The most prominent feature of this article is its profound implication and strong philosophy. The author describes the biological phenomena in nature, but innuendo and metaphor are social life phenomena. Like many revolutionary writers and artists at that time, the author wrote revolutionary literature, not romantic "essays". He emphasized the power of weeds so much that he described the power of trampled weeds as "chinese odyssey". His intention is to arouse people, make them aware of their own strength, and then take action to achieve their goals.
The author's careful observation of natural and social phenomena and the description of novel, concrete and quite typical natural phenomena show the philosophical nature of this paper. For example, the example that the power of seed growth can separate the skull that is difficult to be separated by mechanical force is the knowledge that ordinary people can't easily possess, so it is novel, peculiar and typical. At the same time, in order to avoid generalizations, the author then lists a series of well-known common examples to further illustrate. However, it is easy to lose the taste of mediocrity and boredom by using ordinary examples to illustrate problems, so the author makes a deep excavation of these ordinary examples and refines the important philosophy.
"In order to yearn for the sun and realize its will to live, no matter how heavy and narrow the stone is, it will be tortuous, but it will stubbornly penetrate into the ground, its roots will drill into the soil and its buds will stand on the ground. This is an irresistible force, and the stone that blocks it will be overturned ... "The author found an irresistible force from the growth of a seed.
The idea of this essay is gradually deepened through layers of dyeing, and finally the finishing touch is amazing.
The author's purpose is to enlighten people's thinking, so he doesn't work hard on lyricism, but mainly expresses a philosophy with the help of images. The method of narration and discussion is adopted. First, ask this question: "What is the most powerful thing in the world?" Then, get down to business and answer this question with special and general examples, which shows that grass and seeds are the most powerful in the world. Finally, it is pointed out that the power of grass lies in its two outstanding characteristics:
First, it regards life as the source of strength. It is perseverance, perseverance, "long-term resistance" and will never stop until it reaches its goal.
Second, treat all difficulties and setbacks as exercise for yourself, and never sigh pessimistically. If we link the vitality of Weeds with the political background at that time through the words "long-term war of resistance", it is not difficult to see why the author called for the vitality of Weeds.
Because the conception of prose is gradually deepened, it is very hierarchical to read, which is neither straightforward nor simple, so that the author's theme becomes a dull and empty sermon, and the author's ideological tendency is not completely hidden, so it is difficult to understand and elusive to read.