Living Attitude In Literature and Real Society

After reading the short story “Upstairs In A Wineshop” by Lu Xun , I feel it is showing human’s living attitude of losing future direction after his/her pervious planning couldn’t be achieved. Also, I see the living attitude of hiding and lying in this short story.

Between the conversation Lu Xun had with his friend, Weifu, I see how Weifu was in a situation of losing future direction on his loveand living. He did not want to struggle for anything anymore and just wanted to let time pass by. Just like he said, “I don’t know anything anymore. I don’t even know what tomorrow’s going to bring, or even the next moment…”(P, 1938).He was lost on his future, but he did not want to plan for future anymore.  He had planned for future before, but future did not go the way he had planned so he gave up planning. This is a very usual situation for human who experienced failure, and lose their self-confidence and become decadent. However, in my opinion, planning is very important. Without planning, life would become worse and really make a person become lost. Although I have not experienced as much difficulties as Lu Xun’s friend, I think the sentence “human grows from failure” apply to everyone on every age group.

Also, I see the living attitude of lying and hiding to fulfill parent’s desire. When Weifu could not find his brother’s skeleton, not even his hair, he just placed the dirt where his brother’s body had lain into the coffin and moved to where his father was placed to fulfill his mother’s want. This is one example Weifu hid a truth. In addition, when his mother had requested him to send flowers to Ah-shun, the lady he loved, but she died. He gave his flowers to Ah-shun’s sister to avoid his mother from questioning him. This is another example of Weifu hid the truth from his mother. I believe everyone had tried at least once lied to their parents. Lying is usually considered as a bad thing to do, but sometimes, it is necessary. In Weifu’s situation, his mother is old, and I think it is better to lie to her and hide the sadness from her.

After reading the short story “Punishment” by Rabindranath Tagore, I feel human should never try or think of blaming an innocent. Also, it brings up the idea of comparing the importance between lover and family, which sometimes would cause an argument between lovers.

In this story, Chandara is an innocent who got blamed on murdering sister-in-law. I feel when Chandara’s husband, Chidam, tells her to admit the crime of murdering and tells her she would be safe is a very sad moment.  At the end of the story, Chandara rather died than to live with her husband. I feel Chandara’s living attitude is like people who are admitting suicide. They rather died than to live and face the sadness in their life.  Chidam caused his wife to death indirectly. If he never had the idea of telling his wife to admit the crime, I think she would never have the thought admitting the crime and to die. Human should have the living attitude of not blaming innocent, because I feel blaming an innocent to admit someone else’s mistake does not help anyone at all. The person who makes mistake does not get the punishment, and they may make the same punishment again.Also, I feel Chandara should not admit the crime since she didn’t do it.  Chandara’s situation just remind me of a song “Innocent” by Taylor.

She is innocent. Innocent people should continue living . Just like the song tells “life is a tough crowd,” an innocent who getting blame should speak up instead of admitting the crime quietly.

I can feel Chidam is a selfish person and this is a living attitude that human has. I feel many people care themselves and their family more than their lovers.  Even though Chidam wants to save his brother, he should not use his wife for an exchange of his brother’s life.  He has ideas of making up stories to help his wife to release from the crime, but why he does not apply the stories on himself rather than his wife.  I feel this really shows the living attitude that some people have in this real society.