" Brothers " was first published in 2005 and is the most controversial work of Yuhua . Some people say that "Brothers" is Yu Hua's worst work, but Yu Hua himself believes that this is his best novel.
"Brothers" is Yu Hua's work after ten years of silence. The novel is divided into two first and second, telling the story of two brothers Li Guangtou and Song Gang, who were in the reorganized family in the town. They experienced various hardships in the 1960s and 1970s and the early days of reform and opening up. In the novel
, Song Gang's father Song Fanping was persecuted and died tragically, and his stepmother Li Lan also died of illness, leaving only two brothers who were not related to each other for life. Under the turmoil of the two eras, Li Bald Head was in a turmoil and became a rich man. However, Song Gang was plagued by illness and was poor. In the end, his wife Lin Hong cheated on Li Baltou, and was mentally hit and committed suicide by lying on the track.
Song Gang's tragedy is sad. Is his fate really irreversible? ? Today, I will analyze how Song Gang went to a tragic ending step by step from the three parts of internal causes, external causes, brotherhood and love. In the fourth part of the article, I will combine the entire story to talk about my thoughts.
01 The internal causes of the tragedy: Song Gang's kindness and altruism made him willing to become a victim
"From today, you are brothers, you must be close as brothers, you must help each other, you must have blessings and difficulties, you must study hard and improve every day..."
Before his death, Li Lan entrusted Li bald head to Song Gang, hoping that he could take good care of his brothers. The kind Song Gang agreed without saying a word, "Mom, don't worry... I will let Li Baldt eat first when there is only one bowl of rice left; I will let Li Baldt wear it when there is only the last piece of clothing left."
After losing his parents, the young Song Gang took the responsibility of taking care of Li Baldt. He treated Li Baldo as considerate and meticulous as his mother, knitting sweaters for him and cooking for him. At the same time, he is as tolerant as a father, allowing Li Bald Head to play freely, and regards him as a treasure from beginning to end.
Song Gang is kind, and he is also a complete altruist.
The so-called altruism is actually an ethical school and moral principle that regards the interests of others and self-sacrifice as the norm of goodness. Altruists follow the moral principle of "the interests of others first" and emphasize "the interests of others" and "self-sacrifice".
In the novel, Li Guangtou likes Lin Hong, a beautiful woman in the town, and Song Gang also has admiration in his heart. However, he still wanted to fulfill Li Guangtou and Lin Hong. When Li Ballot found out, he deliberately forced Song Gang to turn against Lin Hong. He really did that in order for his brother to marry a beauty.
Later, Lin Hong confessed to Song Gang, and he was always hesitant and dared not accept it. Li Bald Head was a hurdle that lingered in his heart. Until Lin Hong jumped into the river, although he was touched, he was still hesitant. In the end, Li Bald Head took the initiative to propose, "You should get married."
Whether in daily life or in major marriages, Song Gang has always been an altruist and is willing to sacrifice himself. When you encounter something, think of others first and hope to give all the good things to your brother. When Li Baldou, who had achieved nothing, became the director of a welfare factory, he specially wrote a copy of the recruitment letter as a preservation. For himself, he felt that as long as his brothers were happy, it would be his greatest happiness.
02 External causes of the tragedy: Song Gang does not surrender to fate, is confident and respectful, but he has no choice but to adapt to the development of the times
Song Gang is a very talented person, tall and handsome, and has a good job. In that era, this was a man worth entrusting.
But in the changing times, Li Baldhead became a rich man, while Song Gang was unemployed. He is not flexible, has a stubborn personality, and has no idea at all. He just wants to have a job that can support his family, for the sake of the dignity of a man, and does not want his woman to worry too much.
As a big man, he can bend and stretch. He has tried selling flowers, even if he is ridiculed. Later, in order to make more money, he began to sell his labor.
During a transport, Song Gang broke his waist so that he could no longer make money by labor. But he refused Li Guangtou's medical expenses and even left home to make money with a letter. He did these things in fact for Lin Hong and for her to have a better life.
thought that going out to make money can be done, but he kept up with a liar. He was confident and had to bite the bullet and make a way out. Unfortunately, in the torrent of reform, he was gradually submerged, so that his life was unsustainable in the end.
Some people say that Song Gang takes money too seriously. But in my opinion, Song Gang made money not for himself, so he got sick and was reluctant to spend money to treat him. He chose to ignore his body and missed the best time for treatment. In our era, there are still many people like Song Gang. They would rather suffer themselves than live a better life at home. In order to save money, if you are sick, you will not be treated and endure yourself.
In fact, this is like many of us modern people. We have been working numbly and feel that we will have no money if we don’t work, but lacks real thinking about the times. We must always keep up with the development of the times, and blindly succeed in society's progress, and blindly. A person’s success, in addition to his own struggle, also needs to consider the process of the times.
03 The fuse of the tragedy: the marriage is unsustainable, full of disparity in brotherhood, and lost in a love
When Song Gang and Lin Hong's marriage began, it was still very beautiful. Song Gang's permanent brand bicycle made Lin Hong sit on it, and a sense of happiness arises. When the brothers were in trouble and Lin Hong asked him to break up with Li Guangtou, he still secretly helped Li Guangtou.
However, with the changing times, Song Gang was unemployed. In order to support his family, he went to work as a coolie, but he had no choice but to break his waist and contract lung disease. Li Baldhead has a successful career and has made a lot of money. But he followed the liar to go out to do business, and their love was already shaking.
Lin Hong cheated on his good brother Li Guangtou, and Song Gang's inner spiritual pillar fell. In a time of sorrow, he chose to lie on the track to end his short life.
In my opinion, the love tragedy between Song Gang and Lin Hong is inevitable. Song Gang did not keep up with the development of the times, and after being laid off, he lost his income and became sick. In marriage, if two people cannot implement the real and trivial life of dressing, eating, counting money, and sleeping, they will not last forever.
Li Baldhead became the richest man in Liu Zhen with his sense of the times. In the face of greed, people will always expose the ugliness of human nature. At this time, Song Gang could not satisfy Lin Hong, both economically and physically. Lin Hong wants not only love, but also material supplies, but also physically. His love with Lin Hong began with his longing for ideal loveism, but ultimately failed in the dilemma of real survival.
After all, the love between Song Gang and Lin Hong is a product of the development of the times. As the times change, their marriage life is in turmoil. In addition, when Lin Hong was harassed by the factory manager for a long time and needed him to be by his side the most, he left alone. These are all straws that overwhelmed the ants.
In Song Gang's heart, he loved his good brother and his wife, but he would not love himself, which led to the tragedy.
04 Combining Song Gang's tragic life and real life in "Brothers", let me talk about my inspiration for myself:
① The relationship between personality and destiny is closely linked
Jack Hogg wrote in "The Power of Habits": Thoughts determine behavior, behavior determine habits, habits determine personality, and character determines destiny.
Song Gang's tragedy stems from his character to a large extent. When we encounter something, if we think about it, the result may be completely different. It is important to improve mental patterns and thinking styles on the road of life.
often disappoints people when faced with changes in life. But try to expand the heart diameter by 1 mm, maybe we can get the changes in life with its positive side, full of opportunities and challenges.
In life, learn to overcome the disadvantages in character and give full play to the advantages in character. Make yourself broad-minded, be able to take on and let go of things, so that you can always maintain a healthy mentality.
② Kindness will not be outdated, but people should not be too weak
Buddha said: "Softness is naturally kind. A generous one is naturally detached. A far-reaching one is naturally open. A tolerant one is naturally joyful."
No matter how the times change, kindness will never be outdated. Kindness is a virtue as a person, a kind of cultivation, and a power to continue life.
A kind person will never be wrong. You may be exploited by others and may be bullied, but I believe that God will not treat a kind person badly.
However, Kindness is not blindly enduring and compromising, nor is it cowardly to people and things. Kindness means having a ruler in your heart and being good and being moderate. We must know how to distinguish right from wrong, know how to refuse appropriately, and convince others with reason.
③ People should know how to live for themselves and learn to love themselves
People live in the world. We must know how to think about others, but we must live for ourselves. If you are happy, life is what you live. As a human being, you should learn to like yourself and not care too much about how others think of yourself. In fact, how others measure themselves all depends on how they measure themselves.
People live their lives and want to live truly, but not everyone and everything need to be serious. Behind the truth, there may be heartache after heartache.
A person must have the idea of living for himself, and we are not machines that live for others. Only by affirming yourself can you be full of faith, with your life goals, and then work hard to achieve them so that you will not let your life down.
To summarize:
Song Gang is a person who is dissatisfied with fate and is ambitious. He is kind and his biggest dream is to let his beloved wife live a decent life. He always fulfilled his promise and let his brother Li Baldhead eat whatever he had to eat in one bite. A person who puts others first in everything, but suffers a heavy blow to reality and is crushed by the wheel of the times. He is physically and mentally exhausted and finally chooses to lie on the rails to end his life.
Reading Yu Hua's works is like experiencing a baptism of blood and tears. Through his calm brushstrokes, the description of Song Gang, a warm and simple character, brings people a kind of belief and reveals the light of human nature.
"One person goes to death, but he is infinitely attached to life reflected by the sunset; the other two people are looking for joy, but they don't know how beautiful the afterglow of the sunset is." Song Gang's tragedy makes people feel a pity, but it also expresses sympathy and regret for that era, calling for redemption for that era.
