Xiangzi's tragedy is also a spiritual tragedy. The novel aims to observe what hell is like from the driver's inner state, and to explore the internal causes of his tragic fate from the character and spiritual weakness of the lower-class workers in the city. First of all, Xiangzi's life ideal and the behavior of realizing this ideal are deeply branded with the thought of individual workers.
His self-confidence in personal strength, age and hard-working quality makes it impossible for him to compete with powerful social dark forces by personal struggle. Can only be "the last ghost of individualism." Secondly, Xiangzi's tragic character, kindness, integrity and realistic oppression made him unable to get rid of the shackles of his marriage with Tigress, and his weakness determined that he could not control his own destiny.
Xiangzi is the hero of Lao She's Camel Xiangzi. Xiangzi is from the countryside. After pulling the rented rickshaw, he decided to buy a rickshaw to pull it himself and become an independent worker. However, after many setbacks, this wish was finally completely shattered.
He lost any desire and confidence in life, from ambition to self-indulgence: Xiangzi, who was originally honest and kind, was crushed by the millstone of life. This tragedy powerfully exposed the crime of turning people into ghosts in the old society.
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Baidu encyclopedia entry? Xiangzi