IAH 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hemorrhoid
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Why is lu xun disliked by both critics on the right and people on the left of the. Right: very traditional and did not like lu xun because they did not like change. Left: did not like lu xun because he never joined communism and they thought he could do more. Describe lu xun"s use of the image "iron house". "imagine an iron house without windows, absolutely indestructible, with many people fast asleep inside who will soon die of suffocation. But you know since they will die in their sleep, they will not feel the pain of death. Now if you cry aloud to wake a few of the lighter sleeps, making those unfortunate few suffer the agony of irrevocable death, do you think you are doing them a favor. " He can choose to wake them up and some of the people might get out but others will die.