When I saw the title of Birdman, the first thing I thought of was Kafka's Metamorphosis. Is it the story of people changing into birds? Look at the author, Liu, and think of the novel The Head Teacher and Liu's Dream of Red Mansions. A close reading of Birdman turned out to be a realistic work, but its form of expression is absurd.
The absurdity of Birdman first lies in the protagonist-Dr. Bird. What does he mean by Dr. Bird? Is it a nickname or a surname? The work is not confessed, so Dr. Bird is absurd. What's ridiculous is that Dr. Bird has a pair of magic glasses. When he put them on and took them off, he saw two completely different worlds. He can see people's tails swinging or mopping the floor behind them. Their tails are blue or purple. Because of these absurdities, Dr. Bird has the opportunity to see many truths that are difficult for ordinary people to see.
From the perspective of a frustrated Dr. Bird, Birdman describes all kinds of people in many cities at present and exposes the truth of pathological phenomena in these cities. For example, street private detectives, fake witness groups, fake beggars, cheating on marriage and touching porcelain can be seen everywhere in our lives. Even if we have no experience, at least we often learn about such events in the media. Liu saw all the truth through birdman's eyes and revealed it. Birdman can be regarded as a masterpiece of contemporary anti-fraud. Therefore, Birdman is a veritable masterpiece of realism, although it has both the characteristics of stream of consciousness and absurdity in form.
Dr. Bird himself in Birdman seems absurd, but he is actually full of strong realism. Being a doctor is not as good as being a junior high school student in grade seven, which is a great irony of "respecting knowledge and talents" at present. In fact, Dr. Bird's confusion is also the confusion of many senior intellectuals. In the process of pursuing the value of life, Dr. Bird is not the only one who has lost value. When our life value is not recognized as it should be, should we stick to our faith or give up? This is also a heavy problem that the work puts forward to us, and it may not be just Dr. Bird that needs to be considered.
The absurd realistic work Birdman is a change in Liu's writing style and an innovation in China's contemporary literary world. Of course, although Birdman is novel in form and fascinating in content, it also has its shortcomings. For example, the works are obscure because of absurdity, and the language style of the characters does not match their identity. But as an innovative attempt, we should give more understanding and tolerance to this work.
In short, when reading Birdman, you should forget the Dream of Red Mansions written by the head teacher and Liu, because Birdman embodies Liu's brand-new creative style and will bring you a brand-new reading experience.
Thoughts after reading Jiangnan Town
The water town in the south of the Yangtze River described by Mr. Yu is better than what I saw. When you take a boat slowly into the town, you can see exquisite stone bridges, houses near mountains and waters, white smoke and light smoke, and then look at the willows and houses reflected in the water. Everything is quiet. The boat is moving very slowly, and you can't feel the rush of the city at all here. Next to me are soft blue waves, which fall together in front of us, with comfortable and beautiful lines. Everything is a "static" word, only the sound of water, but still so smooth, as elegant and beautiful as a guzheng, as serene and dynamic as the wind blowing through a bamboo forest. The scenery is like a faint ink painting.
As Mr. Wang said, there is no sense of vicissitudes in the small town of Jiangnan, only that one is indifferent. Jiangnan small town, disdain for wealth, so there is no majestic momentum. Only faint mountains and long streams have been like this since ancient times. There has never been any ups and downs, only silently nourishing one side of the land and feeding one side of the people.
After reading the whole article, I thought of the Jiangnan town written by Yu and recalled my experience of going to Wuzhen. My nostalgia for Wuzhen comes from the long bluestone road, from the simplicity, beauty and elegance of the small bridge and flowing water, and from the contradictory former residence of the literary master.
On the way to Wuzhen, it was raining in Mao Mao. Under the arrangement of the tour guide, we started our trip to Wuzhen with ease. Wuzhen in the rain adds a hazy aesthetic feeling. The rain is so clean, but it is so hazy, so gentle and beautiful, leaving me endless reverie.
After entering from the gate of the scenic spot, we came to Fengyuan Shuangqiao, because there is a corridor shed on it, also called covered bridge. I thought there would be a romantic story like The Bridges of Madison County, but it turned out that it was not fate, but fate. The tour guide said: there is a custom that men are left behind and women are right. If you walk on the bridge once, you must walk in half, so that you can make ends meet when you leave the bridge.
After crossing the bridge, we came to Fortune Bay. In fact, the so-called God of Wealth Bay is a relatively large river, suitable for ships to turn around here, and there is a God of Wealth Bodhisattva just across the river, so it is named God of Wealth Bay.
At the beginning of the last century, the bluestones walked slowly, and those bluestones were trampled, which shows that Wuzhen has a long history! Those houses are built on the water, and some extend to the river. Under them, stakes or pillars are used to hit the riverbed, and beams and boards are placed on the shelves, which is called "Shui Ge". Shui Ge is a must in Wuzhen, and it is also a unique scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. Mao Dun once described Shui Ge in his hometown in "Mountains and Rivers": "Ah ... there is a river outside the back door. Standing at the back door, you can draw water with buckets. When you wake up in the middle of the night, you can hear the rushing water and float past ..." Wuzhen is also known as "the last pillow water family in China".
Walk leisurely to the Hundred Bed Pavilion, which is filled with antique beds of different shapes. Among them, there is a bed of "husband and wife chorus", which is impressive! Walk slowly, without looking for scenery or feeling culture. Hometown folk museum, public health and blue calico workshop can be seen along the road, showing the features of the ancient town to the fullest.
We are looking for a deep alley where time is like water, walking in a deep and narrow alley, with old wooden houses on both sides, looking at the open or closed doors and feeling the extraordinary history and legends of the ancient town. The bluestone in the rain paved a deep alley of history, which made people feel nostalgic, but there was no lonely rain alley, no girl holding an oil-paper umbrella, no lilacs, a sad girl. The eyes are full of tourists walking through long alleys. Perhaps, you can find what you want here. It is also a rainy lane, but I feel something other than Dai Wangshu. In the light rain, it conveys a distant and quiet beauty and peace, and a deep power. Walking in a long and deep alley, thinking about some worries, settling some past events, staying away from the noisy troubles and calming your heart.
The central square of Wuzhen is Xiuzhenguan Square. There is a big abacus hanging on the gate of the temple, and a couplet at the gate reads: people count thousands, and heaven counts ten thousand. It's quite fatalistic. Opposite the temple is an old stage, which we have met in time like water. Tongxiang Flower Drum Opera is staged every day. Although it was raining, we didn't understand a word, but we were still very excited and happy to stand under the stage and take pictures. After the filming, we broke up and the play was still singing.
After a few hours of rough sightseeing, I came to the former residence of Mr. Mao Dun and the college where Mr. Mao studied as a child-Lizhi College. As soon as I stepped into the place called Academy in the fleeting time, I stood at its gate, as if I could see such a scene: Uncle Qi was sitting in the lounge chair at the door, but silently trotted in from the door, shouting Brother Qi Wenshu. There was a moment of trance, and those scenes kept coming to my mind. Mao Dun's former residence is the pride of Wuzhen people. Wuzhen not only has beautiful water scenery, well-preserved Ming and Qing architecture, but also gave birth to a generation of literary giant Mao Dun.
The long river, the curved stone bridge, the pavilion in the water, the deep ancient road ... Wuzhen, which exudes an antique atmosphere, deeply attracted me. Wuzhen, in the rain, washed away the impatience brought by tourists and looked extremely elegant and quiet. There is a damp smell in the air, and the faint smoke is hazy. .....
Although I have been here for a short time and walked in a hurry, I have already experienced the small bridge and flowing water in my dream, and I have also walked through the deep "rain lane". The beautiful Wuzhen left a beautiful fantasy and pure wish in my heart: Wuzhen, I will come again. In a rainy season, listening to the running water whispering in the Shuige, looking at the alley for a long time, the aftertaste is like water years.
"The First Secretary of the Water Margin" tells the heroic story of 108 heroes headed by Song Jiang, who were murdered by traitors from gathering Yishui, winning the support of the imperial court, crushing the Liao soldiers and finally destroying the rebels. After reading the whole book, there are only two words left in my mind: loyalty and righteousness.
Loyalty means doing your best for your motherland, your relatives and friends around you. Song Jiang is still loyal to the motherland under various threats and inducements, which is loyalty; After Lin Chong was caught up with Liangshan, Lin Chong's wife abused Gao Qiu's son. She would rather die than surrender and eventually hanged herself. This is also loyalty. In today's society, I believe many people can achieve the word "loyalty", but few people can achieve the word "righteousness".
A word "righteousness" contains too much content. In the Water Margin, 108 heroes are brothers, who go through fire and water for their friends and do everything for a word "righteousness". For the people, you have to fight for the word "righteousness". So, although "righteousness" is only three words, sometimes you have to write it with a person's life. In real life, almost anyone can give up his seat, but not everyone can, because it requires considerable courage, even the determination to trade one life for another.
Righteousness can be interpreted as justice. A person with a strong sense of justice is a person with noble spirit. How many heroes have given their lives for righteousness through the ages? Aren't they afraid of death? They can risk their lives for justice and truth, because a strong sense of justice clearly tells them what not to do and what is worth fighting for with their lives. A person who has no sense of justice will not understand this, because his sense of justice has been swallowed up by numbness, his passion for struggle has been frozen, but his soul has been assimilated by some ugly things in society.
I still remember clearly that there is a black man among the heroes of the Water Margin. He is reckless and grumpy. He often conflicts with others because of trivial matters, and even leads to murder. But he can see the bumps in the road and draw out his sword to help those unscrupulous guys. In real life, although there is no such thrilling event, the word "righteousness" permeates our lives. Loyalty to friends is filial piety. Just look at people or things we don't understand with a fair eye, which is the sense of justice in the realistic sense. When Japan invaded China, many loyal revolutionary martyrs worked hard with their blood to make today's thriving motherland. Dong Cunrui laid down his life to bomb the bunker, and Huang Jiguang blocked the enemy's machine gun with his chest. These are the continuation of the Chinese people's sense of justice.
One can not believe in God, but one can also not believe in "holiness". At present, the most important task for us teenagers is to build our motherland more prosperous. Therefore, this is also the foundation of our national justice. Let us believe in this "sacredness" and maintain this "sacredness" with our own hands.
Thoughts on Reading "Star Spring Water"
In the depths of the soul, there is a kind of happiness jumping in the air. Gently pluck my heartstrings and nourish my dried-up new life again and again in the quiet night. Touching and washing my soul, I listened quietly. Oh, I heard the silvery laughter of my childhood and the loving instruction of my parents. So, I quietly wrote it into the staff of childhood and maternal love. Play over and over again under the stars.
The book "Stars in Spring Water" that we miss and move is written by the great writer Bing Xin. Among her short poems with shining light and true feelings, the most numerous ones praise nature, maternal love and childlike innocence. Nature is beautiful, maternal love is great and childlike innocence is pure. It was she who collected these praises in the pen and brewed them into words.
This poem eulogizes "the deep blue sea", "the twinkling stars", "the splashing waves", "the evening tide", "the green buds" and "the pale flowers" ... The meteors, the sea, the mountain shadows and the sunset glow all contain tenderness, emitting the breath of life and attractive fragrance. The scenery is so beautiful, the lights are scattered and the people are beautiful. In the poet's pen, "mother is a capitalized person" and "mother is the noblest and most selfless love of mankind. It is the comfort of life and a model of beauty. "
Read "Mom, the rain is coming, and the bird is hiding in its nest; The rain in my heart is coming, so I can only hide in your arms. "I realized that mother is the reliance in our hearts and the arm of wind and rain." Motherly love is like water, and quiet tenderness permeates you.
There is a poem in "Spring Water": In the natural smile, human complaints are melted. I see, nature has solved human resentment with a smile. There is also its broad mind to accommodate us, let us wash away the lead and get a new life. What a great respect for nature! What a sharp contrast between the boredom and indifference of human beings and the freshness and enthusiasm of nature! How small human beings should be in front of the broad and lofty nature! Love nature! Be integrated with nature. What a wonderful state it will be!
The book says, "Farewell, Spring Water. Thank you for the trickle of spring. You brought me a lot of thoughts. I wave to you. Slowly flow to the world, I will sit by the spring and listen to the echo. " This reminds me: in the mountain stream in spring, the cool and gurgling stream. The trickle flows to fields, trees and villages, and to the world. The information it brings continuously flows to the mountain spring sky, including the tenderness and coldness of the spring water and the poet's uncertain mood-the poet's providence. The flowing water is affectionate, and a picture of the blending of spring and stream is vividly on the paper.
The poems in the book are rich in emotion and beautiful in language. It is famous for its implication, gentleness, elegance and beauty. There is also a touch of sadness. Every poem is like the stars in the sky and the dew on the lotus leaf, which is crystal clear and has a unique artistic sense.
In the cycle of time, the dead leaves of time will never bury my childhood and maternal love. On the road of life, I picked up the morning flowers of my childhood, and picked up pieces of childlike dreams and the teachings of love. Friend, how many sweets I picked up!
The feeling after reading Fu Lei's letter.
I am deeply touched by such a passage in the book: "Speaking of incompleteness ... the perfection you said does not exist at all, and the whole life, the world and the universe are far from perfect. ..... Our lifelong pursuit, the pursuit of generations in history, is nothing more than perfection, but we will never pursue it, because people's ideals and fantasies are endless, ... "So I thought of a story. There used to be a broken mirror, which was broken into many pieces. One of them wanted to find the rest to rebuild the original mirror. Along the way, it rolls slowly because of its sharp edges and corners, thus enjoying the delicious food along the way. When it worked hard to find all the pieces, it turned into a whole circle and rolled very fast, and the scenery along the way passed in an instant. In fact, we are all pursuing perfection, and it is precisely our current incompleteness that has brought us to the realm of pursuing perfection and contributed to the relative integrity of other aspects. But when the so-called perfection happens to us one day, we may lose a lot.
Fu Lei is famous for his strictness. I thought their father-son relationship was not very good, but after reading this book, my mind changed greatly. When Fu Cong went abroad to study, he naturally had to contact his father by letters, and the affection between father and son was obvious in a letter. They discuss art together through letters, study the connotation of music and exchange views on things. Although they are not as caring and considerate as their mothers, the tacit understanding between them is irreplaceable.
Looking back at this book after closing the book, the biggest feeling is that Fu Lei has profound attainments in art, and Fu Lei has his own views on the understanding of art, especially music. This reminds me that people who have made achievements in literature also have higher research in the field of art, perhaps because literature and art are the same. Different excellent literary works will have different psychological effects after reading; Different styles of concerts bring similar results. Beautiful prose brings pleasure like enjoying a cheerful aria; A heavy novel brings shock like a sad symphony; Humorous sketches will bring elegant scenes like opera and endless thinking afterwards. After carefully reading the book "Letters from Fu Lei", I feel that it gives people a good atmosphere and room for aftertaste like a traditional opera.
The book "Letters from Fu Lei" is a father's cordial reading, full of affection for his son and his father's unique irresistible majesty.
Reading Fu Lei's letter, we feel a pure, honest, sincere and noble soul. The love between father and son is sublimated because of the sublimity of art, and it has become an inexhaustible nourishment for the human spirit.