Chapter 69 Maupassant's masterpiece

Maupassant's masterpiece What I want to say here is Maupassant's masterpiece, not Tolstoy's special praise in a preface "Water", but the "Fat" that Maupassant's teacher Flaubert affirmed could be immortal ball".These are his two masterpieces that are often mentioned together with The Necklace. "Necklace" has been There is a translation by Mr. Lu Xun, which is contained at the end of the volume of "Symbols of Depression" he translated. "Fat Ball" is also early There have been several Chinese translations, but the title is sometimes translated.

The irony in "The Necklace" is lighter.Although Maupassant satirized the petty bourgeoisie in this short story, The vanity of high-class housewives who want to squeeze into the upper and fashionable society suffers, but they have a deep understanding of their good nature and honest character to be praised and sympathized with.The writing is very gentle and calm, which is a typical naturalistic technique. But in "Fat Ball" it is different.Maupassant's pen couldn't help being a little excited, It is no longer so calm, and it is already a bit close to the method of criticizing realist literature.he in this novel

Here, not only carried forward the patriotism, but also mercilessly mocked the hypocrisy of the gentlemen and ladies of the French upper class at that time. Hypocritical and selfish. "Fat Ball" is a novella.In this work, he intentionally makes a person who has always been subject to "society" The spurned prostitute, against a group of gentlemen and ladies who have always been respected by "society", sang a couplet Taiwan opera.As a result, in terms of patriotism, sympathy for human beings, and even moral standards, those who were defeated It is those gentlemen and ladies who are hypocritical, despicable and selfish.

On the streets of Hong Kong, I sometimes see some pretentious wives throwing themselves at the international girls on the side of the road. With a disdainful eye, I can't help but think of this novel.I certainly can't judge those who were insulted Whether there are "fat globules" in it, but for those pretentious ladies, I think it is as The attitude Jesus expressed in dealing with the "harlot" incident: "Which of you is in the heart Anyone who has never committed adultery can beat her! " The so-called "fat ball" is the nickname of a private prostitute.Because she was born plump and fat, she was

Known as "fat globules".She was going to a certain place in a carriage with a group of high society men and women in Paris. It was the time of the Franco-Prussian War.Those gentlemen and ladies looked down on her at first, but there was no one in the car except her. Some people bring food, and they are hungry, so they don't think it's "dirty" to eat her food, Later, the Prussian officers stationed on the road detained these passengers and asked them to stay with "fat balls" for a night. The conditions allow the car to pass.Fatball hated the Prussians and refused to agree, those gentlemen and ladies for

For the sake of her own safety, she encouraged and even begged her to go.But when she came back the next morning, those When people saw that the difficulty was over, they put on a noble face and ignored her again. Maupassant ruthlessly satirized the selfishness, hypocrisy and lack of love of the French upper class at that time. national thought.