Lesson 24 The Third Meaning of Sending Dongyang Horse

The third layer is mainly about the hardships of reading. The author chose a specific scene to describe it. "I dragged my feet and walked in the mountains and valleys." "Drag", carrying a book box and dragging shoes, shows poverty; "Deep Mountain Canyon" means that the road is dangerous. Poor winter, strong wind and heavy snow focus on the characteristics of season, environment and climate respectively. "I wonder if my skin is chapped" and "my limbs are stiff and I can't move", which sets off the cold weather and the bitterness of walking. This is a writing line. At the same time, I wrote about food, clothing, housing and transportation, living in a hostel, wearing shabby cotton robes, eating only two meals a day, and having no fresh fish and meat to enjoy. All this shows a "bitter" word. Focusing on bitterness has two purposes: one is to compare "roommates", those rich children who live in the same hotel; The first is to show yourself as a "person with enough fun", that is, inner fun. The author uses verbs such as Bei, Dai, Yao, Pei and Bei to describe the splendor of rich children's costumes and outline their magnificent image. This is a metaphor. The more prominent this metaphor is, the more vivid the following contrast is. "I put my robe in the middle", with bright clothes on one side and rags on the other. This further highlights the author's shabby appearance. After such a contrast, the author's pen and ink began to turn, revealing the spiritual realm, which shows that he is not envious or ashamed at all. So, why is he like this? Because the "man who has had enough fun" has spiritual comfort and ideological sustenance, he will not compare himself with others in food and clothing. Next, the author ends this chapter with "I am hard-working", explaining that this is just an example, a specific situation, so as to illustrate the general with concrete and sum up many similar situations.