"Camel Xiangzi" is one of Lao She's masterpieces. It describes the tragic life experience of the coachman Xiangzi and expresses the author's deep sympathy for the working people.

Lao She has always advocated that writing should use "vulgar" and "white" spoken language. He also said that the true flavor of vernacular should be burned out. The Beijing "vernacular" praised in the works is actually the people's spoken language refined and enhanced by the writer. "Camel Xiangzi", an outstanding realist work, best represents the language characteristics of Lao She's novel creation.

The use of Beijing colloquial writing is the ideological and artistic feature of "Luotuo Xiangzi":

The typical image of Luotuo Xiangzi

runs through Xiangzi The clue of the whole process of character development is "hope-pursuit-struggle-struggle-failure-fall", which finally ends with the bankruptcy of Xiangzi's personal struggle.

The novel uses the three ups and downs of Xiangzi's fate to develop Xiangzi's character:

Xiangzi is a bankrupt young farmer who lives in the city and works as a rickshaw puller. His only ideal is to be independent. individual workers. He must have his own car. Only by having his own car can his personality be independent and free. If he pulls someone else's car, Xiangzi feels that he has lost himself. In order to realize this humble ideal, Xiangzi followed the path of personal struggle with his tenacious will and perseverance. After "three ups and three downs", Xiangzi's ideals were shattered.

For the first time, after three years of hard work, Xiangzi collected enough 100 yuan to buy a new car. At this time, Xiangzi was so excited that he almost cried. But it only lasted for half a year. When there was a military disaster, Xiangzi and his carriage were captured by the soldiers. When the soldiers fled, Xiangzi got three camels, hence the nickname "Camel Xiangzi".

The second time, Xiangzi saved money again and deposited it in a chamber pot, but before the money was fully deposited, Detective Sun defrauded him.

The third time, after Xiangzi married Huniu, he used Huniu’s money to buy a new car. However, Huniu died of dystocia and Xiangzi sold the car again in order to attend the funeral.

In these three ups and downs, Xiangzi fought against fate with amazing perseverance, tenacious will, and unyielding spirit. This kind of perseverance, will, and spirit represent what is unique to the working people of the East. quality. However, no matter how hard Xiangzi struggled, he still could not escape the fate of tragic failure. Xiangzi finally fell.

Xiangzi’s tragedy is a tragedy of character and destiny, which is not only reflected in the failure of his career, but also in the failure of love and marriage.

First of all, it is reflected in the tragic marriage with Huniu. (See textbook)

Secondly, the love between Xiangzi and Xiaofuzi is also tragic. Xiao Fuzi's unfortunate life enabled her to communicate spiritually with Xiangzi. Xiangzi also felt that Xiao Fuzi was the most beautiful woman, and he could get spiritual comfort from Xiao Fuzi. When Xiangzi said goodbye, he said to Xiao Fuzi: "Just wait, when I'm done, I'll come. I'll definitely come." However, Xiao Fuzi finally couldn't stand the oppression of life and hanged himself. Her death blew out the last light of Xiangzi's hope. All Xiangzi's spiritual pillars collapsed and he fell.

The advantage of writing this way is that

He is very familiar with the spoken language of the working people in the north, and the language in his works is based on Beijing dialect