Based on the background of warlord melee, the novel successfully created the artistic image of a disgraced primary school teacher, Mr. Pan. When the warlord war broke out, he fled to Shanghai with his wife in a panic, but he was afraid of being dismissed by the school and immediately risked his life to go back to school to deal with school affairs. When the war approached further, he hid in the church in fear. After the war, he modestly sang praises for feudal warlords and wrote memorial archways. With the purpose of "mocking him", the work shows his selfish, cowardly, peaceful, numb and vulgar personality characteristics in a calm and objective style.
Mr. Pan's personality characteristics are: first of all, before the train arrived at the destination, Mr. Pan took the lead, with a black leather bag in his right hand and a 7-year-old child in his left hand. The 7-year-old child was holding his younger brother (9 years old this year) and his younger brother was holding his mother. Everyone held on tight like a snake. When the train was about to stop, he "made a striker with a black lacquered leather bag and pushed his chest and abdomen forward". At the same time, it is difficult to take care of his team, and he can't even look back. He had to shout "Come with me!" You follow me! "The expression of this panicked and hectic ordinary citizen was vividly written. And once he is safe for a while, he will be in high spirits. The root of this change is egoism. He is always nervous for his wife and children and for his work. Therefore, when the older child lost his hand with a gown, the feeling of "family destruction" immediately came to my mind and I couldn't help but shed two tears. "Soon his wife and children were found, and he was immediately" very happy ",as if" there was no fire and robbery ",and turned to shout rickshaw in a very fashionable tone.
Secondly, hypocrisy and cowardice, survival first. After Mr. Pan came back alone, the war was tight and he wanted to escape. But as soon as I heard that the railway was impassable, I went to the Red Cross to pay the fee, so that I could have a Red Cross badge and flag as a "lifesaver". As soon as the wind was tight, he quickly hid in the "foreigner red house" to take shelter from the wind. This is obviously a timid mentality, but Mr. Pan tried to hide it. Weigh repeatedly, hesitate. He always wants to have his cake and eat it. Although he came to Shanghai through hardships, he was uneasy when he heard that the director of education was going to start school. At this time, he wants to be with his wife and children, but he is afraid of being fired. In the end, I decided to go back "from the interests of all sides", but on the way to the railway station, I also hoped that the train would be blocked, so that I could stay in Shanghai for refuge and have a reason not to be "eliminated" by the principal.
Finally, there is no principle of right and wrong, and the spirit is numb; Roll with the punches and let nature take its course. The author often writes about Mr. Pan's happiness, pride and his unusual sweet smile. As soon as he got the flag and badge of the Red Cross, he felt "a mysterious joy" and gained "new courage". After listening to the words of the staff of the Education Bureau, I was complacent. Even when he arrived at a poor hotel in Shanghai, he felt very happy and satisfied. Especially at the end of the novel, he himself suffered greatly because of the warlord melee, but he did his best to write a welcome slogan to praise and praise the victorious warlord.
Mr. Pan in Dilemma is Ye Shengtao's masterpiece, which vividly depicts Mr. Pan's character. As a representative of petty-bourgeois intellectuals at that time, Mr. Pan had certain universality. Ye Shengtao mocked and criticized the attitude and personality weakness of some petty-bourgeois intellectuals in the old society through Mr. Pan, so as to awaken people's cognition and conscience, which not only had a far-reaching impact on literary creation at that time, but also helped to promote social progress and awakening.