The French novel The Old Man Gao 1 Notes
I've heard about the book "Old Man Gao" for a long time. It attracts me like a magnet. During the winter vacation, I enjoyed Balzac's literary genius-Gao Laotou.
After reading the book "Old Man Gao", I couldn't help crying. This book makes me deeply feel the indifference of capitalist society. At that time, people's only pursuit was money and power, and the hero in this book, Gaurio, was the biggest victim. He used to be a shrewd noodle merchant, made a lot of money and became a local celebrity. He has two daughters, and because of his wife's early death, he loves them dearly, even to the point of doting. It is this excessive doting that has become the fuse of tragedy. It is his deformed love that makes him not only lose the love of his daughters, but also attract their hatred. Even when he drove the crane westward, he didn't see his beloved two precious daughters.
His two daughters, one of whom chose money-to marry a banker, the other chose position-to marry a baron. Although they chose different paths, they were all upper-class people and gave up their father who loved them deeply! They only think of their father in the most difficult time. All they need is a sweet word, and the old man will naturally hand over the money to their dirty hands. When I was studying there, I always felt that I was stupid and trusted my two daughters with a cruel face.
Lao Gaoman understood a sentence before his death: "Money can buy everything, including his daughter." I think he's really sad. Even if money can buy a daughter, the family ties bought with money are cheap. If affection can be measured by money, then the word "affection" is completely unnecessary. How is that different from the people you know on the street? Lao Gaoman realized this sentence before he died. Won't his daughter be ashamed? In the end, his two daughters lost their father's blessing, joy and everything, which they deserved. Lao Gaoman needs money to maintain the relationship between father and daughter. Such a father is sad, but I have to admit that what he has done for his daughter is a great and admirable father.
Notes on the French novel "Gao Laotou II"
Gao Laotou is a world-famous literary work, written by Balzac, a famous French19th century writer. It not only brought us great spiritual shock, but also introduced us to this society in a concrete and systematic way again.
Old man Gaurio used to be in the flour business. He gradually became a bourgeois with his own wisdom, but full of feudal religious thoughts. After his wife died, he was always alone and devoted all his energy to his two daughters. Cultivate and educate them to spare no effort to satisfy their demanding and extravagant desires and want them to become aristocratic ladies. In the end, he got his wish. The eldest daughter became a rich aristocrat, and the second daughter married a banker, Newchingen, who each had a dowry of 800,000 francs. Finally, he became penniless and had to live in a low-end apartment. He thinks that satisfying them in this way can win their favor. In fact, from another perspective, he is using money to "buy" the feelings between himself and his two daughters. In the hearts of his two daughters, even in this Parisian society, money is the only link between people, and the interests of money have already replaced the affection of flesh and blood. When their father was rich, they tried their best to please and honor him for the dirty money behind him. And when their father was ruthlessly "squeezed dry" by them, they ignored it. When Gaurio died, no one even visited him. He didn't even want to pay for the funeral, so he had to let two poor college students in the apartment pay for it. The eldest daughter's husband went one step further and simply said, "Whether he is dead or alive has nothing to do with me.
Rasty's Nie is also one of the main characters in this book. He is a young man from a declining aristocratic family in other provinces, and he has not yet seen the truth of society when he came to Paris. Have a conscience, be simple. At first, I wanted to compete with the world, climb up step by step on my own and be an excellent judge. But the reality is cruel. Some people say that society is a "vat", and Rasty's nirvana is in this vat. From white to dirty to ugly, he began to dream of squeezing into the upper class and understood that money is king in this society. First, he began to ask his mother and two sisters for money, and kept searching their property. Although I knew they had no money, I still reached out and asked them for money. Viscount Busion added fuel to the fire and "educated" him. If he wants to succeed, he must climb up at all costs. He must trample others under his feet, make others his stepping stones, and then attack them and drive them away. As long as you want to climb up, don't think about being a good person or having a conscience. Votoring is more direct, so let him kill people, let him marry Talefi, and then Votoring will help him kill Talefi's brother, so that he can have one million francs as a dowry.
Social changes, changes of the times. How many people in today's life love us unconditionally and without regrets like our mother because of the "magic" of money? In today's society, money seems to be omnipotent, and feelings, reason and conscience have all become slaves of money ... Money is a double-edged sword, which can make you get everything, but at the same time you lose your humanity. Is this deal really worth it? ...
I hope that the tragedy that happened to the elderly in Gauriau will not be repeated in the future society. ...
Notes on the French novel "Gao Lao tou 3"
When I closed the last page of the book, I closed my eyes and tears fell. Tears rolled on the book, as if telling this tragic story-"Gao Laotou".
Gao Laotou is one of the works of Balzac, a French writer in the 19th century. It tells a sad story and exposes the ugly face of the capitalist world.
"Gao Laotou, a good father, gave his two daughters a dowry of 800,000 each and kept an annuity of 10000 francs for himself. He thought that his daughter would always be a daughter. After getting married, he has two families. Who knows, in less than two years, the two precious daughters both drove their father out of the door. "
Reading this, I have shed tears, which are tears that denounce the despicable psychology, hypocritical faces and inhuman cold hearts of my two daughters. Have they forgotten their father's kindness in raising them? Have you forgotten that my father only eats a few slices of bread a day? Lao Gao devoted all his efforts to his daughters-finding the best tutor for them and educating Miss Bandu. Lao Gao wouldn't have thought, and I wouldn't have thought: it was her daughter who drove her father out of the house! Balzac vividly described the meanness, hypocrisy and inhumanity of his two daughters with a pungent pen, which also reflected the tragedy of society from the side: the son didn't care about his parents who sacrificed everything for himself, and the daughter ruthlessly drove them out of the house. I don't know: do you have to drive them away for happiness? Will you be happy if you drive your parents away?
"At about 2 pm the next day, the old man got worse. Lao Gaoman cried and cried to see his daughter before he died, but this did not touch the cold hearts of the two daughters. "
After reading this, I also shed tears. Why don't my daughters come to see Lao Gaoman? Because he has no money! In the past, as long as the daughter called her "good father", she could satisfy their wishes. Lao Gaoman thinks that his daughter is very filial to him, but this is not the case. Her daughter's real filial piety is his money! "Money can buy everything and a daughter." Before his death, Lao Gaoman realized the cruelty of money.
Tears, tears of hatred, tears of sadness. I hope all people will honor their parents, so that the tragedy of old age will not repeat itself.
Notes on the French novel "Gao Lao tou 4"
Gao Lao Tou is the representative work of Balzac, a French writer. The subtlety of this book is that the author brings this huge society into the narrow framework of the novel, so that the complex and diverse faces of the real world can be reproduced as a whole in an orderly way.
This story is about the hero Rasty Nie. It tells the story of his wandering experience after entering the society and the changes of his psychological thought. In the process of the development of the hero's thought and character, there are three people who have a decisive influence on him: Mrs. Bao cylon, Fu Tolan, and the tall old man who was squeezed dry by his daughter and thrown out like a lemon.
Madame Busion, with extraordinary spirit and talent, had to retire quietly because she could not compete with the dowry of 200,000 francs a year. Her frustration and retreat let the protagonist see the power of money and the hypocrisy of love and friendship. "Everything is fake, only money is real and invincible."
The death of Lao Gaoman is the most profound lesson for the author and the climax of the plot of this book. When Lao Gaoman was dying, his spoiled two daughters didn't come. Until his death, only two empty cars were sent to the cemetery with the coffin. This tragedy vividly proves that "the bourgeoisie has torn off the veil of warmth hanging over family relations and turned this relationship into a pure money relationship."
Fu Tuoling does not represent justice, he just has a thorough understanding of social injustice. He exposed the truth of society to the hero in naked language. Although this frightened the hero, he still told the truth. Make readers understand the social phenomenon at that time more deeply: money is the key to everything.
After experiencing such a reality, what illusions can we have about society? What the hero sees around him is only the cruelty of the world and the degeneration of people's hearts. How many people commit crimes for money, and how many people betray their personality and conscience because of desire. The magic of money is endless enjoyment and desire, which destroys all human feelings, poisons the relationship between people and even makes people worse than animals.
In addition to these main characters, the author also shows readers a dazzling Paris society. From poor and shabby alleys to magnificent aristocratic mansions. People from all walks of life and all kinds of identities in Paris appear with their own unique features, which constitutes a noisy and true panorama for this novel.
Although most tenants in Fugai apartments don't have much pen and ink, they also have their own characteristics, and their manners are inseparable from the influence of habits, occupations and identities formed over the years. Mrs Vogue is not the protagonist in the book, but this image is full of meanness, greed and snobbery from head to toe, and even her house and furnishings reflect her character everywhere. Because of the portrayal of this character, the position of Gao Laotou in the rich apartment has plummeted, from rich to poor, and he is particularly strong. Make the bourgeoisie present a situation of taking people with "money".
Paris society at that time was the worst abyss enriched by money and desire. In that society, as long as you have money, you can rise to the top and no one can stop you. No matter where you come from or what evil you have done, money is your passport.
Although the present society is relatively harmonious, it is not without this phenomenon. In fact, when we enter the society, we will be like the protagonist, but with the influence of the surrounding environment, our psychology will also change.
Everyone should keep a conscience. Even if the society is dark and complicated, there is light. Just as Gu Cheng's poem "The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to find light."
Notes on the French novel "Gao Lao tou 5"
I read "Gao Lao Tou" written by Balzac in winter vacation, and I was deeply touched. This masterpiece profoundly reveals the dark reality of French society at that time and the cold money relationship between people. It is shocking to read, but it also laments Balzac's profound exposure to society.
The hero of the story is the old man Gaurio and Rasty Nie, in addition, it also includes Votoring and his wife Bao cylon. These four people have different experiences, but they reflect the same social phenomenon from different angles-money plays a decisive role in society, money tempts people to fall, money makes the relationship between people heartless, and money directs one human tragedy after another. Gaurio used to be a flour merchant. In order to make his two daughters marry well, he divided most of his property among them.
However, the two daughters only had money in their eyes, but two years later they drove their father out of the house, and the poor old man had to rent in a dilapidated apartment. In 20 years, he gave his hard work and property to his two daughters, but in the end he was discarded by them like a broken lemon shell. Until their death, the two daughters didn't want to see their father for the last time to go to the dance, which made his father die with a grudge. Where can there be moral ideals in such a society? Money is the ruler of the whole society. Whoever gets it wins, and whoever loses it loses.
Rasty Nie, another hero of the novel, also went through a process of depravity. Under the strong contrast between the life of the upper class and the lower class, his character has changed slowly, and the gap between the rich and the poor has constantly stimulated his desire. Finally, he couldn't resist the temptation of money and embarked on the road of bourgeois careerists. The world described in the work is cold, amazing and thought-provoking.
We should not ask too much of life, but should cherish what we have. For money, we should have a clear understanding. In fact, our greatest wealth lies in having a colorful life. Only when we realize this, can we live more openly and happily.