Theme: The novel takes the activity of "I" returning to my hometown as the main line, describes Runtu and Yang Er's sister-in-law, and reflects the reality of rural bankruptcy and farmers' miserable life under the double oppression and exploitation of imperialism and feudalism after the Revolution of 1911. It reveals the spiritual bondage of feudal traditional concepts to the working people and the indifference and estrangement between people; It expresses the author's strong dissatisfaction with reality and his strong desire to transform the old society and create a new life.
Feeling: The author compares the road on the ground to hope.
If there is hope to fight for it, it will be realized; Not if there is hope.
It shows the author's yearning for the new society.