Louis Cha's works replacing Ah-Q in high school textbooks

[studentyoung]

I don't think it can be argued that Lu Xun was not pessimistic. Yes, he focused on "frailties of Chinese people's human nature" and devoted little space to the positive aspects of Chinese life. That's what makes him pessimistic, unless you are arguing that there were no positive aspects to Chinese life.

Hmm… Well… Do you think Wang Xiaobo and his works are very pessimistic ？

Thanks!

[roddy]

后来我才知道，生活是一个慢慢受锤的过程，

人一天天老下去，奢望也一天天消失，最后变得像挨了锤的牛一样。

Sounds pretty pessimistic to me.

[studentyoung]

Originally Posted by 王小波

后来我才知道，生活是一个慢慢受锤的过程，

人一天天老下去，奢望也一天天消失，最后变得像挨了锤的牛一样。

Sounds pretty pessimistic to me.

Roddy, do you mean some sentences in 王小波's works make you feel pessimistic or he himself or his works make you feel pessimistic?

Thanks!

[roddy]

Gee, I don't know, I just saw an opportunity to look like I knew something about, y'know, literature and stuff and I just, like, grabbed it. Guess you caught me . . .

不用！