Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 714 Different Reading Experience

Fang Ya is very interested in this beast, because this beast will eventually affect the literary direction of this work.

If The Beast really existed, then this would be science fiction—no, fantasy children's literature.

And if the Beast didn't exist, it would be kind of interesting.

Like the conch, the Beast becomes a symbol, and he doesn't need to see the end to decide that the Beast symbolizes the fears of the children.

And that fear is crucial, and it will be the catalyst for something to come to an end for the little society these kids build on the island.

In fact, the resources on the island are not bad. As long as they manage well and run the small society they temporarily built perfectly, their life will get better day by day. While waiting for rescue, they can still enjoy the beautiful scenery of the island.

But this little society soon crumbled.

Because in order to maintain the orderly operation of this small society, everyone needs to bear some responsibilities. Some people are responsible for watching the fire, some people have to build shelters, and some people have to go out to find food and water.

This small society is faced with the contradiction of distribution and responsibility. At this time, Fang Likun, who is dedicated to hunting and eating meat, has a huge attraction to those children who are unwilling to shoulder social responsibilities.

Of course, hunting with a jacket is both fun and meat, as opposed to the tedious and onerous obligations.

Faced with the temptation of food and the call of the wild, how could children consider the importance of a fire when all they want is meat to eat.

Under such circumstances, the balance of power gradually shifted to Fang Likun's side. In other words, they chose to abandon civilization and chose to cling to power and wildness in their hearts.

At this point, these people are no longer humans, but beasts.

When Fang Likun became the leader, the original leader Zhou Haoyong and the others became rebels.

Two of Zhou Haoyong's companions died, one was killed by irrational people as a beast on a stormy night, and the body also floated to an unknown place with the sea.

Another was thrown off a cliff to his death because of glasses and conch shells.

After the two died, Fang Likun and his group chased and killed Zhou Haoyong. At the very moment, a warship found them because of the fire on the island.

The story ends here. As Fang Ya expected, the image of the beast plays a very important role in the whole book.

It not only symbolizes the fear in people's hearts, but also represents the evil side of human beings.

There is a passage in the book that seems somewhat fantastical revealing this point, Liu Ming, the little boy who was killed as a monster and the only one who knew that the so-called "beast" was the dead body of the pilot, heard the sound of the wild boar's head.

"Don't think the beast is something you can catch and kill, you know that, don't you? I'm a part of you..."

Zhang Zhong even predicted Liu Ming's fate through the wild boar head in the book: they will kill you.

The real "beast" is deep in the heart of man, and it is the appearance of man's original evil and original sin.

Looking back, Fang Ya found that Zhang Zhong used a lot of symbolism in this work—he is now very happy to find that this is not a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, but a philosophical novel that exposes human nature. Including the conch, the beast, and the main characters, each of them undertakes to reveal the meaning and has their own mission.

While Fang Ya carefully savored the various symbolic techniques, expressive techniques, work structure, redemption and revelation themes in the book, his "brother" Xu Wule had a completely different reading experience from him.

Xu Wule—this is of course his nickname. His original name was Xu Zizai. When he first joined the group, he wanted to change his nickname to Xu Sile, but he found that there was already a Sile in the group. He consciously gave in and became a younger brother. .

Because of his work, he is a night owl.

As a game anchor, his daily working hours start at [-]:[-] pm and last until the early hours of the morning, and he will work overtime when there are special circumstances. It is common for him to stay up all night.

In the eyes of fans, he is a high-end player who kills all sides in the game.

Killing a person in ten steps, never staying behind for a thousand miles is the slogan of his fans.

But when he is away from the camera, he rarely touches the game. When his interest becomes work, it is just work.

But his fans would never have guessed that his usual hobby is reading.

Except for live broadcasting, eating, and sleeping, he spends most of the rest of the time reading books.

Read all kinds of books, popular, serious, dark, and funny.

He likes Zhang Chong, which is not a surprise, most people who love reading like Zhang Chong because of the variety of Zhang Chong's works.

Science fiction, detective, romantic, realistic, there is always one suitable for you.

Because of the variety of tastes, Xu Zizai didn't care about the type of the new book at all.

Go to the bookstore to buy books, have breakfast by the way, and then start the new book tour.

Unlike Fang Ya, when he was reading, he didn't think about the so-called expression techniques, revealing the theme, and the connotation of the work at all. He only looked at what he saw and felt what he felt.

When he saw the beginning of the work, he was in a good mood.

A group of innocent little boys-although one person has a violent temper, in his opinion, it is just children's playful nature, this group of children lived without adults on a beautiful island with abundant resources Life, looks pretty good.

Sometimes he himself fantasizes that it would be nice if he could live a carefree life on an isolated island with a group of friends.

But it didn't take him long for such a beautiful wish to be shattered.

The children's world is not that simple, and their innocence is just a product of the civilized world. When they are on a desert island, their inner savagery is gradually revealed.

At the beginning, Xu Zizai felt that the scenes written in the book were a bit too much. Are the children so evil?

It should be an exaggeration.

But when he followed the storyline and continued to look down, his point of view was unknowingly reversed.

On the contrary, he actually felt that the few people who remained rational, such as Liu Ming, Zhou Haoyong, and Piggy, were "different".

The barbaric behavior of other children became logical, but these few people who were rational and on the side of civilization made him feel that Zhang Zhong was a little idealistic when shaping these people.

It turns out that the barbarism is not an exaggeration, the civilization of these people is Zhang Zhong's last stubbornness?

Xu Zizai, who had read the book, felt a little uncomfortable, especially the part where Liu Ming was killed as a beast. He was both sad and shocked.

(End of this chapter)