupled with the cunning and cunning when stealing cloth, the kindness and gentleness when embracing the little wooden man, the innocence when singing, and the yearning for a carefree life, making this image very plump and moving. The novel narrates the life of the bandit gang from a first-person perspective, which is unique in the narrative method and the theme of the novel, the novel is based on the real and vivid, thrilling and legendary bandit life scene, with the thoughts of "I" wanting to leave the bandit gang as the line, making the plot of the novel undulating, but also conducive to depicting the life of the bandits from both internal and external levels.
A reader mingled among a group of outlaws, helping to do some stealing business, and he wanted to leave them, and when he woke up, the group was gone, just like a dream. The work that narrates this content is Ai Wu's "In the Mountain Gorge". Written in 1933, "In the Mountain Gorge" describes the real life of the bandit gang led by Uncle Wei, who lived in a steep mountain gorge, haunted, vulgar in speech, violent in personality, fierce in heart, and did not hesitate to throw their injured companion Little Black Bull into the rushing river to reduce the burden. They pursue the philosophy of "cowardly people, who can only give people a life to live" in their lives. These bandits turned out to be honest and distressed peasants, and the author had both criticism and sympathy for them.
The protagonist of the novel, Wildcat Zi, is the daughter of Uncle Wei, the leader of the theft syndicate, and is the only woman in this deformed and bleak world, and in her, the commonality of wild, brave, and brute wanderers and the distinct personalities of cunning, softness, and charm are perfectly and harmoniously intertwined.
Set against the backdrop of the wilderness and mountain gorges of western Yunnan, "In the Mountains and Gorges" depicts the life of a group of "mountain thieves" based on what an unemployed and wandering little intellectual ,"I" saw and heard in a group of "mountain thieves". By revealing such a corner of society, the work denounces the darkness and ugliness of old China. The unfolding of the storyline is always closely integrated with the description of the environment, so that the work not only has a strong local characteristic, but also the description of the environmental scenery also renders and sets off the atmosphere. The well integration of the description of the scene with the unfolding of the storyline not only achieves the above artistic effect, but also adds a bit of romantic color to the work.
The image of the wild owl in the novel "In the Mountain Gorge":
The wild owl is a beautiful and terrifying, vibrant, wild girl figure.
She has the same personality traits as a tramp: strong, strong, spicy, cunning, and savage.
She has characteristics from the nature of a girl: innocence, liveliness, childishness, kindness, and charm.
She has always had a vision of a better life and an ideal world.
In the feral cat, the commonality of the tramp is shown to be unified with the personality of the country girl.