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—— Plantago seed
I, on a blank sheet of paper,
White paper-nothing,
With three crayons,
Painting one by one,
Draw three lines,
Without a ruler,
The line is crooked.
The adults said:
Red, yellow and blue,
It's three primary colors,
Three straight lines,
It symbolizes three roads.
I don't understand,
And according to your own preferences,
Draw three circles.
I want to draw the roundest picture.
After reading this poem, I have many associations and experiences. This is a poem with multiple meanings. Now, according to my personal understanding, I will talk about my understanding of this poem step by step.
The first meaning: adults don't know the simple happiness of children. This is the most superficial meaning and can only be obtained from the literal meaning. The child didn't have a ruler at first, but drew on a blank piece of paper. It can be seen from the "crooked line" that children are not serious about painting, they are rational in painting. Children's painting is just a game attitude. Children don't think too much about painting for fun.
But the adults said, "Red, yellow and blue are the three primary colors. Three straight lines symbolize three roads. Adults use their own minds to "scrutinize" children's minds, give children complex meanings in simple games, and treat childish things as serious and solemn things. Adults can't appreciate the fun of children drawing.
The second meaning: the generation gap between adults and children. In the poem, children draw pictures, adults say that these are three primary colors, and three straight lines are three roads. And the child said, "I don't understand." The world of adults is one world, and the world of children is another world. Adults infer children's world from their own world. Children originally painted "crooked", but adults said it was "three straight lines". Adults use their own ideas and theories to understand children too much, and even ignore the objective facts. Adults instill the knowledge and truth of the "adult world" into children, but children don't understand it. Because the child "has no ruler" and the child "has nothing", the child is a free spirit, although the child looks ignorant.
The third meaning: freedom challenges common sense, only freedom can innovate, and we must break the shackles of dogma and inertial common sense. Children draw three lines on white paper, and adults use inertial thinking to say that three straight lines symbolize three roads. I think this is just a way for adults to look at things according to their own experience and cognition, and looking at things with different experiences and cognition of adults can give three straight lines different meanings. In other words, in the adult world, three straight lines can be given many different symbolic meanings. The adults in the poem regard three straight lines as three roads, which is just one of many symbolic meanings. However, the knowledge and experience that adults have has limited their divergent thinking, and they only habitually regard the three straight lines as what they already understand, so that adults do not think about other symbolic meanings it contains and make adults narrow-minded. Children's ignorance is "blank paper", children "have no ruler" and children "have nothing", but it is precisely because of this that children's hearts are open and free, and children can embrace all thoughts, of course, under the conditions of choice.
The fourth meaning: don't be influenced by other people's ideas, think independently, have your own independent understanding, and stick to it confidently. Children draw pictures, and adults tell their own understanding to children. Children don't listen to adults' views because they don't understand. Perhaps children use "ignorance" to defend their ideological independence. The child "drew three circles according to his own preferences". The child firmly believes in his feelings and is confident that "I want to draw the roundest and roundest". We should stick to our independent thoughts like children, don't go with the flow, and don't be influenced by other people's thoughts. It is better to be a maverick pig if you want to be independent. What we lack is precisely the spirit that children seem to play easily and stick to their own ideas.
The fifth meaning: "authenticity" doubts "forever", and "authenticity" can open up a broader field of human understanding. Children are not sensible, and children don't understand the three primary colors that adults say. Adults say that red, yellow and blue are three primary colors, and three straight lines symbolize three roads. This is the conclusion that adults "know" and are influenced by "know" culture. Human beings have gone through the process from ignorance to knowledge. What adults say seems profound and well-informed, but what they say in their poems is not to agree with other people's views and repeat the theoretical dogma that human beings already know. In this sense, what adults say in this poem does not have much meaning. In a practical sense, if the purpose of adults saying this is to enlighten children and give them knowledge, then, unfortunately, this may bind children's thoughts and may have a negative effect on their education.
A child is like a "blank sheet of paper", seemingly ignorant, but retaining its "true" nature. Children answer adults with "I don't understand", children "paint at will", children don't agree with other people's views, children have been painting and practicing, and have been searching hard in the world of "ignorance". There are two results in children's exploration: first, if no results are found, then the spirit of children's persistent exploration is also commendable and touching; Second, if the child finds the result, then the child will add knowledge to human understanding that others don't know, and the child will reduce the gap in human understanding and make the world more knowledgeable. Don't people need children's "true" tenacious exploration spirit to know the world and study hard? Only in this way can human beings constantly put forward new ideas and discover new ideas; Only in this way can we promote the continuous development of human understanding. From this point of view, children are much better than adults.
The sixth meaning: it is a symbolic hint set by the author and a confession of the author's psychological state and expectation. Writing can't get rid of the author's tendency to express his thoughts and wishes. Through this poem, I vaguely feel that the author wants to stand firm and stick to his own ideas and opinions. No matter what kind of understanding and discussion others give him, he will always stick to his own views and go on bravely. This spirit is worth learning.