Heroic Dream of decadent Life | Maugham's Blade

Maugham has never been recognized as a successful writer in this society. he loves the so-called losers who are weak against the whole existing value system, who are the auspicious film feathers of the world. The social value system has a clear direction for happiness: money, jewelry, appearance, physique, upper-class communication, title before a name, and a family emblem. What Maugham wants to discuss is not whether these things are good or not. he discusses whether a person can still feel great physical and mental pleasure when he refuses to accept them and refuses to work for them.

when I read, I always think of the bus stop waiting every morning, the crowd with banknotes in the breakfast booth next to the school, the mediocre and non-mediocre people in the world, the mediocre and non-mediocre people.

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compared with the deliberate pursuit of family life in the Moon and sixpence in 1919, whether there is a gap between material civilization and nature, Maugham's "blade" in his twilight years is more natural and shows no sign of force. but each stroke is so authentic and rich, but also inadvertently deep.

although it is a work of similar style, we can still see the growth traces of a writer's power by comparison. Maugham's writing style is partial to the 19th century English writers, sarcastic and indifferent, with an unsmiling old school and tradition, dismissive of realistic literature. At the same time, the 20th century was turbulent for Britain, which experienced numerous and complicated internal and external changes. Internally, adherence to tradition continued to be opposed to reform and innovation, and economic depression, class contradictions, and regional divisions often led to conflicts within society and the government; on the outside, Britain suffered a great impact in the two world wars, the colonial nationalist movement grew stronger, and the British Empire continued to decline. Think about the impact on a writer who is sensitive and good at watching.

the novel tells the story of the separation of a group of people. There are not many people. Larry is engaged to Isabel. And Larry's friend Gray is also chasing Isabel. The difference is that Larry changed his temperament after returning from the battlefield and gradually became "born", while Gray has always been actively integrated into society. Sophie is a marginal figure in her circle of friends, who refuses to accept her life with extreme indulgence after experiencing great misfortune in her life. Isabel's uncle Elliot was an elegant man, a power ghost, an antique broker, an art connoisseur, and an enthusiastic friend, a microcosm of the upper class of Europe at that time. After discovering the difference between Isabel and Larry, the two broke off their engagement peacefully and married Gray, while Larry bent on pursuing the answer of truth and fate, finally found her answer in India and was hidden in the crowd after her return.

Truth is different for everyone. It can be a perfect formula that can explain everything. It can be epiphany or emptiness. It can be the subtle expression of a baby in the mother's arms. For me, it is a strong curiosity. In the process of our lives from prosperity to decline, some of us are bound to choose different paths, and for the vast majority of people, the reasons for their existence are nothing more than social status (Eliot), material life (Isabel), feelings (Sophie), and so on. To some extent, the formation and design of human society serve these needs. But Larry was different. He saw his close comrade-in-arms die in battle. He was about 18 years old. He couldn't understand why a good man died all of a sudden as if he had never lived. He began to think: what is it like to be alive? What is life for? Why is death so ugly? Can death be avoided? He is a very small number of people, and a very small number of them can find out this truth.

for the pursuit of his heart, he completely ignored secular norms and did not fall into the gentle trap of love. He maintained his freedom with courage that seemed effortless but required great determination. He did not have so many messy desires, his mind was very clear, and he had strong concentration. He would not be a successful businessman, a romantic lover, or a father. He was a soldier, so he found the truth he was looking for, even if he then walked into the crowd with the secret. At the end of the full text, Larry even gave birth to the sense of relief that "I can accompany the Jade Emperor, I can accompany the beggars in the lowland courtyard, and see that there is no bad person in the world."

the novel is narrated in the first person, and the storyteller is Maugham, who not only watches but also participates as if he were talking about the daily life of several friends. The connection between the characters is relatively loose. Isabel is one center, Maugham is another.

Maugham is an extremely prolific writer. He has written numerous works in his life, including 20 novels, more than 100 short stories, 30 plays, as well as travel notes, memoirs, and literary reviews. His straightforward character often satirized the abnormal relationship between people in the western society at that time, the extravagance of the upper society, and the suffering life of the lower class, which was often denigrated by literary critics in Britain. He enjoyed a high reputation in his later years. Maugham died on the French Riviera on December 15, 1965, at the age of 91. The ashes are buried at the Royal Public School in Canterbury, for which Yale University has set up an archive. In 1947, Maugham established the Maugham Prize for Literature, which was won by V.S Naipaul, Ian McEwan, and others.

the contradictory attitude towards the Victorian social tradition makes Maugham unwilling to subvert the cultural tradition while pursuing the personal values of the new era. This kind of psychological projection in writing is often reflected in escape, the pursuit of transcendence of human nature, maintaining a sense of distance from society, watching this great change, and maintaining unimaginable calmness and loneliness.

Maugham has no preference for his characters, which is very rare, and many writers have obvious personal preferences in their character settings. Good work will make the reader ignore the author's absolute control over the story, it is more like something that happens at random, and the writer just jots down a stroke.

this is very similar to Chekov, both of whom emphasize "detachment from personal grief"."Xi" describes life. Blade makes a vivid interpretation of "bystander" and does not interfere with the works and readers too much, which is the virtue of a writer. Maugham can not be regarded as a first-class writer. Woolf, Hemingway, and others are better than him in narration. If it is true that Maugham exists so vividly in the hearts of the literati, it may be a kind of non-refusal to the readers in the works, with a kind of cordial flavor.

in the last part of the book, Larry finished asking questions about life and may have become a taxi driver, drowning in the hustle and bustle of people as he wished. There are many contradictions and interests entanglements, some are lost in the disordered world, some believe in goodness, some are confident in appearance, some are at a loss inside, some are compassionate, and some are inflexible. All this constitutes the appearance of all living beings, and everyone gets what they want: to become a social celebrity, to enter the upper class, or to be ordinary and busy from nine to five, and some are finally happy to die.