Relationship between Xiangzi Camel and Weather

Analysis of Chapter 18 of Camel Xiangzi

The key words in Chapter 18 are scorching sun and rainstorm, which describes the sufferings of Xiangzi and the people around him under the scorching sun and rainstorm. There are three main points here, and a few small points.

First of all, this chapter mainly talks about scorching sun and heavy rain. When writing about the scorching sun, we should start with pictures, telling what the children here will do in June and what the adults will do, and then slowly focus on Xiangzi. Of course, this process also brought Tigress and others out. Finally, focus on Xiangzi who got off in the hot sun. When writing about the rainstorm, focus on Xiangzi first, and write about the fury of the rainstorm through his feelings. When Xiangzi came home, he wrote about the excitement of buildings after the rain. In this way, when writing complex, it is a false description of Xiangzi, and when writing Xiangzi, it is a false description of complex, which has been influenced by reality and realistic effects. At the same time, this chapter begins with complex and ends with complex, forming a locking structure with a sense of balance inside, giving people a sense of balance.

Secondly, under the scorching sun and heavy rain, Xiangzi was fighting against the sky on the surface, but actually against himself. (He sits around doing nothing, "No, he can't") He decides to travel: "... if nothing happens after a trip, it proves that he is in good health ...; But there is a mention that Xiangzi can't remember such a hot day: is it hotter than usual, or is he weak? He felt that his health was getting worse, and Xiangzi was finished. This creates a problem. In On Camel Xiangzi, Xu Jie said, "If I don't want to brag, I think Lao She seems to have gone too far in describing his sexual life." "The rickshaw puller can't get married. If they get married, the burden will be heavier and life will be more bitter. This is also true. However, this can't completely fall on sexual life. " "We don't know what Lao She means by emphasizing the description of sexual life? "Under the scorching sun and heavy rain, Lao She once again highlighted Xiangzi's sexual problems. It seems that sex is the main reason for Xiangzi's depravity, and other problems only intensify this problem. In Xiangzi's Sisyphus-style struggle, it was sex that crushed him. Schopenhauer believes that life is the objectification of will, and the basic task of all complex conscious activities is always to meet needs, and needs cannot be separated from healthy physical survival. He thinks that sex organs can be said to be the real focus of will. (Personally, I think) Maybe this thing is most closely related to life.

Third, Lao She's writing extremely natural words is also extreme. For example, when writing hot, "all", "every" and "every" repeatedly emphasize this extreme effect. In the rainstorm, the rain hit his head and back, swept his face and wrapped his crotch. He can't look up, open his eyes, breathe or walk. He seems to be standing in the water, and he doesn't know where the road is ... He wants to put the car down, but he doesn't know where to put it. Trying to run, the water wrapped around his leg. He was half dead, dragging forward step by step with his head down. At first, Xiangzi pulled a cart and ran in the streets of Beiping. There is a road under his feet and a road in his heart. At this time, in the rainstorm, although the road was still at his feet, the road in his heart was at a loss. "He doesn't know anything, but his heart is a little hot and it's raining in his ears." Even in the end, there is no way at the foot and no way in the heart. At the same time, Xiangzi, struggling under the scorching sun and heavy rain, reminds me of life under the veil of Mo Ye and Schopenhauer's metaphor that life is a circular orbit composed of burning red charcoal. Therefore, I think it is not bad to regard this passage as a reflection on the living conditions of human beings under the whole Mayan curtain.

There are several other small points.

One is that Xiangzi pulled a cart from home. The first thing he described was the tree. When the first chapter describes Xiangzi's appearance, it also says, "He thinks he is like a tree." The state of the tree also hinted at Xiangzi's situation.

One is heavy rain. "His hair is soaked through the straw hat." In the first chapter, he wrote, "His eyebrows are short and thick, and his head will be shaved forever." ..... "In chapter 23, Xiangzi wrote that he was an inferior driver," Sometimes he didn't shave his head for more than a month. "Of course, it is only mentioned by chance here, and the main portrait description author is left to Chapter 19 to describe. This reflects that Lao She has always been very clear about the changes in Xiangzi's appearance.

Another time, when the rain was light, Xiangzi told the passengers to avoid before leaving, but the passengers disagreed. "Xiangzi really wants to put the car down"; But in the end, I didn't go to shelter from the rain. At this time, besides "shaking into a ball as soon as it stops", it is important that Xiangzi's sense of responsibility is at work.

There is also a rain scene in Xiangzi's eyes, which embodies the combination of Chinese and western brushwork.

Xiangzi overcame the wind, but was knocked down by the rain. Under the scorching sun and heavy rain, as Schopenhauer said, the individual is just an accidental will phenomenon, which can be destroyed by a light blow of natural forces. He can only be helpless and involuntarily between powerful nature.

Family words are for reference only.