On the surface, the Gaos in Ba Lao's works are a harmonious family, a "cultured and polite family, and everything is fine". In fact, the family is full of intrigue and intrigue. In order to compete for property, Mrs. Chen, Kean, etc. Playing all kinds of tricks under the banner of safeguarding family honor and the elderly. This big feudal family lived a luxurious and parasitic life, and created a group of black sheep who only knew how to waste money except fighting for family property. This is the poison of the big family to them, and it is also the persecution of the younger generation by the feudal system and feudal ethics.
Feudal families can only be summed up in two words: autocracy. Grandpa Gao is a personalized feudal system. Although the feudal family also followed the "filial piety", this kind of "filial piety" was only Nuo Nuo's subservience to the elders, only superficial obedience, not sincere filial piety under equality at all. It was not until the May 4th Movement that people's livelihood and humanitarianism came into being. Modern families take harmony as beauty, and "filial piety" really shows its beauty. Children's love for their parents under equality and freedom is true love from the heart. Feudal patriarchal system prevailed in feudal society, and parents were often autocratic and cold, as was the case with a tall father. His words are the law, and no one can object. In order to maintain feudal ethics and feudal system, he resolutely opposed going to school and participating in all social activities. She forced Chueh-hsin to marry Rui-yu, which caused the love tragedy of three people. Treating the servants at home as livestock ... Mr. Gao has always maintained the order of this big family. Family prosperity is the whole meaning of his life, which is at the expense of destroying the happiness of his children and grandchildren, and ultimately destroying himself. Alas! In fact, in a sense, Mr. Gao seems to be a person who gives orders, but he is also a victim of the feudal system!
Gao Juexin is a young man who was poisoned by the old system and lost his rebellious spirit. Although she was troubled by the May 4th new trend of thought, she was also the eldest grandson of a feudal family, and she developed a cowardly character of obeying rules and compromising from an early age. He is the representative of the victims of that society. He sympathized with his younger brothers and had to maintain the feudal patriarchal order. He is a contradictory unity and can only choose the philosophy of "bowing" as the theoretical basis of his behavior. Although we have not experienced the feudal society, we feel the helplessness and bleak future of young people under the feudal system. In fact, this is the reason why feudal society is bound to perish. Gao Juexin's existence in the Gaos was actually a microcosm of the youth in feudal society at that time.
The wheel of history is still rolling forward, and the generation of Chueh-hui is the driving force. He was the rebel who woke up earlier and resisted most resolutely in feudal society, and they were the representatives of the new people's livelihood. Boldness and a little naivety are their characteristics, but this will never change their true colors as pioneers. It is also a bright color under the declining feudal system. In the tide of society, they took an active part in the student movement, organized people's livelihood associations, enthusiastically founded publications, and attacked the shortcomings of the feudal system; At home, they openly oppose Mr. Gao's authority and dare to publicly reprimand their elders for their misconduct. They are a truly awakened generation and an inevitable product of the times. They are pioneers, and more people will join in and strive to create a new road!
Living today, we know very well that the era like Gao has passed, and the evil feudal era is gone forever. What happened in Gaos thought was a condensation. In fact, Ba Lao recreated that era for us. In that society, every big feudal family is telling the same story. We should be able to realize that daring to struggle and being our own masters is the attitude we should adopt in any environment, and we should gain new life and success through our own efforts.
A family history, a microcosm of a society.