The title of this semi-final is very concise, surprisingly concise!

The title reads: "Choose one of the following topics. ”

The following questions are simpler:

One eye.

Two gifts.

Counting the title of the two words "one or two", there are only six words in total, which is pitiful, and there is no hint, and there is no limit to the number of words on what subject matter.

In short, there are two topics, one is the eyes, and the other is the gift.

"That's too new, isn't it?" Su Wen stared at the white paper, the two lines of words on it were very small, and if he didn't pay attention to it, he couldn't see the words.

However, this is the question of Guangdong Province in the semi-final of the middle school students' literary contest.

Buzz!

As soon as the question was issued, the entire examination room made a buzzing sound, some exclaimed, a little surprised, and some cursed, it is estimated that they were all dumbfounded!

"Don't make any noise, be honest, write if you can, and give me out if you can't!" The proctor had to raise a warning.

The classroom fell silent.

The title is "Eyes" and "Gifts", not to say that you want to use them as the name of the article, you can diverge your imagination and write whatever you want.

Yu Cheng said that there are no restrictions on the literary contest, you can write how you want, it doesn't matter if the content is off-topic, just stick to the words of the topic in the end.

In other words, just write something relevant.

Su Wen looked at the title in a daze, scratching his head a little, and when he saw the word "eye", the classic verse immediately appeared in his mind:

The night gave me black eyes,

But I use it to find light.

This is Gu Cheng's most well-known and famous poem "A Generation", just two sentences, not a word more. However, as a representative of hazy poetry, the meaning is so rich that it can almost make the researcher die in a hurry - there are so many explanations that I can't even think of it!

"If you use this poem to compete, will it scare the judges?" Su Wen playfully imagined the scene of the judges' eyes shattering to the ground, to be honest, this poem looks awesome and booming, but the two lines of words are too simple, maybe the judges think it is perfunctory.

In other words, this is an occasional wonderful sentence, and suddenly it is written down and becomes a poem.

While thinking about it, Su Wen really wrote down this "Generation" on manuscript paper, and threw it aside after writing it, discarding it.

It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he can't!

Because when he made a bet with Xie Tianxing, he said that the two of them could not write poems and dramas in this semi-final, and they had to participate in the competition with articles on other themes.

In this way, I can only think of other ways, otherwise if this poem is contested, Su Wen may be able to create a record of the speed of submission-

In less than a minute, the article is finished, is there a faster speed than this? Oh, there should be more, Su Wen has the impression that there is an article that is claimed to be the shortest novel, and the content of the article is only three words: "God is dying." ”

Three words, it is said to be a novel, and what awards have it won, saying how deep the meaning is and how wonderful the realm is.

In short, in a word, it is not worth killing people!

Su Wen was sure that if he used this kind of foolish thing to compete, he might be sprayed to death!

"One Generation" can't be used, so I can only think of other ways. Su Wen made a bet with Xie Tianxing, and he was naturally very confident.

However, if you think about it carefully, there seems to be no particularly classic chapter in the essay on the theme of "eyes", except for poetry, if you talk about it in fiction and prose.

There are many classics about the eyes, but they are all in fragments of some novels, such as Stendhal's "The Red and the Black", which writes a lot about the beautiful eyes, which is very good; Flaubert's observation of the eye in Madame Bovary is also wonderful.

"It's a pity that none of this works." Su Wen sighed.

In the end, he could only think of an article that had something to do with his eyes, that is, Qian Zhongshu's essay "Window". He uses windows to write about human nature and uses windows as metaphors for eyes, including metaphors such as "eyes are the windows of the soul" and "the effect of closing windows is equal to closing eyes".

"This "Window" should be to the point, and the meaning is also very profound, it can be said to be a very good prose." Su Wen said to himself, "Are you really going to write it?" ”

In fact, if you want to tinker with this "window", you also have to make a lot of revisions, and some of the works and sentences of famous people quoted in it have not appeared in this world.

In addition, in the first half of the article, he was talking more about "climbing the window" - that is, ** or something, saying that at his current age, it's not that he can't write, but after all, this is an officially organized literary contest for middle school students, and it seems a bit too much to write such a explicit and profound topic at once!

Su Wen didn't just ask to write an article that the judges said was good but didn't give a ranking, what he wanted was that the ranking in the semi-finals could be at the forefront and completely crush Xie Tianxing!

Besides, in terms of classics, this article does not have such a realm.

"In other words, this first question can only be abandoned." Su Wen quickly set his sights on the second question.

"Gift"!

There are a lot of articles on the theme of gifts, and there are many well-written articles.

Su Wen's mind came up with various articles one by one, and finally, he stopped at a novel-

"The Gift of the Magi"!

This is a very famous short story by O. Henry, just over 3,000 words, but it is very touching, making people laugh and cry.

O. Henry is known as one of the world's three major short story writers, and is also known as the father of modern American fiction. Both reasonable and unexpected, it is his label and his style.

In addition, the theme of his articles is very profound, always touching people's hearts, in addition to humor and amusement, there is also a moving power, known as "tearful smile".

In his previous life, when Su Wen first came into contact with O. Henry's novels, it was very shocking, especially after reading his three classics "The Magi's Gift", "The Police and the Hymn", and "The Last Vine Leaf", he was suddenly shocked and felt extremely amazing, and instantly fell in love with O. Henry's novels and was also fascinated by this person.

Now, when he sees the request for the title of "Gift", the first thing that comes to his mind is O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi".

"That's it! If you don't win with world-class articles, I can only hehe. Su Wen quickly decided, this is a novel, and it does not conflict with the subject matter of Xie Tianxing's bet.

Once you've decided on a template, it's time to think about how to adapt it.

The names of the heroes and heroines are the easiest, just change them to Chinese names. The main character of the article is the heroine, and the original name of the novel is Della, and Suvin decides to call her Maggie directly - which is more appropriate for "Maggie's Gift".

In fact, the original text "Maggie" is a biblical character, which means the giver of gifts, after all, the content of the novel is the plot of the heroine preparing Christmas gifts for her husband.

In Su Wen's hands, Maggie is just a personal name, and Christmas is changed to the wedding anniversary of the two.

The identities of the two are still at the bottom of society, living in slums, and as for the background years, in order not to cause any controversy, Su Wen decided to blur this concept.

In short, just change all the qiē to be more in line with the reading tastes of Chinese people.

Fortunately, the article "The Gift of the Magi" is not long, and there is not much background involved, so it is relatively easy to transform. Su Wen just scribbled on the paper for a while, and then began to write-

At this time, under the traction of Li Daoming, Xiao Kewen, dean of the School of Arts, came to the first window of the fifth examination room.

Inside the window, one meter away, is Su Wen who began to write.

"Xiao Li, is he Su Wen?" Xiao Kewen asked softly.

Li Daoming nodded yes, and then asked, "Teacher Xiao, do you want to go in and have a look?" As organizers, we can go in and inspect and see how these students are writing on the spot. ”

"Okay, let's take a look." Xiao Kewen pondered for a while, but decided to go in with Li Daoming to take a look, he was very curious about what Su Wen was writing.