Flies that are difficult to get into the elegant hall. Written by Zhou Zuoren, it is refreshing. The author seems to be reversing a misunderstanding: flies are not hateful. It's just that we only know one thing and don't know another, or we don't fully understand flies.
Flies are not hateful. First of all, they bring us endless childlike interest. Secondly, the stubbornness and boldness of flies provide romantic materials and endless inspiration for poets. However, in Japan, flies have become a common source of poetry. Even though it has a bad temper, the author has integrated into a beautiful myth, which makes this hateful little creature so affectionate and gentle. Therefore, throughout the whole article, except for a few derogatory words, the whole article is a compliment to flies.
Zhou Zuoren's essays are good at plain and simple style. The author combines reality and ideal, including a detailed description of childhood flies, romantic myths and legends, and sentimental poems. Metaphors are used in many places in the article, which increases the interest of the article. (This article was published in Reading and Appreciation,No. 1 2009)
Appreciation of the poem The Fly
When talking about the May 4th prose, Yu Dafu once said: "The universe is so big that even flies can write", which is enough to show the freedom and breadth of the writers' creative themes in that era. "Flies are small" is naturally a figurative statement, but it can also be regarded as a real reference. Zhou Zuoren's The Fly is an example. Therefore, people will probably mention Zhou Zuoren's prose when commenting on the May 4th prose. A Ying, a critic, even regarded the publication of Fei as a sign of a fundamental turning point in Zhou Zuoren's prose creation (and even the whole modern prose creation). This statement may be exaggerated, but it is also true that Fei, as a model of "beautiful writing" advocated by Zhou Zuoren, had a great influence at that time and later. After explaining the above background materials, let's read the original text carefully. At the beginning of the article, it is said that "the fly" is not a very lovely thing "-it is interesting to say that the fly is not" hateful "directly from the front, but" unlovable "euphemistically from the back. Then he asked a counter question: "We all liked him a little when we were children.". In this way, the same object-"fly" has a different evaluation; Zhou Zuoren's interest lies in the culture and psychology behind this difference. "Flying" is just a starting point.
Zhou Zuoren told us that the bad feeling towards flies is because "now I have been baptized by science and know that flies can infect germs", so I extended flies to "the destroyer of beauty and life". Here, whether it is the original medical basis or humanistic significance, it is the result of scientific and rational analysis and a modern concept. Interestingly, Zhou Zuoren's aversion to flies is also explained: it boils down to "another bad habit of his" and "he likes to crawl and lick people's faces, hands and feet", which is naturally "extremely unpleasant" for those who are sucked. But this is a more personal experience and emotional reaction. Most people's dislike of flies is probably not because of this, but because of reason.