Chapter 316: Be a Rooster with Bad Habits
Many years later, in Jiang Jingguo's memoirs, Lin Zixuan's ideological transformation was recorded from one side.
Coming out of Zamyatin's house, the gentleman was silent all the way, and I think he was sympathetic to the plight of the Russian writer, but this kind of thing is quite common in Soviet Russia, and I am more worried about what to do when I go back to school.
I have always discouraged him from coming into contact with the subversives in Soviet Russia, as that would cause trouble.
It's just that something has happened, and I'm thinking about whether to tell the principal of the school about today's situation.
At school, the instructors told us to keep our minds at work.
I think someone will come to me when I go back, how should I answer?
Just when I was worried, my husband suddenly asked me a question, would you like to be a with bad habits?
Of course I replied no, being a rooster with only bad habits will be beheaded, who would want to be beheaded.
The gentleman smiled and said nothing.
I was too young to think about it, but after thinking about it, I realized that my husband must have made a decision at that time.
He wants to be a rooster with bad habits, and he crows an hour a day before the others to remind the world.
The following year, he published the novel 1984, which caused great controversy around the world.
This novel makes Mr. an enemy of half the world, and he is violently attacked.
I guess that's the price of being a bad habit rooster.
But because of this, Mr. is a true writer and deserves our respect.
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Lin Zixuan did ask Jiang Jingguo this question. He was also considering whether to write the novel "1984".
"1984" is different from "Lord of the Flies" in that "Lord of the Flies" is just an allegorical novel. "1984" is a political novel.
Lord of the Flies deals with the question of good and evil, and at a deeper level, it is a reflection on war and worries about the future of humanity.
"1984" shows the world under totalitarian rule. This is a discussion and satire of the political system.
The novel would have been banned not only by countries like the Soviet Union, but also by some countries in the West due to the inflammatory and dangerous nature of the novel.
While it brings great honor, it also brings great criticism, and it may even have unimaginable consequences.
Orwell published "1984" in 1949, and he died in January 1950, which was his luck not to encounter the ban and attack that would later be imposed on "1984".
Lin Zixuan still has a long time to live, so he must be prepared to face everything.
The key is whether he wants to be the that only has bad habits.
He can choose to plagiarize some novels that are not politically inclined, and he can also get honor.
In the Hereafter. A writer named Wang Xiaobo wrote an essay called "A Maverick Pig."
The article tells the story of a pig he met when he was cutting in line.
The pig is as agile as a goat, and the one-meter-high pen jumps over; It can also jump on the roof of the pigsty, which is like a cat - so it always wanders around and doesn't stay in the pen at all.
This pig is very intelligent and can imitate all kinds of sounds, learning the sound of a car and a tractor, and learning it all in the same way.
It later learned to sound the whistle, the same as the sound of a factory off-duty, and thus got into trouble. Rounded up.
But the pig ran away anyway, and later became a wild boar, grew fangs, and looked at people coldly.
Lin Zixuan understands that whether it is a rooster with bad habits or a maverick pig. They are not very tolerant of this society.
Unlike other creatures, it's their greatest sin.
If they want to survive, they need to smooth out their personalities and edges. Become mediocre.
Otherwise, the end result is either to be beheaded or to stay away from humans.
But. In this world, there are always people who are not willing to be mediocre and want to retain their individuality. Then there is a price to pay.
For example, Socrates, who chose to drink poisoned wine because he insisted on the truth, and Bruno, who was burned to death because he insisted on the "heliocentric theory".
There are many people in history who have been persecuted for their opinions, and it is because of the existence of such people that humanity has been able to make progress.
Choosing whether or not to be a rooster with bad habits is choosing a different path in life.
Lin Zixuan is not that great, he cherishes his life very much, and he still thinks of a small citizen in his heart, but he feels that he may be able to do something.
Back at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, he and Feng Chengcheng discussed the matter of returning to China.
It has been half a month since he came to the Soviet Union, visited Lenin's cemetery, saw many monuments in Moscow, and enjoyed ballets and several films in the theater.
In particular, Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin" can be said to be a classic of the silent film era.
Eisenstein used montage to the point of perfection, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a master of cinema.
Lin Zixuan was not able to meet the Soviet director.
It is said that in order to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution, Eisenstein received an order to shoot the film "October" in a field showing the October Revolution.
Most Soviet films of this period were revolutionary or about the life of the Russian peasantry.
Their documentaries are very distinctive, and they can shoot that kind of grand momentum, especially the documentaries that promote the army, which makes people feel their blood boiling.
This kind of documentary will often be shown in theaters, and watching too much of it can really generate enthusiasm for revolution.
Soviet films were nationalized, censored very strictly, and only when ordered by the higher authorities could they be filmed, and they were even more cautious about the introduction of foreign films.
At present, Chinese films may not be able to enter the Soviet market.
Lin Zixuan also met the young man with a Sichuan accent he had met in Paris at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow.
The young man from Sichuan came to the Soviet Union because he was wanted by the Paris police in France, first at the Eastern University in Moscow, and then transferred to Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, where he arranged to study Russian.
Lin Zixuan chatted with him about the situation in Paris, and it didn't change much.
With the decline of the European economy, the wages in factories have decreased, and the labor intensity has increased, the life of Chinese students has not been easy, and several strikes have been held, but the effect has not been great.
Lin Zixuan has no choice, this requires the government to come forward and raise a scholarship fund, and his personal power is limited after all.
He saw many familiar names on the list of students at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, such as Wang Ming, Bo Gu and Zhang Wentian.
There are also more than a dozen children of important members of the Guangzhou National Government, as well as students of the previous Whampoa Military Academy, which can be said to be a gathering of heroes.
These people will influence China's political landscape and change the face of China in the coming decades.
Before leaving Moscow, the university held a symposium in which Lin Zixuan talked to the students about his feelings about visiting the Soviet Union, which was to test Lin Zixuan's attitude towards the Soviet Union.
The controversy over "Russophobia and Alliance" in 1925 had a considerable impact in China, and Chinese students were well aware of it.
They also wanted to know what Lin Zixuan thought about this issue. (To be continued.) )