Laoshe is one of the most famous writers in the early 19 century. The short story “Something” taking from “ Huo Che Ji” (火车集) describes the lower class people in the old time of China. In his literature, Laoshe portrays several minor characters, and as everyone knows, these minor characters come from ordinary civilians. But why Laoshe pays such a big attention to these ordinary people? According to the comparison between two of his short stories, “Something (东西)” and “The same idea (人同此心)”, readers may find the answer to the question. One aspect, ordinary civilians presents the major population of one society, besides, compared with people in the first social class, ordinary civilians deserves more respect.
In the short story “Something”, Laoshe describes two people, Lu Shuxiang and Hao Fengming, who are definitely in the first social class. One of them studied in Britain, and the other one had the educational experience in Japan. They used......
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