Lu Xun

saviors. The Chinese society is optimistically betrayed by the rebellious actions of Lu Xun, Mulan and Ai Weiwei. Chinese society may appear typical to many others, but the truth of the society is revealed through a “madman’s” eyes. Lu Xun avoided traditional writing techniques and wrote “A Madman’s Diary” in the diarist’s first person which is unheard of in Chinese literature. Without analyzing the story’s content, Xun already goes against the standards in China. Also,…

of China’s culture and values. This is expressed clearly in the literature and film of the era, through creators such as Lu Xun and Cai Chusheng. However, the works of these authors reflect a troubling theme of the crusade against tradition, wherein the revolutionary protagonists meet with sparse sympathy and even less success. The failure of revolutionaries in the works of Lu Xun and Cai Chusheng exposes the conflict between the individualist nature of the May Fourth…

mentally ill, especially severely. In the short stories “A Madman’s Diary” by Lu Xun, “Memoirs of a Madman” by Nikolai Gogol, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the protagonists are driven by their surroundings. In “A Madman’s Diary” by Lu Xun the protagonists is driven by external factors during the beginning of the story , “...at the time they were not yet born, so why should they eye me so strangely today” (Xun). He thinks everyone is looking at him strangely like they want…

the influence of western cultures, China experienced a transformation of literature in terms of linguistic forms and contents. Scholars such as Lu Xun proposed that vernaculars should be used. In addition, the focus of modern Chinese literature shifted to descriptions of life of the masses (Zhu, 2011). Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk was written in 1926. Lu Xun wrote it in order to remember his life experience during his teens. This literary work could inevitably cover some…

“What makes life meaningful enough to go on living”?—Paul Kalanithi. Summary As what Dr.Kalanithi questioned in When Breath Becomes Air, the true meaning of life is what everyone will discover and pursue for their whole life. When Breath Becomes Air is the memoir of Paul Kalanithi, a brilliant neurosurgeon and a thoughtful soul, who was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer at his age of 36. This book is written at the period Paul Kalanithi fought against with his cancer bravely and positively.…

Literature has always been one of the beloved arts throughout the ages, all over the world, and has served as inspirations, education, guidance, and assurance to people. History is a record of factual events that occurred in the past; however, it only speaks objectively and does not depict the perspective and insight of the people. Literature of all ages is a reflection of and sometimes even focused on the ordinary citizens' everyday life, and approach complications or inclinations of the people…

characters. Despite the commonality of this theme, the characters ' responses to these inclinations stand in a long continuum, from strict adherence to open refusal, which lead to antagonist reactions. This paper will illuminate how and why characters in Lu Xun 's, Upstairs in a Wine Shop, and Chinua Achebe 's, Things Fall Apart, confront or are reluctant to confront tradition. While Upstairs in a Wine Shop displays characters who are unwilling to confront tradition, due to feelings of futility…

In the writings of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “Notes from the underground” and LU XUN’S “Diary of a madman,” the idea of an unreliable narrator is deeply imbedded to make the reader deliberate twice of the situation at hand. In both writings, there are characters whose credibility has been seriously compromised. However, the characters in both writing differ in their levels of credibility and verge of insanity. Furthermore, both authors allude to the many social problems relevant in their society and…

The Diary of a Madman, written by Lu Xun, is about a man overcome with a horrible sickness and changes his way of seeing the world. This story was published in 1918 and takes place in China. One confusing element of this story is who the true author is. Since this is a story from a diary written by a madman, is the madman the author or the one who published it. Since numerous people would consider this story fiction would that indicated that in fact the author is not mad and cannot be taken at…

Vinci said, “Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.” Lie is not the most terrible thing, the horrible thing is that people who knows the truth but silent. For example, Lu Xun, a famous Chinese writer, in his book "Diary of a Madman," said the Chinese history of each page is the words "cannibalism." If Lu Xun anger elimination, and maybe will say this: every page written lies behind eating because of silence. Another example is when I was young, my friends and I accidentally broken the…