Under what circumstances did the young women in "Lotus Lake" enter the Lotus Lake?

3 Lotus Lake

●Text Appreciation Instructions

"Lotus Lake" is Sun Li's masterpiece. In the context of the fierce and cruel Anti-Japanese War, which was related to the survival of the nation, the novel selects a corner of the small Baiyangdian to express the gentle and sentimental, yet firm and brave character and spirit of rural women. In the flames of war, the love between husband and wife, love for family and country, pure humanity, and noble character are as beautiful and brilliant as the lotus blooming in Baiyangdian.

1. Characters

The most prominent character in the novel is Sister Shui Sheng. Her character has both the traditional virtues of Chinese women and the progressive characteristics of women in the anti-Japanese base areas.

Hard-working and kind: She weaves mats quickly and well, which shows that she is capable and diligent; her husband is a guerrilla captain and the person in charge of the party, so she has to bear most of the housework. She has to serve her father-in-law at first and raise her children at the bottom. She is a typical good wife and mother.

Gentle and considerate: When her husband came home late from work, she first "stood up to serve the meal", which was virtuous and considerate; when her husband said he wanted to join the army, her "finger vibrated, thinking it was a scratch on Wei Meizi" "Hands off" shows her attachment and concern for her husband. A few days after her husband joined the army, she missed her husband secretly and secretly visited her husband with her friends. She was deeply devoted to him.

Knowing the righteousness: She did not hold her husband back when he joined the army, although she did not want him to leave. When her husband went to do mobilization work, she kept "sitting blankly in the yard waiting for him" and wanted to listen to her husband's "instructions." My husband said, "Don't let the enemies and traitors capture you alive. If you do, you will fight them to the death." She showed her loyalty by tearfully agreeing.

2. Love between husband and wife, love for family and country

Although the novel describes the Anti-Japanese War, it does not directly describe the fierceness and cruelty of the war, but focuses on the Ordinary people's love for husband and wife, love for family and country. These kind and innocent people shined with the brilliance of humanity in the war environment, showing the people's mental state of not fearing violence and defending their homeland. War of aggression is anti-human. The people who resisted the invaders have spiritually defeated the invaders with their pure humanity and noble personality. This is the spiritual source of victory in the Anti-Japanese War.

In the novel, Shui Sheng and other people who joined the army care about their families. They entrust Shui Sheng to do the work for their families, which shows their sincere feelings for their relatives. The husbands were reluctant to leave, but they still packed their luggage for their husbands without hesitation and sent them to the battlefield to fight against the invaders. In the future, women would emotionally visit the conscripts, share tasks for their husbands, and participate in battles. The love between husband and wife would be elevated to the love of family and country.

Only when you have a country can you have a family. On the contrary, only when you have deep love for your relatives can you have loyalty to the country.

3. Growing up in war

The cruel war environment also promotes the growth and maturity of people's thoughts and characters. Take Shui Sheng's sister-in-law as an example. She is a traditional and kind-hearted rural housewife who does her best to support the family and not let her husband have any worries. Although she felt embarrassed when she learned that her husband was leaving home to join the army, she still supported her husband's choice. At this time, her psychology had not changed significantly. She still thought like a good wife and mother, and she was more habitually obedient to her husband. Starting from visiting her husband, her mentality changed. Her personal experience of the war gave her a deeper understanding of her husband's anti-war cause. So she also joined the ranks of the Anti-Japanese War and directly participated in the sacred cause of defending her home and country. Her thinking and personality also made a big leap forward.

4. Language Features

The language of this novel is simple and concise, but also rich in connotation.

For example, Shui Sheng told Shui Sheng’s sister-in-law that he joined the army:

Shui Sheng whispered: "I will go to the army tomorrow." - Shui Sheng signed up to join the army without consulting his wife. , I was afraid that my wife would blame me, and I felt a little uneasy, so I spoke in a "lower voice".

The woman's fingers vibrated, thinking that Wei Meizi had cut her hand. She put a finger in her mouth and sucked it.

——The psychological reaction of Mrs. Shui Sheng’s wife when she heard that her husband was going to join the army was not directly stated, but from the subtle action of “asking Wei Meizi to cut her hand”, we can get a glimpse of her inner fluctuations.

Another example is a passage about a woman discussing a visit to her husband:

"I heard they are still here and haven't left. I don't drag my tail, but I forgot a piece of clothing." - indicates She didn’t want to hold her husband back, but she had a “sufficient reason” to visit her husband.

"I have something important to say, and I have to tell him." - There is no reason, it is an "important thing", and of course it must be told in person.

"I didn't want to go at first, but my mother-in-law insisted on asking me to go and see him again - what's there to see?" - Knowing that the words of the first two people could not "justify themselves", I had to think of another way. I used "mother-in-law" as an excuse, and at the end I didn't forget to add "What's there to see?" to express myself, which sounded a bit like "there is no three hundred taels of silver here".

The author expresses the character's personality implicitly and euphemistically through such life-like character language.

●Problem-solving guidance

1. This question is mainly intended to guide students to understand the plot clues and then understand the theme of the novel. Prepare subtitles to summarize the main content of each part.

Reference answers: ① Say goodbye to husband and wife; encounter danger when visiting relatives; go into battle to kill the enemy; ② Send husband to join the army; meet the enemy while searching for husband; help husband to annihilate the enemy.

2. The language of this novel is very distinctive. Cultivate students' sensitivity to language through specific language analysis.

1． (1) Shuisheng said: "...I was the first to raise my hand to sign up." The woman lowered her head and said: "You are always very positive." - "Lowering your head" expresses the character of Shuisheng's sister-in-law. She She is a traditional and virtuous rural woman. She is very submissive to her husband. She said: "You are always very positive." There was a hint of resentment, but she had no objection to her husband being the first to raise his hand to sign up.

(2) The woman did not speak. After a while, she said: "You can go, I won't stop you. What will happen at home?" - First of all, she showed that she had no objection to her husband joining the army, but "What about at home?" showed her attachment to her husband.

(3) The woman’s nose was a little sore, but she did not cry. She only said: "It would be nice if you understood the difficulties at home." - Although Sister Shui Sheng was reluctant to let her husband leave her, she still loved her husband The behavior is supported. Shuisheng stated that she was aware of her "difficulties" (actually her husband's attachment), that she had "a sore nose" and was relieved that her husband was considerate of her.

(4) When the rooster crows, the water creature comes back. The woman was still sitting blankly in the yard waiting for him. She said, "If you have anything to say, please tell me." - "Stupidly" showed that Shui Sheng's sister-in-law could not bear her husband leaving her to join the army for a while.

"There is nothing more to say. I am leaving. You must continue to make progress, become literate and produce."

"Yes."

"Don't do anything. Falling behind others."

"Hmm. What else?" - "Hmm" and "Hmm" show Shuisheng's gentle and gentle character.

"Don't let the enemy's traitors catch you alive. If you catch them, fight them to the death." This is the most important sentence. The woman agreed to him with tears in her eyes. ——After listening to her husband's most important "instructions", Sister Shui Sheng shed tears. "Crying" does not show the weakness of Sister Shui Sheng, but rather shows the strength of her character. "Promised with tears" was her promise of loyalty to her husband.

2． See "Text Appreciation Instructions".

3. This question mainly allows students to understand characters from the perspective of social progress. They should pay attention to analyzing characters from the perspective of historical development. Sister-in-law Xianglin, Sister-in-law Cuicui and Sister-in-law Shuisheng are all ordinary rural women in China, but their life paths are completely different.

Sister-in-law Xianglin lived at the end of the feudal era, and the wind of modern civilization could not yet blow into the closed and conservative Luzhen. Sister-in-law Xianglin could only be destroyed by the indifferent and dark social reality; Cuicui lived in a closed rural area and was always in trouble. If you don't break the wall of loneliness, you will ultimately be unable to control your own destiny; Shui Sheng's sister-in-law lived during the period of the National War of Resistance. Society has made great progress, especially in the base areas, and women's liberation has begun to take root in the hearts of the people. Therefore, Shui Sheng's sister-in-law can transform from a virtuous and The meek village woman grew up to be an anti-Japanese warrior.

●Teaching Suggestions

1. Guide students to read the text. You can give students several directions for reading, such as "The Character of Sister-in-law Shuisheng", "The Growth of Women in the Anti-Japanese War", "The Story of the Novel" "Language characteristics" and so on, don't explain too much.

2. Although this novel is set against the background of the Anti-Japanese War, it mainly expresses the love between husband and wife and family love among ordinary people. The pure humanity and family affection possessed by these ordinary people are the foundation and source of justice, and contain great power to defeat the invaders. Guide students to understand rather than talk in general terms.

●Relevant information

1. "Lotus Lake" (Lin Zhihao), which fully embodies Sun Li's artistic characteristics

Comrade Sun Li is a novelist who has his own artistic style of writer. "Lotus Lake" is his masterpiece short story, describing a delightful story that happened in the Baiyangdian area during the Anti-Japanese War. Seven rural youths joined the army. Because they left in such a hurry, except for Shui Sheng, none of them had time to say goodbye to their families. Their wives were thinking about it and wanted to see it. But none was found. On the way home, their boat ran into a transport ship of the Japanese invading army, and the enemy chased them. Fortunately, their husband's team ambushed here and gave the enemy a head-on blow. These women also met their husbands by accident and achieved the feat of luring the enemy into the encirclement.

This short story fully reflects the distinctive characteristics of Sun Li's creation. I would like to talk about three points here.

First of all, the author is good at using concise pen and ink to write the rich inner world of the characters. Especially for women, the portrayal is particularly profound and detailed.

Please take a look at the first part of the work, which is a description of Shuisheng registering for the district and returning home to meet his wife:

The woman raised her head and asked with a smile: "How did you come back today?" So late?" He stood up to serve the meal.

Shui Sheng sat on the steps and said, "You have finished eating. Don't go get it."

The woman sat on the mat again. She looked at her husband's face and saw that his face was a little flushed and he was out of breath when he spoke. She asked: "How many are they?"

The fighting situation was very tense at that time. Her husband came back so late and his expression was abnormal. The woman noticed it immediately and worried that something had happened. She saw that only her husband came back, and the other six people did not come back, so the first thing she asked was: "How many of them are there?"

Shui Sheng did not directly tell him about joining the army; He simply replied: "Still in the district." Leaving a buffer, he then asked his father and son Xiaohua. When he knew that his father had gone to bed, he felt relieved and prepared to do work for his wife first, and then go to work for his father.

The woman was very alert. She was not satisfied with her husband's answer, so she followed up and asked, "Why haven't they come back yet?"

Shui Sheng smiled. The woman noticed that he was not smiling normally.

"What's wrong, you?"

These places describe women's delicate emotional activities. As soon as Shuisheng showed up, she noticed something unusual was happening. She asked her husband, but the answer did not make sense and was a bit hesitant. This aroused the woman's suspicion even more, so she continued to ask, hoping to get to the bottom of the matter.

When Shuisheng replied: "Tomorrow I will go to the main force." The work describes "The woman's finger shook, thinking that Wei Meizi had cut her hand. She put a finger in her mouth I sucked it inside."

The inner activities of the characters are not directly described here, but they are actually described implicitly. It not only describes how much a woman cares about her husband and listens to her husband with all her attention, but does not pay attention to the eyebrow in her hand; it also describes the shock caused by the news of her husband joining the army in the woman's heart.

But women are aware of the general situation. She restrained her feelings of attachment to her husband and did not let these feelings be exposed too much, so she kept silent. The work said that she "put a finger in her mouth and sucked it." Such delicate emotional activities are vividly expressed through a simple detail. This was my immediate reaction when I first heard the news that my husband had joined the army.

When the husband explained the situation in detail and the county party committee decided to set up a regional team, "I was the first to raise my hand to sign up", the work describes: "The woman lowered her head and said: 'You always Very positive. '"

A simple sentence contains rich and detailed emotional activities, which are worthy of our careful understanding and in-depth understanding. "You always..." This tone originally expressed dissatisfaction. Speaking in a dissatisfied tone is to show a woman's attachment to her husband. "Always..." What? "Always very positive." "Very positive" is a compliment to her husband. Therefore, this sentence expresses the woman's satisfied mood in a dissatisfied tone and describes the woman's complex thoughts and feelings. Although this ordinary working woman was still a little reluctant to let go of her husband's joining the army, she understood the general situation. She did not hold her husband back because she was nostalgic for the married life. On the contrary, she praised her husband's positivity and was satisfied with his actions. In fact, when the husband explained in detail the situation of the struggle and how he joined the army, the first formal reply from the woman was to support her husband's actions. This kind of support is not expressed by big principles, but by such a simple daily language. This is a very concise sentence, but the emotion it contains is very delicate and rich.

Shui Sheng and the others joined the army and left. The work goes on to describe: "The women are somewhat disconnected after all. Two days later, four young women gathered at Shuisheng's house" and discussed going to visit their husbands. "Lotus roots are broken and silk threads are tied" is a common idiom, but when used here, it is very appropriate. It is rich in local color and flavor of the lotus lake, and it accurately expresses how these women miss their husbands. When they got together, they talked about their husbands and wanted to see them. However, they lived in the environment of the revolutionary base area and grew up under the education of the party. They are all positive, motivated and have strong self-esteem. What's more, the man has just been away for two days, and they feel embarrassed to tell him clearly. So, I gave myself excuses about my thoughts. Some said: "I heard they are still here. I didn't drag my tail, but I forgot a piece of clothing." Some said: "I didn't want to go at first, but my mother-in-law insisted on asking me to go and see him again - "What's there to see!" Even though they were all excuses, everyone knew it, but it was tacitly understood. Such a few simple sentences connect them vividly, fully expressing the complex and delicate emotions of these young women at this time. Their reserve and shyness were finally no match for their longing for their husbands, so they "secretly sat in a small boat and rowed to the Mazhuang opposite."

Writing novels in the language of prose poetry is another characteristic of Sun Li's creation. This gives his novels a strong lyrical flavor. Here we can cite examples of his writing about labor and combat for analysis.

The novel begins with an aquatic woman weaving mats. The author completely poeticized this labor scene. Please read the first paragraph of the novel:

The moon rises, the yard is very cool and clean, and the ragged eyebrows during the day are moist, perfect for making mats. The woman was sitting in the small courtyard, her silky and slender eyebrows twisted around her fingers. Wei's eyebrows were thin and thin, jumping in her arms.

In the first three sentences at the beginning, the author points out the time, space and object of labor. Like the language of poetry, it is concise, beautiful and beautiful. It not only describes the environment, but also reflects the diligence and neatness of the owner of the environment. This is a working place, but it is kept very clean, and all preparations were done during the day: Wei Meizi is now moist, and it is just perfect for making mats. Next, I will write about women’s labor. How do women work? The author didn't say it directly, he just wrote about the scene of labor. In two simple sentences, the scene of a woman weaving a mat was completely visualized: the silky and slender eyebrows were twisted around her fingers and jumping in her arms.

All characteristics of war are deconstructed here, and the novel does not recreate a war or represent a war through artistic means, so it is completely non-warlike. Although it is indeed based on a life-and-death war.

Secondly, this novel not only covers up and eliminates the characteristics of war, but also removes all contradictions and conflicts in life, thus highlighting the pure and pure natural form in social life. This may be the result of the author understanding war and grasping the subject of war from a completely new perspective. War is undoubtedly cruel to everyone and extremely destructive to the entire society, so it will inevitably bring more disasters to people. However, when war occurs, due to the clear front lines of the two opposing parties and the single determination of the antagonistic relationship, either you die or I live, therefore, the interpersonal relationships in the entire society will appear clear and simple, and the complex and subtle relationships between people in peacetime will become clear and simple. Conflicts and entanglements can easily be temporarily shelved, and those trivial daily conflicts or emotional conflicts will be naturally or forcibly canceled by the fundamental interests and general principles of unity with the outside world. At this time, family relationships, neighborhood relationships, and even class relationships will all naturally or consciously obey the front lines drawn by the war, and people's emotions can only use this as the source of rhythm. It is precisely based on this kind of grasp and feeling of the reality of war that "Lotus Lake" boldly downplays people's emotional conflicts, psychological conflicts, and conflicts in daily life, leaving only a highly pure and tranquil beauty. . As the main story of the novel, the wife sends her husband off to the battlefield. There is no longer the sadness of parting or the sorrow of being abandoned. Even this sudden farewell does not arouse the slightest dissatisfaction and resentment in the wife; the same is true for the family members of cadres. , the same is true for everyone else, everything seems so simple, and it is in this simplified artistic relationship that the novel leaves readers with a warmth like the fresh "lotus flower and lotus leaf fragrance", It is the ultimate form of pure beauty.

In addition, previous interpretations of "Lotus Lake" have mostly focused on analyzing the characters' distinctive personalities and complex and subtle psychological activities. Therefore, they believe that this is still a short story that mainly writes about people and is very exciting. The novel is actually a distortion and misreading of an unconventional creation and unconventional text using conventional ideas. In fact, "Lotus Lake" is not a novel about human beings at all, or in other words, it is not an artistic work centered on shaping characters. Characters do not have a particularly prominent position in the work, or in other words, in the overall composition of various elements of the novel, characters (that is, characters as formal factors) are not in the most central and prominent position. First of all, almost all the characters in the novel are nameless. For realistic novels about human beings, since it is necessary to create a complete and three-dimensional character image, the name of the character should undoubtedly come first. Otherwise, the character will lose the basic code of being an individual and lose the sense of existence as an individual. The most superficial basis. Of course, short stories sometimes