A Brief Analysis of Mo Yan —— The Handstand

This week, Dean Zhuo of Woodpecker College assigned a homework assignment: choose a short story you like, sort out the causal relationship and summarize the plot.

The teacher recommended several articles for reference, and I chose Mo Yan's Inverted Head. I haven't read the other articles completely for various reasons, so I'll make them up slowly in the future. Hand in your homework first and pick it up.

1, plot summary

The full text describes an old classmate party from the perspective of "I". At the party, everyone showed different behaviors to satirize some bad social phenomena at that time.

There are seven people attending the party. I am an ordinary mechanic, and Sun Dasheng, deputy director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, is the initiator of the party. At the same time, there are Dong Liangqing, who is in charge of grain, Zhang Development, who is in charge of paving bridges and roads, Sang Zilan, who is in charge of politics and law, and Xiao Maofang, deputy manager of the bookstore. It is worth mentioning that Xie Lanying, the wife of the "little toilet" and the only woman present, is the goddess that Minister Sun once wanted.

Everyone is trying their best to curry favor with Minister Sun, including Xie Lanying, the former school beauty. Finally, in people's heckling again and again, Xie Lanying performed a handstand with half reluctance. When she stood upside down, she showed her plump thighs and bright red shorts and made a fool of herself. Finally, Xie Lanying covered her face and ran out.

2. Causality

There are several people except "I" in the whole article. Everyone has their own demands to please their superiors, that is, Minister Sun. This is because.

Everyone acts according to Minister Sun's thoughts with a pleasing mind, which is embodied in the change of Xie Lanying's behavior. At first, I hesitated to shake hands, then I was pushed to sit in the chair next to Minister Sun, and I drank the first glass of wine under the persuasion of my husband and two other people, then several glasses of wine, and finally I performed a handstand in the crowd. This is the fruit.

A detailed description is in place: the skirt on her leg turned down like a peeled banana peel, covering her upper body, revealing two plump thighs and bright red shorts. Only then did she realize, burying her face in her hands and running out of the room askew.

questions?

1. It is obviously a gathering of seven people, but it is clearly stated in the article that the round table is very big, and six people do it very thinly. Why is there one person missing?

2. There is only "I" in the whole text, and my sense of participation is almost zero. What am I doing? Do I really exist?