(81) Listen to thunder in a silent place
-- Commenting on four novels, including "The Best Speech".
The four novels such as "The Best Speech" do not have the sky-high fire of Shangganling, nor the amazing wind and snow of Yunzhou West Village, and the penmanship seems to be unremarkable, but when you taste them carefully, you feel that they are extraordinary.
"Best Speech" is short and concise, with unique materials. Sticking to one's post and being diligent in one's duties is not a "big deal", but not everyone can do it. How can we raise people's consciousness and fulfill their duties? Empty preaching, even if we use the most beautiful language in the world, may not be able to touch people's hearts. The author chooses the speaker's real-time performance on the spot, so that the audience can directly feel the experience and get emotional resonance in the immersive scene, and also chooses concise and concise speeches to lead people from perceptual understanding to rational understanding. The language is too cheesy to be considered the best speech, only this extraordinary performance, the point-to-point rhetoric and the strong reaction of the audience, are the "best speeches".
"Late at Night, That Light" is intended to work hard and overcome adversity, which is an eternal theme. Disability makes "me" desperate, and my sister uses "a word" to tell "me" and a "story" to enlighten "me", so that "I" can muster up the courage to be strong, but "I" don't know that "story" is fictional. "I" visited the paralyzed girl at night before the truth was revealed. "Brother, show courage" The sincere words echoed in my ears. At this time, my sister had died to save people. My sister's words and deeds, my sister's good intentions, "I" have fully understood, but it can be said that when people die, how can "I" not be broken and cry bitterly? This article is simple and magical, and graceful and majestic. The title is symbolic and charming. "Late at night" symbolizes adversity (the disability of "me"). That lamp symbolizes a bright future and gives me the courage to live. All this is the result of my sister's words and deeds. That lamp is a symbol of my sister. These not only give "me" great courage, strength and hope, but also benefit the majority of readers.
"Eating Watermelon" has the atmosphere of the times and a wide range of social significance, and it raises more common problems in reality, the growth of the next generation and the problem of spiritual civilization. In reality, "little emperors" abound, the status of the young and the old is reversed, and people's own quality declines. The author educates the next generation through the contradiction and conflict of the ordinary and small life event of "eating watermelon", to respect the elderly, to be a human being, to grow up healthily, and to have a noble moral civilization. The expression of this article is the first of the four articles, for example, the description is delicate and vivid (Dad beats "me", "I" makes breakfast), so that the reader can feel like he is there, as if he sees his person, as if he sees his shape.
The plot of "Finding a Seat" is full of ups and downs and drama, reflecting the author's profound skills in layout and planning. With the word "wrong" as the main line of the plot, starting with "wrong" and ending with "enlightenment", this "enlightenment" is the result of "wrong", without the misidentification of the seat number of the little fat man, there will be no mistake of the PLA soldiers, the wrong hearing of the grandmother, the illusion of "me", and the germination of new ideas of "me" (to send the grandmother home). This dramatic plot makes people get spiritual pleasure and emotional edification in laughter, which is entertaining and educating in beauty. It is even more worth mentioning the PLA soldier. This character is not tall at first glance, but judging from the plot in the article, he knew that he had not made the wrong seat number, but he made a mistake, apologized for the mistake, and "returned" the seat to the grandmother, which was also misunderstood by people. This point is of great significance. Just imagine, Lei Feng does good deeds, just leaves no name, and is an unsung hero. And this soldier not only does not leave his name, but also endures the misunderstanding of others, what a self-sacrifice, how noble. Although this is not a feat of galloping on the battlefield horse leather shroud, this spirit of enduring humiliation and burden, without self-interest and benefiting others, is also magnificent, touching and tear-jerking. This article is well-worded, with vivid and vivid expressions such as "shrugging", "moving", and "sweeping".
In short, although the four novels are not the swan songs of the ages, they have deep and lofty ideas hidden in their simple and unpretentious, plain and trivial appearances, ingenious and unique ideas, flexible and changeable expressions, fresh and concise language, pleasant, shocking, inspiring, and have the charm of "listening to thunder in a silent place".
(January 2000)