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Differences between Chinese and Western Novels

China's traditional novels pay attention to the description of characters' actions, language and details, and show the characters in conflict, but the characters are single, unchanged and lack subjectivity. Western novels, on the other hand, pay more attention to the psychological description of the characters, emphasize the excavation of the inner subconscious of the characters, and are good at writing plump, changeable and subjective characters. In Lin's Snow Mountain Temple, only the dialogue and actions of the characters lead to contradictions and conflicts, but a series of contradictions before Anna karenin lies on the railway track can only be clearly shown through his psychological description; Lin Daiyu showed her talent in her poems, while Paul showed his ideal with his inner monologue. Zhang Fei has only a loyal and brave character, while Jane Eyre's character is composed of many characters such as courage, strength, enthusiasm and kindness. In a word, Chinese and western characters have their own characteristics.