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    This would enable an author to express their deepest thoughts without fearing the repercussions like it had in the past. Lu Xun was a renowned writer that was even considered by Mao Zedong to be ‘commander of China’s cultural revolution’ with reference to Lu Xun’s sophisticated and innovative stories illustrating the social unjust and inequality amongst the Chinese people. Thus, Lu Xun’s literature ranging from his short stories ‘Diary of A Madman’ and ‘New

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    younger, she tries to escape the clutches of her stepmother after the death of the latter by being engaged among the Lu 's; but she is kidnapped by henchmen of the stepmother and sold for a second marriage. These are brief moments of happiness, soon interrupted by the death of the second husband and that of the son she had with; driven out by his brother, she tries to return among the Lu 's, but rejected by the family and the entire village, excluded from New Year ceremonies,

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    The second important characteristic that Lu Xun wants to transfer through “A Madman’s Diary” is that Chinese family institution and traditional rule feudal ethical are original source of destroying Chinese individual thought. In the eighth diary, it describes a conversation with madman and twenty years’ man, “I asked him: ‘Is it right to eat human beings?’ He replied: ‘when there is no famine how can one eat human beings?’ I realized once, he was one of them; but still I summoned up courage to repeat

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    Diary of a Madman by Lu Xun. These two short stories fully express different outlooks on individuality within a historical context, while still showcasing the power of being an individual. By understanding both texts, the reader can benefit from a far more complete understanding of their own individuality, and the vast significance and responsibility it bears. Although Akutagawa and Lu Xun have

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    Writer Shen Congwen is not as straightforward politically involved as Lu Xun is in his short stories. Shen Congwen writes about revolution through a series of lenses that is quite different from that of Lu Xun. Where Lu Xun takes a more rational stance on how things should progress in China through revolution, Shen Congwen wants the reader to see the beauty in revolution and life as a Chinese citizen. In his short story “The New and the Old,” the reader experiences a dramatic scene about a soldier

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    Lu Xun is “the founder of modern discourse… the model of revolutionary art” (pp. 1), and often considered the greatest Chinese writer of the 20th century. However, in this arises a problem – he was also the one to innovate and define what modern Chinese writing is – without him, there would be nothing to compare to, no standard by which those who wanted to examine modern Chinese writing could do so. He is the founding father (so to speak) of modern Chinese literature, the one who defined it all –

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    the next morning. This is when influential writers, such as Lu Xun, began reaching out to revolutionaries and the average Chinese citizen and explaining to them the hard truth of things that were happening in China, and how China as a whole needed to go about

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    Connecting Cannibalism to Feudalism: “Diary of a Madman” Lu Xun’s 1918 short story, Diary of a Madman, presents diary entries from a man who is being consumed by his own paranoia. Suddenly aware of the moon’s vibrancy and the strange reactions from those around him, including a dog, the madman starts to feel certain that all the town’s people are plotting to eat him. As the story progresses, the madman keeps seeing and hearing different things that lead him to believe that even his brother is

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    this is shown in both Lu Xun and Qiu Jun’s essays as well as in the film set in 1920s China, Raise the Red Lantern. Set the scene: it is China during the 1920s and women do not have a voice. Zoom in to a woman walking into a house that looks like a gray prison-zone. This is her new home. She is the Master’s fourth wife, and her name is Songlian. Raise

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    Diary Of A Madman Essay

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    and sometimes they can stray away from their moral foundations and become dangerous. When this happens, younger, innocent generations are at danger of blindly adopting these toxic traditions. Lu Xun’s short story, “Diary of a Madman,” illustrates the possible dangers of traditions and cultural norms. Lu Xun uses a rather savage, extreme example for a tradition which people blindly follow in the story: cannibalism. The story is presented through a series of diary entries. After being enlightened

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