What is the main content of goats not eating paradise grass?

Cao Wenxuan's novel "Goats Don't Eat Paradise Grass" was written in 199 1, which shows the story of Qiu Zi, a rural teenager, who was forced by life, went out to work with his carpenter brothers and struggled to grow up under the special background of the city.

Young Akiko, forced by life, left home with the master "Three Monks" and went to the outside world with the skill of a carpenter. The contradictions between them and the three monks broke out one after another, and finally they were reconciled; Qiu Zi also established a very deep friendship with the black can duck; The bad living environment makes carpenters sometimes fight for work. Kind Qiu Zi gave a hard-won job to a small carpenter from Dabie Mountain in Anhui Province. Qiu Zi met Wei Zi, a city girl with leg disease. He made her a crutch to encourage and help her learn to walk strongly. ...

They also have bad behavior: in the face of the meanness of the host family, they quietly confront revenge and pour fat meat into the furniture interlayer; In the bathroom, there was a conflict because of the contempt of the "nobles" in several cities ... The hardships of life and the coldness of the world clearly appeared in the eyes of the little hero Qiu Zi. They are so envious and yearning for the life of urbanites, but the reality makes them understand that they never seem to have entered that world.

My father, who was overwhelmed by heavy debts, wrote again, telling about the difficulties at home. Qiu Zi has never been so eager to be rich. Once, Qiu Zi tried to change his life. He bought a lottery ticket with 200 yuan money saved by Wei Zi's family, and only saved a large sum of daily necessities. Qiu Zi was deeply disappointed, blamed himself and even despaired. At this time, Qiu Zi made a killing again and got a deposit of 1000 yuan. Qiu Zi has never seen so much money at once, which can help his family a lot. He has the idea of rolling up his money and running away.

However, he never dared. The ancient, boundless, deep, solemn and sacred bell of the church reminded him of his hometown. He remembered the flock of sheep, the hungry goats, who refused to eat in the face of a noble and attractive "paradise grass" A few days later, they died heroically. He also remembered the sheep vendor's saying that "species are different".

Novel appreciation

This novel cuts into the familiar and fresh real life of children from a unique perspective. The experience of Qiu Zi's young image is a common occurrence in life. Around the test that rural teenagers encounter when they come to big cities, some ugly social phenomena (such as the discrimination of city dwellers against rural people and the exploitation of apprentices by masters) are included in the performance category, and these dark sides in the real social background are regarded as the makers of sufferings during the growth of teenagers, showing all kinds of physical and mental tempering that poor rural teenagers have experienced under the special background of cities.

From the big frame of the story, the peasant boy finally decided to leave the city to create his own life, which has positive significance and rich and profound connotation. The story of this novel is simple, but the characters feel real. The protagonist left his hometown to make a living, and his suffering and the indifference of the world made readers feel unspeakable pain and sadness about his life experience.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Goats don't eat paradise grass (Cao Wenxuan's novel)