［Text/Zhihe］
"I Am a Cat" is a novel that satirizes society by Natsume Soseki. It uses a cat's eyes to understand the human society. This cat is different from other cats. The language is very different. It thinks and summarizes many things, sees a lot of human nature from human behavior and interactions, and laments the complexity and stupidity of human beings. Its thoughts reveal a contented and carefree mentality.
The cat almost lost his life when he was born. Later, he went back and forth to a teacher's house several times and refused to leave, so he was taken in by the teacher Kusama. The master treats it badly, but the maid often beats and scolds it. The mistress and children also love to bully it. But it is optimistic and open-minded by nature, and does not care too much. The most embarrassing time was when everyone found out that its teeth were stuck while eating rice cakes. It cost half of its life after it went to see Ms. Hanako to talk and let go of the matter. .
"Thirty years to the east of Hedong, thirty years to the west of Hexi" Destiny is never unreasonable. At the beginning, it even lamented that Dahei had a pair of beautiful cat eyes. After one blow, it no longer looks gorgeous. It has never envied Miss Hanako's aristocratic pampering by humans. It has always been content and has a pretty good life. If it is too greedy, it may be beaten like Dahei. This kind of thinking can be called wisdom when living in a cat.
The cat’s owner, Kusama, is an English teacher who suffers from stomach problems and is very enthusiastic about his work. My friend Mi Ting likes to panic and is afraid that the world will not be in chaos. Student Han Yue indulges in various forms of activities and research. These can be regarded as cultural people. They often regard themselves as nobler than ordinary people, but in essence they are the same as the people they despise.
In this book, cats always think that humans are idiots and lunatics, and even come to the theory that people in lunatic asylums are normal people. Human beings are really smart and stupid, single and contradictory creatures. There is a passage where humans point to cats and say, look, cats are so happy. The cat said, who asked you humans to make yourself so tired?
After reading this conversation, I was reminded of a friend of mine who talks about how busy she is all day long, but she does most of the things herself, so who can force you to do it? And there’s nothing wrong with being busy. The worst thing is that you don’t know what the purpose of being busy is. It’s meaningless if you get nothing after being busy.
Just like Hanyue, she seemed to want to marry a girl from the Kaneda family. She spent day and night grinding glass balls in order to study her doctoral thesis. In the end, the thesis was unsuccessful and she secretly got married. Then before What glass ball to grind and why.
The cat is two years old. It thinks that its thoughts are bigger than those of many humans, such as the three girls of Kusami's family. It also said many classic sentences in the article, such as "We don't know what force makes the earth rotate, but we know that it is money that makes society rotate." Not to mention what it is like in a capitalist society, even if It is in the primary stage of socialism in our country, and it is also based on the economy. Money cannot be said to be supreme, but it does control the dynamics of society.
There is also a cat’s analysis based on the fact that the owner looks in the mirror, "In the face of self-knowledge, all pretentious people will lower their heads and be resigned to being inferior." It believes that in front of the mirror, people must correctly understand themselves. And lowered his head. Isn't it like this in our lives? If someone thinks he is self-righteous, everyone will ask him to look in the mirror. We all need to stand in the mirror, recognize our reality, and find our position.
In the book, Kusha Mi, Mi Ting and others represent a group of down-and-out intellectuals who face the new trend of thought. They adapt to, laugh at, belittle, and are helpless. They are panic-stricken and at a loss. They only rely on jokes and jokes. To pass the time with cynicism. They are always mocking and making fun of others, but they are always being teased and ridiculed by fate and the times.
Cats, on the other hand, have great supernatural powers, are highly intelligent, fair and keen, and they are also smart. They make many mistakes and suffer a lot. In the end, he drank and drowned in a barrel, losing his life. It is worth mentioning that when the cat realized that it was in the tank, it scratched it with its claws. After calculating that it could not escape, the cat simply floated on top and let it go. It said, "It is too reluctant to imagine escaping even though you know you can't escape. You are forced to do it, so it is painful. Boring! You are asking for trouble and torture, you are so confused!"
Many times, we are like this too. We get angry and try our best to do something we can't achieve, and end up with scars all over. Sometimes, only by learning to give up some things can you gain more experience.
Coming and going as openly as a cat is also said to be happy.