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As long as the camel looks like: the main characters are related to the story.

Author: Lao She

Main storyline: Xiangzi originally lived in the countryside. /kloc-at the age of 0/8, he unfortunately lost his parents and a few acres of barren land and went to work in Beiping City. Life forced him to be a rickshaw puller. Young and strong, he didn't smoke or gamble, and worked hard for three years. Finally, he scraped together 100 and bought a new car with 96 yuan. This made him almost cry with excitement. Since having this car, his life has become more and more exciting. He fantasizes that if this happens for two years, he can buy another car, one, two ... he can open a factory.

Xiangzi runs boldly every day, and he doesn't think twice when he leaves the car. When the war was turbulent, he went out to pull carts. One day, in order to earn more money, he ventured to pull a cart to Tsinghua, but on the way to the sidewalk, he was arrested by a dozen soldiers. His ideal of self-reliance was shattered for the first time. One night, Xiangzi took advantage of the chaos to get out of the barracks and stole three camels left by the troops. At dawn, 35 yuan Ocean sold three camels to an old man. On his way back to the city, Xiangzi suddenly fell ill. Xiangzi came to his senses, entered the city, and went to the original renter and garage.

Si Liu, the owner of Renhe garage, is almost 70 years old, and only has a 37-and 38-year-old daughter named Tigress. Si Liu likes Xiangzi's efforts very much, and Tigress prefers the simplicity and reliability of this fool. Xiangzi gave 30 yuan money to Si Liu for safekeeping, hoping to save it before buying a car.

Xiangzi didn't easily forget that his car was robbed. He can't wait to buy a new car at once. To this end, he did not hesitate to grab business with others. Xiangzi stayed at Mr. Yang's house for a month and got angry. He only stayed for four days and then left Yang's home. Xiangzi, who was in a hurry, didn't return to the garage until 1 1 pm. He was lured by Tigress for a few drinks, and somehow he slept with Tigress. Xiangzi woke up feeling ashamed and a little dangerous. He decided to leave the car factory and make a clean break with Si Liu.

In Xi 'an Tiananmen Square, Xiangzi met an old customer, Mr. Cao. Mr. Cao needed a coachman, so Xiangzi came to Cao's house happily and paid a visit once a month. He went to buy a can of stuffed gourd, put the money he earned bit by bit and prepared to buy a car for the second time in the future.

One night, Tigress told Xiangzi that she was pregnant, and Xiangzi was very surprised. When Tigress left, she gave him back the thirty dollars saved by Xiangzi and Liu Si, and asked him to celebrate Si Liu's birthday on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, to please the old man, and then tried to get Si Liu to recruit him as a son-in-law.

On the night of offering sacrifices to stoves, shopkeepers and others began to offer sacrifices to stoves. At about nine o'clock, Xiangzi took Mr. Cao home from Xicheng, and a detective followed them by bike. Mr. Cao told Xiangzi to pull the car to his good friend Mr. Zuo's house and asked Xiangzi to drive it home to see his wife and young master out. As soon as Xiangzi arrived at Cao Zhai, he was caught by Detective Sun, the platoon leader who arrested Xiangzi. Xiangzi was cheated out of all his money, and his hope of buying a car was dashed.

Soon, Mr. Cao's family left Beiping. The next day Xiangzi had to go back to Renhe garage. Si Liu's birthday is very lively. Because he was unhappy, he scolded Mulberry and poured his dissatisfaction on Xiangzi and Tigress. He didn't want to marry his daughter to Xiangzi for fear that Xiangzi would inherit his estate. Tell Xiangzi to fuck off. Tigress didn't buy her father's account, so she rented a house with Xiangzi in a big house and got very close. Only after the marriage did Xiangzi know that Tigress was not really pregnant. Xiangzi insisted on going out to pull a rickshaw. Tigress couldn't beat him, so she agreed. Today's "Man and Car Factory" has become "Man and Car Factory". Si Liu sold part of his car and gave the rest to a car owner, so he enjoyed it himself. Tigress gave Xiangzi 100 yuan and bought a second-class car, which was also in the same hospital.

Soon, Tigress was really pregnant. But Tigress didn't like activities. She liked snacks. The fetus was too big and she died in childbirth. In order to hold a funeral for Tigress, Xiangzi forced to sell the car, and Xiangzi's efforts were all in vain.

Joey, the daughter of neighbor Joel Hadron, expressed her willingness to live with him. Xiangzi really likes Joy, but he is unable to support his family. Xiangzi looked at Joy, whose eyes were swollen with tears, and said cruelly, "Wait! When I get acquainted, I will definitely marry you. "

Xiangzi took Bao Yue to Xiajia near the Lama Temple. Xiangzi fell ill in Xiajia. He seems to be a different person after his illness. He didn't drive in the wind and rain, and his body was a little sore. He rested for two or three days. Get into many bad habits. He is not polite to the car seat at all, and he doesn't take a step when it comes to pulling it. In the eyes of patrolmen, Xiangzi is a "thorn in the side" of the first class.

Then Xiangzi went to Mr. Cao's house again and told him everything about himself, asking Mr. Cao for advice. Mr. Cao asked Xiangzi to pay for the moon, and Joy came to help the Cao family. Xiangzi's heart was full of hope and light. Xiangzi went to Xi 'er with good news. Xi 'er hanged herself two months ago.

Xiangzi slept for a few days and didn't report back to Mr. Cao. He doesn't want anything. He doesn't want anything. Living is everything, and he doesn't need to think about anything.

Theme: Taking the whereabouts of Xiangzi, a rickshaw puller in Beiping (now Beijing) as a clue, taking the life of Beijing citizens in the late 1920s as the background and Xiangzi, a rickshaw puller as the main plot, this paper profoundly exposed the darkness of old China, accused the ruling class of exploiting and oppressing laborers, expressed the author's deep sympathy for the working people, and showed people the picture of the poor citizens at the bottom of Beijing living in the abyss of pain under the warlord's melee and dark rule. This paper denounces the immoral people who oppress the people, exposes the exploitation and oppression of simple and kind workers in the dark old society, accuses the old society of turning people into ghosts, expresses the author's deep sympathy for the working people, and criticizes selfish and narrow individualism. At the same time, it also reveals that personal struggle is not the theme for the working people to get rid of poverty and change their situation. It also shows that people are animals that change with the environment and are the most vulnerable. The ugliness of human nature is exposed here.

Main characters:

Xiangzi, once such a strong first-class driver, did not struggle out of his tragic fate in the end. Xiangzi is the epitome of the poor working people in the old society, and he reflects the hardships and helplessness of the working people in the old society.

Tigress, a shrewish and calculating middle-aged woman, is born with a man's character. She is good at taking care of things and keeping people and garages in order.

Grandpa Si Liu, the Paoge in the old society, opened a garage after improvement. As an honest and frank person, he has a strong personality and never refuses to lose face in the outfield.

Teacher Cao, an ordinary teacher, loves traditional art and is regarded as a "saint" by Xiangzi because he believes in socialism and is tolerant of people.

Gao Ma is a kind and strong old lady who is ready to help others. She experienced misfortune and learned the lowest methods of the old society. He has his own ideas and often enlightens Xiangzi. He is the man Xiangzi admired.

Pony's grandfather, a driver who has worked hard all his life, can't even save his grandson in the end.

Joy, a kind and sad character, left us only deep sympathy and infinite thinking.

Er, Hadron-a driver who gives up on himself.

Lao She is an outstanding "master of language art" and has made great contributions to the development of language art in China vernacular literature. Lao She grew up in a miscellaneous courtyard in Beijing, and he also likes local operas and folk arts in Beijing. He is very familiar with Beijing dialect, which is a good foundation for his integration into Beijing local spoken language in his creation. He once said: "Some people criticize me, saying that my literature is not bookish, too vulgar, too poor, and almost vulgar as a driver's pawn;" "I'm not ashamed at all!" However, Lao She did not completely use Beijing dialect in his creation, but refined and processed it by himself. It can be said that this kind of language training effort runs through Lao She's life's creation. Camel Xiangzi is a mature work of Lao She's language art. His language not only retains the liveliness of folk spoken language, but also has the simplicity, agility and mellow artistic language. It is known as "nothing is so simple, natural and pure without the paleness of a student's accent, the melodrama of Taiwanese, and the verbosity of Europeanization". This language can be elegant or vulgar. In Camel Xiangzi, Lao She wrote all kinds of people in civil society in this language, which is very interesting in life. Writing about Xiangzi's experience in torrential rain and scorching sun, and writing about the night in Beihai are full of brushwork, scene blending and rich in texture.

Evaluation: Camel Xiangzi is not only the writer himself, but also an excellent realistic work in the history of modern literature in China. It representatively shows Lao She's achievements and contributions in improving the level of his works reflecting the life of the urban poor, and also representatively reflects the limitations of his long-standing weaknesses in these achievements and contributions.