The growth of women such as aquatic sister-in-law shows the great changes of the people in central Hebei in the national self-defense war from one side. The author praised the revolutionary fighting spirit and patriotism of the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in central Hebei under the leadership of the party by shaping the female group image represented by Sister-in-law.
The reason why Sun Li's novels have the reputation of "poetic novels" is mainly because no matter who writes, remembers and writes scenes, they are always full of poetic feelings. Lotus Lake is such a poetic work.
First of all, Lotus Lake pays great attention to revealing the beauty of human feelings and humanity in writing people, thus giving the work a lyrical beauty. Of course, a central task of the novel is to write people. The success of Lotus Lake lies in successfully shaping a group of women represented by aquatic sister-in-law. But the author of Lotus Lake has his own characteristics. The author describes people not with ordinary kung fu, but with scenes, characters' language, actions and details that can best express the beauty of human nature and human feelings, accurately and vividly depict the inner world of characters and highlight their valuable qualities. The works describe how Shuisao and other women organize troops, practice martial arts, cooperate with the main force against the enemy and other scenes and plots, which are outlined with thick lines, while the details, manners, words and scenes that can best express Shuisao and other women's deep emotional world are described in detail. For example, the scene of aquatic sister-in-law saying goodbye to her husband is wonderful. Late at night, Shuishui came back and told his wife, "I will go to the big army tomorrow." Hearing this sudden news, the aquatic sister-in-law who loves her husband doesn't know what to say at the moment. Her fingers trembled, thinking that Mei Wei had cut her hand, and she put a finger in her mouth and sucked it. This detail is very vivid. The two actions of "shock" and "sucking" accurately show the complicated heart of a wife who loves her husband and can't bear to be separated from him, but at the same time tries her best to restrain her feelings. Then, the work continues to write the expression and language of the characters: "Women bow their heads and say,' You are always positive'". This short passage seems to have praised her husband, but also reluctant to blame, and at the same time it seems to reveal the self-esteem of the characters who are unwilling to lag behind. "Head Down" accurately conveys the unique mentality of the characters at this time. Then, after the husband comforted him, "that woman stopped talking." The silence at this moment also accurately conveys the complex mentality of aquatic sister-in-law which is both painful and depressed at this moment, and has the artistic effect of "telling more in silence than they do in their voices".
Secondly, pay attention to the lyricism of the scenery. For example, the description of aquatic sister-in-law "making a banquet under the moon" at the beginning of the work makes the scenery very poetic: "This woman makes a banquet. Soon under her body, it was woven into a big piece. She seems to be sitting on a piece of snow and white clouds. She sometimes looks at the lake, which is also a silvery white world. There is a thin transparent fog on the water, and when the wind blows, it carries fresh lotus leaves and lotus fragrance. " This kind of description is very poetic, which makes the characters like fairies, isomorphic with the bright moon, breeze, silvery white water, transparent fog and clear lotus fragrance, and becomes the realm of wonderful poetry; At the same time, this kind of scenery echoes the characters with human beauty, which sets off the spiritual beauty of the characters effectively. Moreover, when the work was written to ambush in the Lotus Lake, there was also a scene description: "The dense layers of seemingly endless lotus leaves spread out against the sun, just like an iron wall. The pink lotus arrow sticks out high. It's the sentry watching Baiyangdian! " The description of this scene, through wonderful metaphors, makes the scene affectionate and well expresses the author's deep affection for the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians.
Thirdly, Lotus Lake is also very distinctive in structure, and its structure is simple and flexible. As far as the overall structure is concerned, the works try to avoid connecting the story lines in a straightforward way, but adopt the structure of connecting "life segments" into a whole. From the entry of the water army into the customs, with the development of the water army's sister-in-law as a clue, through a series of typical pictures full of life interest, such as husband and wife farewell, visiting relatives, being in distress in the lake, ambushing the enemy, rising up against Japan, etc., the characters are portrayed and the theme is expressed. And this series of life pictures, some detailed, such as "farewell to husband and wife"; Some abbreviations, such as "ambush the enemy". In this way, the works are dense, meticulous and decent, and have a poetic rhythm beauty.