Reflection on the Shadow of the Distant Mountains 1 Shadow of the Distant Mountains is kazuo ishiguro's first novel, which tells the story of the struggle and redemption of a mother and daughter in Nagasaki after the war.
Zi Yue is a Japanese who immigrated to Britain. Her eldest daughter, Jingzi, committed suicide accidentally. Nicky, the youngest daughter of half-blood, came to visit her, hoping she wouldn't be too sad and blame herself. Confucius recalled one summer in Japan, a single neighbor Sasuke and her daughter Wan Li, who had a strong personality. Sadako wants to immigrate to the United States and give her daughter a better living environment, so she has been in contact with American soldiers. Wan Li doesn't want to go to America. She had problems with her mother, but she got along well with Confucius.
They used to go to the mountain to take a cable car together. Wan Li wanted to draw lots to win a basket to make a cat's nest, but her mother Sasuke was impatient and urged her to leave again and again, and Confucius gave her money again and again to satisfy her wish.
Before the youngest daughter left, Confucius said, "Jingzi was very happy that day. We took the cable car. " So, in fact, there is no Sasuke and Wan Li, which was invented by Confucius. "A friend of mine" is "me" itself.
Zi Yue's novels extract events, thoughts and personalities that she doesn't want to face, and put them on Sasuke. Zhenzi lost her husband in the war and longed to immigrate to the United States to be free. She pretends to strive for a better life for her daughter, but in fact she doesn't care what her daughter thinks. In fact, Wan Li, that is, Jingzi, hates the behavior of American and American soldiers because of the war. The image of Confucius is gentle and considerate. Perhaps the author wants to reveal the disguise of her image through such an ideal personality. As a mother, Sasuke is indifferent to her daughter, while as a neighbor, Zi Yue can be physically accompanied and mentally close. Her "longing for companionship and understanding" reflects her regret and self-blame, or her assumption and desire of "if I can start over".
Whether it is "I have a friend" or "if I can start over", it is a kind of self-avoidance. However, memories and emotions, the more escape, the more turbulent. The more they resist, the more they keep repeating themselves in their minds. Just like flags fluttering in the wind, they always occupy a prominent position in their hearts. And if they are willing to face the past and reconcile with their memories, they can really sink into the bottom of the lake, not forgetting, but pulling out the thorn and opening the lock.
Reflections on "The Shadow of the Distant Mountains" In 20xx, a little beauty from the College of Liberal Arts gave me "The Shadow of the Distant Mountains" by kazuo ishiguro as a New Year gift. The first time I read it, I only read two pages, and three names appeared, namely Nikki, Jingzi and Sasuke. I gave up reading without explaining anything. I put it on the shelf and never saw it again.
Because of my leg injury, I went out less, saved time and finally finished reading the book wholeheartedly.
The whole book was read in a depressing atmosphere. I thought of the truth from the beginning, but when it really came as I expected, I was still shocked, and even my brain was blank and I sat for a few minutes.
The Shadow of the Far Mountain is far and light, but the closer it is, the more real it is. Great changes have taken place in Nagasaki after World War II, just like the lyrics written by Ka Kui Wong in Amani: "In the end, it is the children who suffer", and this work is precisely the difference between mother and daughter's pursuit of the future. The mother forced her life on her unwanted daughter, and the tragedy came into being. Just like the reformists and conservatives in the novel, it is expressed through the dialogue between Mr. Xu Fang and Mr. Chongfu. Zi Yue wants to escape from Nagasaki and give her daughter Jingzi an unstable but safe future. As a mother, this is understandable. However, Confucius never considered what Jingzi wanted from the perspective of Jingzi, and everything imposed on Jingzi ended in tragedy. Even now, this situation still exists in a large area. Confucius put the box containing the cat into the water in front of Jingzi. This is Jingzi's beloved cat, who was born to die. In my opinion, the cat is Jingzi's hope to live in this world, and a companion to make Jingzi live in darkness and pain. Confucius' practice directly led to Jingzi's suicide. Now, how many parents are killing their children's "cats"?
I remember kittens, I remember branches, I remember cable cars, and I remember Wan Li under lanterns at night. ...
If you happen to have no books to read recently, read this one. If you are a parent, you should read this book more. I hope after reading this book, you can look back at your children and think about where their "cats" are.
After watching "shadows in the distant mountains" 3. Simple storyline, even with few conflicts and twists and turns. In the understatement, kazuo ishiguro portrayed several characters with different cultural backgrounds and different time and space backgrounds vividly, vividly and profoundly.
Different from other works describing the bloodiness and cruelty of war to human beings, only a few suggestive background embellishments can make people feel the suffocating depression and pain that goes deep into the bone marrow.
The war made Sasuke, who was born in a famous family, lose almost all her relatives, leaving her stranded in her own living environment and neighborhood environment. She can only deceive herself constantly and let her get out of trouble and rekindle a better life through an American drunkard who only plays with her. These losses also made her indifferent and even cruel. The scene of her calmly trying to drown a kitten is so chilling. She took (stole) the exquisite tea set from her uncle's house and described her taste pursuit so vividly.
Wan Li is gloomy, suspicious, willful and stubborn. He can't study like his peers and has no friends. In the face of her mother who is even indifferent to her, life can be said to have no color. But she loves beauty. She likes painting. She longed for friendship and accompanied her kitten; Or she hides a lot of love and tries to please her mother. She looked at the kitten drowned by her mother, how helpless and painful it was.
The first person Confucius is a lovely person. She can give selfless help to the unknown Sasuke. She was rescued by Mr. Ogata and took good care of him. She loves life, likes azaleas, is kind, and even deliberately stops to let go of bugs that have strayed into oil lamps. She is tolerant and caring for her two husbands and two daughters, one warm and the other gloomy.
There are also Mr. Ogata, who loves the motherland and tradition but has been abandoned by the times, Mrs. Fujiwara, a widow in a high position, Jiro, the son of Fujiwara, who has put down her social status and is unable to get out of the shadow of losing her lover, and Jingzi, who has been tragically committing suicide but has never appeared, and so on, all of which explain the complex scenes of people who have lost their lives but been reborn in that background.
People, sometimes very fragile, including the body, may be destroyed and fragmented by diseases, accidents and wars.
People, sometimes very powerful, such as spirit, humble or noble, plain or warm, are always there, describing people themselves.