In fact, in the original story setting, this grocery store had no name, and its signboard was also called the Nameless Grocery Store. As the story develops, many children like to find the old man in the store to find answers to their questions, so he changed the name to Jieyou Grocery Store. And he changed the method of asking to writing his questions in letters and putting them in the mailbox of the grocery store. It is precisely because of this change that more than thirty years later, people in two time and space can write letters to each other. Today I will share with you how I think about this name.
Why is the first store called Jieyou Grocery Store?
In fact, at the very beginning of the story, the essence of the whole story was expressed directly through the words of the shop owner. He said that children have no worries, and some of the problems they think about are just because the problems themselves exist. . On the contrary, adults are always worried because they need to think about a lot of things, but even if they get the answer, they can't be happy. And strictly speaking, the real name of "Jieyou Grocery Store" is actually Wuyou Grocery Store.
Second, Jieyou Grocery Store is the core of the story.
If this store were to be called any other name, I would feel lacking, because as people grow up, they will always have more and more troubles, and there is no way to get reasonable answers. solve. On the one hand, this is limited by our age, and on the other hand, because in our growth process, we always lack some necessary knowledge that we need to obtain from the outside world, but in the process, we need to invest a lot of time. and energy, and making some tough choices.
Third, how do you view the achievement of this novel?
After its release, this novel became the best-selling novel in Japan that year, and was also adapted into many animation and TV works. In fact, from here we can find that although the core of the story is simple, it is a time and space dialogue describing the science fiction type. But in fact, what the story really wants to tell us is that troubles exist for people of any age, but the ways to solve them are different.