Reviews of "I Am a Cat" by junior high school students

The novel "I Am a Cat" written by Natsume Soseki to vent his years of anger sharply exposes and criticizes the "civilized and enlightened" capitalist society of the Meiji period. The following is the review of "I am a Cat" by junior high school students that I compiled. Welcome to read!

Review of "I am a Cat" by junior high school students 1

People are studying "I am a Cat" When writing this work, we often focus on “people”; I believe that the group of cats in the work is also a research object that cannot be ignored.

First of all, it is the cat "our family" that "doesn't have a name yet" that provides a perspective. Sometimes, because the author is too focused on writing about objective entities and events, "our family" is too omnipotent and breaks away from the identity of a bystander and a narrator, and is given too many identities other than cats by the author. Therefore, I also regard it as one of the group members that the author wants to express. This cat is proficient in ancient and modern Chinese and foreign literature, history, philosophy, and natural science. It can see through the conflicts between people and can act as a spy ("sneaking into" the Kaneda family), a guard ("fighting" with crows), etc. "Our family" can see through Miting's teasing of people more clearly than the owner, can also clearly see the pretentiousness and hypocrisy of some people, observe people's mentality revealed in subtle movements, and have also used superb language skills to "compliment" "Dahei from the Coachman's Family...

In fact, everyone can guess that "our family" is the spokesperson of the author, and it is the author who gave this cat so many talents and abilities. But "our family" doesn't bother to catch mice, and even when it comes to catching mice, it behaves in an ugly manner; the cat is still greedy, and shows its cuteness in the process of fighting the "rice cake" monster; the cat's favorite object must also be Not a human, but a sister - a female cat who brags for her master. "Our family" has seen all the ugliness in the world and feels complacent. But in the end, due to objective reasons, the author drowned "our family" who have great powers, talents and knowledge in a water tank and ended the story in a hurry. Originally, such a death was sudden, but the cat said, "Our family is dead, and there will be peace after death. There will be no peace unless we die." Then "Namo Amitabha!" came "Thank God". This can't help but It is a bit shocking that carefree cats respond to death so eagerly. So, what kind of ending should these people who are still living in the world design for themselves? The author's Zen meditation activities in his life cannot answer this question.

After "our family" arrived at the home of the master Kusami, they had great respect for the "white cat sister-in-law" who lived in the soldier's house diagonally opposite. Since then, the cat has not appeared in the work again. "Our Family" rarely mentions the object of its respect throughout the serial novel, but at the beginning it mentions a white female cat who deserves its respect. We cannot help but wonder whether this kind of respect is respect in the true sense. Judging from the character of the male cat, there is no motive for flattering the white cat.

In fact, if we look at the author's life far-fetchedly, the author has almost lacked the love of his parents since he was a child; then, a female cat who lamented because her four kittens were thrown into the pond by her students should not It will be the object of the author's praise, at least not from a parent-child level. The reason for looking at it again is that this white cat expressed its views on humans - "There is no one more reasonable than humans", and it also "reasonably" wants to fight with humans for the sake of the beloved son of the cat family. Fight with your heart. Such a common emotion can make "our family" respect it. It seems that this cat is too conceited; it thinks it is great that a white cat can say simple comments about humans. Of course, the author does not mean to despise the opposite sex, but there is a hint of "everyone is drunk and I am sober" in it.

Comments after reading "I am a Cat" by junior high school students 2

"I am a Cat" is the masterpiece of Natsume Soseki. The protagonist of the novel is a cat. The story is narrated by the cat in the first person "I" voice. There are no complete clues. In the seemingly casual expression of what the cat sees, hears and feels, the serious theme is clearly revealed. come out.

The cat’s owner is named Kushami. He is a middle school teacher. He likes peace and quiet and often studies at home. He had many interests but accomplished nothing.

The master often spends time together with his friends "aesthetician" Mi Ting, "scientist" Han Yue, "artist" Dongfeng, and "philosopher" Duxian, talking about the past and present, reciting poems and writing essays. One day, the wife of capitalist Jin Tian came to ask for help from Kusama for her daughter's wedding. Kushami thought it was a joke that Han Yue would fall in love with a girl from the Kaneda family, and he and Mi Ting laughed at her. Since then, the host has caused a lot of trouble. First, the coachman's wife spread rumors and made noises and insults to the owner; then Suzuki, the owner's old classmate, came to persuade the owner to stop causing trouble; and then middle school students were instigated to make noises and noises in front of the owner's house, making the owner very angry. The cat came to Jintian's house, heard the Jintian couple's discussion, and understood that it was them who were teasing the owner.

The master is still gathering with a group of friends such as Mi Ting and Han Yue. They attack the world and denounce the abomination of capitalists and the despicable detective lackeys while talking, laughing and cursing. The master has a student, Sanpei, who is getting married to Miss Kaneda. He came to invite his master to the wedding, but the master flatly refused. Cats also feel bored in their owners' homes. "The final fate of mankind is nothing more than suicide." The master's statement is probably correct. The drunk cat accidentally fell into the water tank and died in the struggle.

The uniqueness of this novel is that the author observes and describes the world from the perspective of a cat. The cat's discussion seems to be rambling, but in fact it is scattered. Cats not only play the role of narrative, but also play the role of comment, and also play the role of connecting stories. The unique conception creates a unique charm. Through the cat's perspective, it narrates some things that happened around it, some people living around it, and the joys and sorrows of these people, separation and separation. Maybe these people are so insignificant, but they did exist, no matter what Will these people eventually fall into silence or turn into dust?

Death is for eternal life, which is the ultimate destination for each of us.

Comments after reading "I am a Cat" by junior high school students 3

Do you like cats? So, today I will recommend a book about cats to you - "I am a Cat" . It was written by the Japanese writer Natsume Soseki, who also wrote "The Gate" and other literary works. Let's get back to the subject, let's talk about his book "I am a Cat"!

This book takes the marriage between Hanyue and Miss Kaneda as the main line, and introduces various characters and events. Through the perspective of cats, petty bourgeois intellectuals like Kusama are compared with big capitalists represented by the Kaneda couple. It writes a true portrayal of Japanese society in the 20th century.

Now that we have talked about characters, let’s introduce their personalities. Let's talk about Kusama first. He has a violent temper, but is knowledgeable, paranoid and willful, but kind and upright. He doesn't give in to money, is a bit strong on the outside, but lacks perseverance in doing things. Desire for transcendence, but have no ability. As a teacher, he does not understand his students, and his mind is not flexible enough. He is often stumped by weird questions asked by his classmates.

Let’s talk about the Kaneda couple. They are arrogant and arrogant, thinking that money can solve everything. They are also ruthless, cruel and despicable. Is this the "big shot" in Japan at that time? Can such a person be called a "big shot" if he can't even look down on a cat?

Let's talk about the author's creative background. After the Russo-Japanese War, , Japan realized its shortcomings. As a result, Japanese capitalism was formalized rapidly, and capitalists continued to oppress and exploit workers more and more frequently. Natsume Soseki was greatly dissatisfied with this. So he used this book to express his dissatisfaction and criticize Meiji's "civilized and enlightened" capitalist society. Ultimately, the author wants to write a way out for the people in the article. But intellectuals under the oppression of capitalism are like this, useless. In the end, the author's journey of exploration ended in failure.

Okay, no more spoilers, these are my one-sided understanding of this book. If you are interested in it, then go read it!

Junior high school A student's review of "I am a Cat" 4

A few years ago, I read "I am a Cat" by Natsume Soseki by chance. This is the first time I read a Japanese novel, and I was surprised by the similarities between Japanese culture and Chinese culture. So he kept chewing the scroll again and again.

It even came with me when I was in college, and I would take it out and read it when I had free time. What I got was the 1992 translation by Mr. Yu Lei published by Yilin Publishing House. It seems that there is no other translation on the market since then, but even if there is, I guess it will be difficult to surpass the exquisiteness of this translation. I don’t know whether it’s because Japanese characters inherit the mantle of Chinese characters, or it’s Mr. Yu Lei’s cleverness. Reading this prose novel is like flowing water. Even reading the poems and songs, it’s hearty and refreshing, without any sense of stagnation or obscurity. , I have to be amazed.

"I Am a Cat" is "bright, free and easy, full of wit". It uses an elegant style to deny the feudal and backward old things through a series of cynicism, and criticizes the money worship brought about by Japan's capitalist modernization. We are deeply dissatisfied with the shortcomings of socialism, self-interest, etc. This spontaneous and witty work does not stick to the Western novel model. It uses its imagination to freely arrange a series of unexpected, novel, vigilant and humorous scenes, leaving a lingering taste in laughter. The subtleties of the world peel off the cloak of human evil, hypocrisy and ignorance, and become a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation.

Natsume Soseki was thirty-eight years old when he wrote "I Am a Cat", which was also his debut novel. As a writer, he was a late bloomer. Soseki's life was extremely troubled and legendary. In addition, he lived during the Meiji Restoration in Japan, the decline of the feudal shogunate, and the newly established capitalist system. People, especially intellectuals, were in a confused spiritual crisis. His The work is full of deep gloom and depression. When Soseki created this work, there were serious crises in his career and family, including his own consistent beliefs and values. These crises and the resulting neurosis left a deep mark on "I Am a Cat" and future works. . Soseki later recalled this experience and said, "I am deeply grateful for this neurasthenia and madness." A guy named Nietzsche once said that "artists are born masochists." It is undeniable that sometimes people do like to get an indescribable pleasure from torturing their own spirits. Especially artists. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that many works that are truly immortal can be appreciated as if they were life-like representations of life, and they can also arouse the excitement of viewers, such as Cheng Dieyi who sings operas, Gu Cheng who writes poems, etc. Natsume Soseki in the novel, they all used their lives to fulfill art.

What Soseki experienced was the same path that many intellectuals took after the Meiji Restoration. However, his own tortuous life experience included the fact that he later became suspicious of British literature after specializing in English literature, and changed his mind to English literature. His strong interest in Zen Buddhism made him realize many things that the intellectuals at that time did not understand. He had a very clear understanding of the incompleteness of the Meiji Restoration. He believes that Western capitalist civilization is a natural process accumulated over hundreds of years, while Japan underwent a drastic transformation under external stimulation. He saw the abnormal changes in Japanese culture under this impact, as well as the doubts, emptiness and loss of the people surrounded by this culture. He used pungent writing to mock people's blind obedience to this foreign culture. When he wrote about the "new style of female students" wearing short skirts and playing badminton on the street, he said, "Why do our female students suddenly wear short skirts and parade proudly in public, while our men are also open and open, wearing women's clothes?" What about bras? All this is because female students in the West wear short skirts, while men don’t wear bras.” "World-weary", "distressed", and "angry" are words commonly used by Soseki, as well as his world view and creative outlook. These emotions are also revealed in almost every corner of "I Am Cat". He spared no effort to use a lot of pen and ink to use the protagonist, a cat, to take off the sanctimonious coat of human beings through monologues, so that the body covered with abscesses would be exposed to the broad daylight, and he would also force people to lower their heads. Go and see. A friend of mine couldn't read this novel because he couldn't stand his extremely

bitter and sarcastic writing style.

The cat in the author's works is good at rhetoric. He criticizes people as "all decent thieves", "overconfident in their own energy and arrogant". "The principle of 'fairness' derived from egoism may be better than that of cats." Its logic is superior, but its wisdom is inferior to that of a cat." As a member of the intellectuals, Soseki had a profound and apt exposure to the little intellectuals at that time, such as these teachers in the novel - "Those teachers were unaware of their own ignorance, but they pretended to be "A proud face"; "Although ordinary people preach things they don't understand as if they really understand them; scholars talk about things they understand so that people don't understand them. In university courses, those who talk about unknown things. Those who talk endlessly are well received, but those who explain known facts are not popular."

Comments after reading "I am a Cat" by junior high school students 5

"I am a Cat" is the early masterpiece of Natsu Soseki. It can be said to be either a lyrical sketch or a novel with a loose structure.

The protagonist of this article is a cat, and he looks at the human world from a cat’s perspective. When he was born, he was rejected by others because of his ugly appearance. He lost his life. He was later adopted by a junior English teacher known as "Kushika". From then on, he began to observe human beings and criticize human life. Until one day, because of drinking Zui fell into the water tank and drowned.

This cat is very philosophical and has incisive language. When the author describes the scene of a cat stealing rice cakes and getting stuck in its mouth, on the one hand, the author exaggerates the various antics of the cat's desperate struggle, and on the other hand, he tells the story that the cat discovered the truth in the process. His language is humorous and makes him laugh while reading.

What does human beings look like in its eyes? The owner, Kusama, is unhappy when things happen and his mood is unstable. He hides himself in the shell like an oyster. The cat laughs at the owner's Vanity, egotism and all the quirks of intellectuals. There is another Mi Tingjun who often comes to the host's house as a guest. He is a cynical person who brags every time he comes. There is also Han Yue who pays attention to taste but is not good at dealing with things and studies boring knowledge. But they have one common characteristic, that is, they value knowledge and hate the glory and profit pursued by small citizens. Therefore, when they chat together, they often express their love and hate in humorous language, which reflects the complex mentality of intellectuals.

After reading this book, I thought: Arrogant people always think that they are great. We have the most developed and smartest brains, but little do we know that in the eyes of those cats and dogs, we are no more than human beings. So, there is no ultimate wisdom, no noble qualities, and sometimes they are not even as good as them, but what can we say?

I like the leisure and nature of cats, even when they die, After drinking the wine, it fell into a daze and fell into the water tank. It struggled and tried all its strength to no avail. So it chose to give up. Although it seems a bit regretful now, it is actually a wise move to give up the idea of ??struggle and face death with a peaceful mind.

In fact, is this not the case in real life? Sometimes, we should face the things around us with a peaceful mind, more natural, less restrained, more happy, and less sad.