"Red Sorghum" uses "my" narration to describe the vigorous, heroic and tragic life story of "my" ancestors in Northeast Gaomi Township during the Anti-Japanese War. ?

The main line of the story is "my" grandfather and grandmother, and the main place where the story takes place is Northeast Gaomi Township. "My" grandfather's name is Yu Zhan'ao, and my grandmother's name is Dai Fenglian.

As for Gaomi Northeast Township, the author has described it as follows: "The most beautiful and ugliest, the most detached and secular, the holy and filthy at the same time, the most heroic and bastard, and the best at drinking and drinking. The most lovable place is Northeast Gaomi Township. "

"My" grandfather Yu Zhan'ao, he is brave, brave, and suave. He is a murderous bandit in Northeast Gaomi Township and a hero who serves the country with loyalty. , all of his bandit-like behaviors are almost in line with the most kind and simple beauty of human nature, so he looks like a bandit but is not a bandit. He kills and steals but can be forgiven and forgiven, and even makes his descendants proud of him.

"My" grandma Dai Fenglian was valued by Shan Tingxiu, a wealthy man who owned a sorghum wine workshop, for her rare little feet and pretty face when she was a young girl. Dai Fenglian, who turned sixteen, married Shan Bianlang, Shan Tingxiu's only son who suffered from leprosy.

As for "my" grandma Dai Fenglian, she was unwilling to marry the leper Shan Bianlang and had the courage to pursue her own happiness. Although she lives in a feudal society, she has been a female worker who has never left home since she was a child.

But she is no less than a heroic girl. She has a far-sighted vision and dares to take action. She actively encourages her grandfather to resist Japan and she is also a heroine of resisting Japan. She was loved by her grandfather and respected by many people.

"My" father Yu Douguan truly confirmed the sentence: "Tiger fathers have no dogs." The numb and cowardly younger generations are ashamed in front of the glorious history created by their ancestors and fathers. Feeling ashamed, but at the same time, the bright aura guides the return of the younger generations.

Extended information:

The theme of the novel "Red Sorghum" is interpreted as promoting positive vitality and the spirit of pursuing freedom, yearning for individual liberation, and rebuilding the creative spirit.

The intention is to use the vitality of the primitive wild folk culture in Northeast Gaomi Township to transform the weak national character, call for a powerful life form, and call on the Chinese nation to be self-respecting and self-reliant, to be anti-slavery and rebellious, and to have Healthy personality and national quality.

"Red Sorghum" not only promotes the liberation of individuality, but also praises the indomitable will and spirit of sacrifice in the anti-Japanese patriotism. The dual themes of enlightenment and national salvation in literary works are the inheritance of the May Fourth tradition, the May Fourth student movement and the New Culture Movement.

This is all at a time when imperialist aggression against China is intensifying, and the sense of national crisis and the historical demand for national self-strength, self-reliance and national salvation are becoming increasingly urgent. It is precisely for this reason that the May Fourth generation, while emphasizing individual liberation, also emphasized the spirit of self-sacrifice.

Baidu Encyclopedia--Red Sorghum