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Submitted by serivrena on June 9, 2008
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Laoshe is one of the most famous writers in the early 19 century. The short story “Something” taking from “ Huo Che Ji” (火车集) describes the lower class people in the old time of China. In his literature, Laoshe portrays several minor characters, and as everyone knows, these minor characters come from ordinary civilians. But why Laoshe pays such a big attention to these ordinary people? According to the comparison between two of his short stories, “Something (东西)” and “The same idea (人同此心)”, readers may find the answer to the question. One aspect, ordinary civilians presents the major population of one society, besides, compared with people in the first social class, ordinary civilians deserves more respect.
In the short story “Something”, Laoshe describes two people, Lu Shuxiang and Hao Fengming, who are definitely in the first social class. One of them studied in Britain, and the other one had the educational experience in Japan. They used each other for their own purpose, although they are relatives. Through the description of the thoughts of the two characters and their conversation, Laoshe betrays the dark side of human nature: Selfishness, dissimulation, unlimited desire, and unreasonable self-pride. For example, according to Hao Fengming’s thought, readers can find that he looks down on Lu, or maybe he looks down everything. He is so proud of himself, and the only reason is that he studied in Britain. The ridiculous attitude makes him hate Hao Fengming, however, his unlimited desire pushes him to follow Lu. In the story, the author states over and over that Hao Fengming is not a poor man, but Hao Fengming’s desire is unlimited. Because of his selfishness and unlimited desire, he has to follow Lu’s instruction and continuously flatter him. There is an interesting detail: Hao Fengming feels that Lu is definitely a traitor. If the time goes back 10 years, he would insult Lu’s traitorous behavior. However,...
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