Norwegian Forest

Legend has it that the Norwegian Forest is a forest so big that people can get lost. That kind of huge virgin forest that people can enter but cannot get out. The Beatles, who were popular in the 1960s, sang the world-famous song "Norwegian Wood". In 1987, Haruki Murakami wrote a youth romance novel titled "Norwegian Wood".

Singer Wu Bai also sang a song called "Norwegian Wood".

The Story of "Norwegian Wood"

It is said that the age of 20 is the best years. The turbulent waves in the green years also carry a hint of sweet sadness

. We tried to explain everything clearly, but after a lot of struggle, we finally found that when everything was too clear and detailed, we didn’t know where to start. Fortunately, there is Haruki Murakami, there is the Beatles, and there is - "Norwegian Wood". Behind those gentle and elegant words, there is the unique sadness and passion of youth, saying what we

have always wanted to say, those innocent times——

About youth Memories are different for everyone. However, the sentimentality and intoxication in those years are so the same, leaving a deep imprint on life. When the 38-year-old Watanabe heard the song "Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles in the airplane cabin, he was suddenly immersed in the past and couldn't help himself. Music has long since penetrated into life without any trace.

It suddenly appears when one is unprepared, causing a slight pain in the heart. Even after eighteen years of vicissitudes, the scenery at the age of 20 is still as vivid as yesterday. Watanabe can still vividly remember that piece of grass and those long-dusted past events, when the air was filled with the fragrance of youth.

Watanabe’s 20-year-old was like most people’s 20-year-old, going to boarding school, spending time with three or two close friends,

Of course, falling in love. The days flow slowly, and the flow of young life is always fresh and turbulent, with some thrilling plots and sudden accidents from time to time.

Growth is a topic that can never be chewed up. We all have the same experience - joy, sweetness, sadness in love

Sadness and confusion, dissatisfaction and ridicule of all pretentious words and deeds, and the confusion of difficulty in communicating with the outside world

At a loss.

We saw our own shadows in Watanabe, Naoko, Midoriko, Kizuki, Nagazawa, and Hatsumi. We saw me. We saw you. We saw him. , saw her. In Watanabe's confusion and confusion, we touch a

delicate and susceptible heart, just like ourselves.

A young and fragile heart has wings that are easily broken. Naoko and Kizuki grew up on a self-isolated "uninhabited island". Their efforts to assimilate into the outside world were never successful, and they had to repay the hardships of growing up.

Kizuki escaped by committing suicide, and his seventeen-year-old life came to a sudden halt; Naoko still failed to cure herself in the nursing home

She also ended her young life on her own. There seems to be only a thin layer of paper between life and death. Naoko's sister

Although Naoko's sister and Hatsumi are outstanding models in people's eyes, they also have intractable knots and are on the road of no return

Different paths lead to the same destination in the end. Death is so close, with the sadness of fate and the leaden heaviness.

However, youth is youth after all.

The scenery in Watanabe’s youth was still infinitely beautiful. In addition to Naoko in the paradise-like sanatorium, there is still a lively Midoriko who paints his life with a bright color. Watanabe and Midori were drinking and singing on the rooftop. They looked into the distance with a leisurely look unique to their youth. Midori played the guitar and sang the song he wrote, with the lyrics

Incomprehensible and vivid. Watanabe went to the hospital to visit Midoriko's father, chewing raw cucumber, the sound was crisp and scattered

It exuded the fragrance of simple, fresh vitality. For Watanabe, Midoriko, who loves to wear short skirts and has quick thinking, is the medium through which he connects with the real environment, just as Kizuki and Naoko tried to enter the outside world through him

However, Watanabe crossed that gap. He stood on the crowded street, calling Midori repeatedly in "a place that is nowhere".

When he was a boy, Watanabe, like many boys, had hazy consciousness and secret thoughts. Hatsumi, who is suitable for wearing a dark blue dress, gold earrings and a noble demeanor, is a longing for Watanabe that has never been realized and can never be realized. It is the result of ignorance in her youth. "part of itself".

Many familiar fragments slowly passed by before my eyes, with a warm and friendly atmosphere, arousing a deep sigh in my heart

The novel is connected from fragment to fragment, but it does not make people feel disorganized.

Many fragments of daily life

One by one, they pass before your eyes, evoking a familiar and friendly atmosphere, and making people feel a deep understanding. The atmosphere exists

in the fragments, or mixed in the blank spaces between fragments. The text is clear and elegant, the brushstrokes are natural and smooth, and the continuation of fragments

does not hinder the smoothness, but adds flexibility, creating a movie-like effect.

The characters in the novel all bear the sign of "urbanization". The character's background is very simple, without complicated interpersonal relationships. The protagonist's favorite jazz music keeps appearing, and he always directly quotes the words written by a certain writer to express his emotions, which makes the character Planarization and symbolization. When Watanabe and Naoko were walking aimlessly on the street together

and were at a loss among the bustling crowd of strangers, the pain of growing up faintly emerged, and the surge around them

The passing traffic and noisy city sounds bring the atmosphere of the city, and the completely unfamiliar people around create an empty and crowded environment. The anxious and empty inner world of urbanites, the confused and fragile state of existence, It is best explained behind the author's light narration.

The Beatles' music is still moving eighteen years later, awakening memories of youth. When Watanabe carefully sorted out the past events, he felt a great sadness. The sadness and sorrow stemmed from the loss of important things in life. At the time, I was not aware of it at all. It was many years later when I realized all this, and things have changed.

The sadness and warmth of life flow between the lines, making people immersed in that feeling with the author. The hardships and bitterness of growing up

are the negatives that will never fade in life. Those familiar scenes, familiar feelings and experiences

gently pluck the heartstrings and stir up a heartfelt reflection. The undeclared tacit understanding, the lingering sounds that shocked the soul, echoed for a long time,

like an endless thread.

As for whether it is suitable for middle school students, it depends on your standards.