One winter day in the sixth year of the Republic of China, Mr. Lu Xun was in a hurry to go to the S gate. On the way, a rickshaw he hired knocked down an old woman in rags. At that time, Mr. Lu Xun thought that she had hit the handlebar herself and was not injured, so he told the driver to leave quickly and ignore the old woman. But the coachman ignored Mr. Lu Xun's words, but ran to help the old woman up, asked her how she was injured, and sent her to the police station for inspection. The driver's behavior made Mr. Lu Xun feel that his image was no longer humble, but became very tall. At the same time, Mr. Lu Xun felt that his personality was so small. Out of guilt, he asked the police to take a handful of copper coins to the driver. And use it as a mirror of your future life.
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Lu Xun's "A Little Thing" depicts a simple coachman with love and courage to take responsibility through a little thing that happened between me and the coachman, and gives sympathy and respect to the lower working people from the perspective of human nature.
The image of "I" in the works
In the article, the driver's sense of responsibility and my selfishness form a strong contrast, which increases my sense of smallness and highlights the driver's greatness. The beauty of this contrast lies in highlighting the simplicity and selflessness of workers with indirect and implicit pen and ink. At the end of the article, Mr. Lu Xun's guilt has never been erased, which has been urging him: teaching him how to be a man, teaching him to be ashamed, teaching him to turn over a new leaf, and also increasing his courage and hope. It shows an intellectual "I" with petty-bourgeois ideology who is dissatisfied with the dark society and actively pursues progress.