There are two trees in front of Lu Xun's house. One is jujube, and the other is jujube. What does that mean?

This sentence comes from the first sentence of Autumn Night. It first described the two trees at the door, but did not say that they were both jujube trees, but divided them twice. It is a special rhetorical device of repetition, which will give readers a sense of shock and promote them to think deeply.

The first paragraph of Autumn Night is not written from a larger scene, but the first sentence highlights the jujube tree with a strange repetitive figure of speech, such as Qifeng, which stands out abruptly and is very eye-catching. This close-up technique of expression not only emphasizes the independent and inviolable spirit of two jujube trees, but also forms a bone ridge in the overall artistic conception of the whole text, which is particularly prominent.

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Creation background

This article was written in Beijing in September 1924. At that time, the democratic revolution in northern China was at a low ebb under the situation of collusion between imperialism and northern warlords. At the same time, after the ebb tide of the May 4th Movement, the New Culture Front split and the ideological circle was greatly divided. Originally, "partners in the same war", "some were promoted, some retired, and some advanced";

Moreover, the cultural and educational circles in Beijing have set off a retro trend of thinking that advocates and sorts out the quintessence of the country, in an attempt to pull young people back into the pile of old paper.

In the face of these social changes and powerful ruling forces, the author Lu Xun is inevitably lonely and hesitant, and sometimes feels a kind of frustration that he has become a wanderer, but he has not lost his courage and confidence. On the one hand, he is eager to find new strength; on the other hand, he opposes imperialism and feudalism independently and persistently. This prose poem was written by the author in this kind of thought and emotion.