What is the outline of the novel Life?

Life is a novel written by writer Lu Yao. Based on the urban and rural life in the northern Shaanxi Plateau during the reform period, it describes the life change process of the protagonist Gao Jialin, a high school graduate, returning to the land, leaving the land and returning to the land again, which constitutes its story structure. Gao Jialin's emotional entanglements with the rural girl Liu Qiaozhen and the urban girl Huang Yaping constitute the contradiction in the development of the story, and it is also a tragedy that reflects that difficult choice.

Gao Jialin, the hero, is a complicated figure created by the author. He not only embodies the quality, self-confidence and perseverance of modern youth who constantly challenge their destiny, but also has the traditional virtue of hard work and simplicity. He loves life, is ambitious and has lofty ideals and ambitions. Concerned about international issues, like playing basketball, into the trend of the times. Unlike his father, he didn't submit to humiliation and stick to his duty, but he had a higher spiritual pursuit, but the reality was always far from the ideal, and it was this contrast that constituted his complex personality characteristics.

Gao Jialin is eager to leave the poor and backward countryside and live in a wider urban world. Looking forward to going out from the countryside and entering the city, from simple labor to a higher level of spiritual value creation. In fact, it embodies an equal and democratic concept of existence. Regardless of family background, social status and starting point of life, everyone should have equal rights to pursue and realize their own life value. He has a powerful force, that is, full of ideals, forge ahead, and yearn for modern civilized life.

Extended data

In 1980s in China, the active commodity economy broke the deadlock and conservatism in rural areas, and cities with modern civilization began to have a strong temptation to farmers who had been trapped in the land. Young people, in particular, began to have doubts and dissatisfaction with their lives and the world around them.

In 1980s, China's household registration system clearly divided citizens into agricultural registered permanent residence and non-agricultural registered permanent residence. Under this solidified identity system, China society has formed a unique socio-geographical landscape: rural landscape and urban landscape. Corresponding to these two landscapes are two completely different economic systems, lifestyles, cultural characteristics and values. This has led to the most important social difference in China society; Urban-rural differences.

At the same time, the state has also strengthened this difference subjectively through various measures. For example, in the labor distribution system, workers, teachers and staff working in cities have a fixed monthly salary, a relatively complete medical system and retirement system, and can also enjoy various state welfare benefits. In rural areas, farmers not only have to pay food to the state on time and in quantity, but also have limited control over their own labor products for a long time. Moreover, farmers have to complete various taxes and fees stipulated by the state.

Participate in unpaid labor (such as large-scale compulsory farmland water conservancy construction). However, various policies adopted by the state restrict farmers from owning land. The implementation of these policies directly leads to farmers being in a state of relative poverty for a long time in the whole social development. Therefore, it can be said that under this basic identity difference, city and country are highlighted as two basic opposing concepts. This is a confrontation between humble farmers and noble intellectuals, and a confrontation between ordinary people and dignitaries.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Life (Lu Yao creates novels)