What is red sorghum?

Red Sorghum is a novella written by Mo Yan, a contemporary writer in China. Red Sorghum is set in the folk life of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and Gaomi Northeast in 1930s and 1940s, and a series of anti-Japanese heroes portrayed in the story are the embodiment of justice and evil. Yu Zhanao, the hero, is a bloody man, whose body is full of justice and barbarism.

In his novels, Mo Yan created a red sorghum world on the edge of ethics, a bandit hero who did all the bad things but returned to his country. They love each other and kill each other, full of the flavor of the times that is both deviant and full of infinite vitality.

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The works also praise grandparents' anti-Japanese achievements through the narrator "I", or in narration or directly. "I" praised Grandpa as "a legendary hero who is famous all over the world". "I" narrative: 1958 Grandpa came back from Japan and held a grand ceremony in the village. The county magistrate honored grandpa as an old hero and toasted him, saying that he had brought glory to the people of the county.

"I" praised my grandparents for "loyalty to the country and performing a heroic dance drama." I "thought:" The plan to block the retreat of Japanese cars with iron harrows was actually conceived by my grandmother. My grandmother should also be a pioneer in the war of resistance against Japan and a national hero. "

"I" also wrote: "Grandma, this load of bread left a deep purple mark on her soft shoulder, which accompanied her to die and ascend to heaven. This purple seal is a glorious symbol of my grandmother's heroic resistance to Japan. "

The narrator "I" in Red Sorghum adopts "omniscient and omnipotent", and this perspective is also a judgment attitude towards history. Since this "judging attitude" is "historical", it is undoubtedly objective, fair and realistic.