Story synopsis of "The Good Soldier Schweik"

Introduction

Shuaike, an ordinary soldier from the common people, is honest, honest, humorous and smart, with a cute smile. He likes to bluffly carry out all the orders of his superiors and skillfully use the military. The loopholes in the law make all these orders seem ridiculous, making the superiors dumbfounded and helpless. He effortlessly made the majestic royal relatives, dignitaries, generals, police officers, and sanctimonious judges and priests miserable and ugly. Shuai Ke suffered from rheumatism and was declared by the military region's review committee to have a chronic neurological disease. After being discharged from the army, he returned home and made a living by selling dogs.

One day, he was arrested by spies and taken to the police station because he asked which Ferdinand was killed. After signing the indictment, Schweik asked: "Is there any other official document you want me to sign?" When he saw the portrait of the Austrian head of state hanging on the wall of the forensic room, he shouted: "Everyone, our emperor, long live Joseph I. !” The forensic doctor asked him: “Is radium heavier than lead?” He said. I've never weighed it. "Do you believe in the end of the world?" "I have to see the end of the world first." So the three medical experts unanimously agreed that Schweik was an idiot. When he saw people watching the emperor's declaration of war, he shouted: "Long live Joseph!" "As a result, he was arrested again. The Austro-Hungarian Empire's army was in short supply, and the War Ministry suddenly appointed Schweik again.

He borrowed a wheelchair from a neighbor and had people push him to join the army, but he was regarded as pretending to be sick. One day, Szeke cried while listening to the priest's sermon. When he asked why the priest was crying, he said: "I see that what you preach needs is a repentant person, and this is what you have found." I couldn't find it for a long time. So I want to do you a favor and make you feel like there are still a few honest people in the world. "The priest took Schweik as his messenger, but later lost him as a bet to Lieutenant Lukash. The lieutenant liked animals, so Schweik let his beloved canary out so that it and the cat could get to know each other. , the canary was eaten by the cat, and the lieutenant was furious.

Later, because Shuai Ke stole a dog of the colonel for the lieutenant, the lieutenant was sent to the front line by the colonel. On the train to the front, Shuai Ke. Ke ridiculed a bald general, saying that his hair loss was due to nerve stimulation while raising a child. He called the police for no reason, causing a sudden stop, being left at the station and being punished, and was detained for not bringing his ID. He returned to Lieutenant Lukash who had always wanted to get rid of him. As a result, the lieutenant was punished by being transferred to the advance team.

Extended information:

"Good Soldiers". The full name of "Szeik" is "What Happened to the Good Soldier Szeke in the First World War", which is a long political satirical novel written by the Czech writer Hasek based on the experience he gained while serving in the Austro-Hungarian Army.

The novel takes the protagonist Schweik's experience in World War I as the main plot, and vividly describes the incompetence and stupidity of the officers, policemen, and priests of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The ugliness deeply exposes the vicious tyranny of the rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the corruption and depravity of the army. The work uses vivid brushwork to create an image of a simple, honest, humorous and lovable soldier, which vividly reflects on him. It shows the wisdom of the Czech people and their dissatisfaction and spontaneous struggle against the alien rulers.

Creative background

After the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, the Czech nation entered a three-year period. In the century-long "Dark Ages", the people who were oppressed by foreign nations formed a tortuous and resilient resistance through laughter, curses, humor and irony. As the Russian critic Dobrolyubov said: "Literary penetration. the spirit of the people. "Ha?ek's ?vejk is a special example of the Czech people's struggle against foreign rule. He is a character nurtured and grown by the Czech people over hundreds of years who resisted national oppression and injustice during a specific period of disadvantage. A representative figure of a just war. ?

In the parliamentary elections in Austria-Hungary in 1911, the cynical Hasek once announced that he would establish a political party called the "Moderate and Peaceful Constitutional Progress Party". In the same year, Hasek published. His first Shuike stories.

Although he only started writing the four-volume "The Good Soldier Schwaik" in 1921, the creativity and character design of the novel should be said to have originated from the first batch of Schwaik stories in 1911. This good soldier known as "Qi Qi Chang Gong" is probably a humorous embodiment of his "Moderate and Peaceful Constitutional Progressive Party" platform. ?

The author Yaroslav Hasek plans to complete six parts. He will finish the first three parts of "Soldier Schweik" and the beginning of the fourth part in the last two years of his life. He has not yet completed the third part. During the fourth period, Hasek fell ill. On January 3, 1923, Yaroslav Hasek passed away. This novel ends here.

About the author

Ha?ek was born into a poor teacher’s family in Prague during the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

His childhood was very miserable. When he was 13 years old, his father died, and he, his mother, siblings, and others relied on charity and even begging to survive. When he was in middle school, he often clashed with the police for participating in demonstrations and was repeatedly detained and arrested. After graduating from high school, he traveled around the country, which gave him a broader understanding of social life and provided him with rich material for his future literary creation.

After the outbreak of World War I, Hasek was drafted into the army and was incorporated into the Czech Corps by the Austro-Hungarian authorities to fight in Russia. When the October Socialist Revolution broke out in 1917, he joined the Soviet Red Army and soon joined the Bolshevik Party led by Lenin. In 1920, Hasek returned to Prague and specialized in literary creation until his death in Lipnice, a small Czech town, on January 3, 1923, at the age of 40.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia-The Good Soldier Szeke (a novel by Hasek)