Reading & Deconstruction
Revenge
In Lu Xun’s “Revenge,” two armed figures refuse both embrace and violence, and that refusal becomes a devastating counterattack against spectatorship.
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Revenge (II)
Using the crucifixion narrative, Lu Xun reconstructs revenge as lucid witness: not divine punishment, but watching the crowd condemn itself.
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Notes on Blindness
A reading note on Saramago’s Blindness: social collapse, moral fragility, and the uneasy question of what freedom really means.
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A Man Called Ove Decides to Die
A deeply warm novel about grief, dignity, craft, and relearning how to love people after life collapses.
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On The Stranger (I)
My first reading note on Camus’s The Stranger: emotional flatness, absurdity, and the unsettling calm of Meursault’s voice.
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
An approachable psychology book that quietly changed how I see anxiety, attention, and time.
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My Lost Love
A satirical reading of Lu Xun’s “My Lost Love”: comic form on the surface, sharp critique of literary affectation and self-deceptive pride underneath.
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The Beggar
A reading of Lu Xun’s “The Beggar”: dust, walls, social decay, and the tragedy of seeking truth in a world that rewards performance.
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Farewell to the Shadow
A reading of Lu Xun’s “Farewell to the Shadow” as a split self: survival versus lucidity, and the tragic cost of staying alive in a hostile world.
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Autumn Night
A first reading note on Lu Xun’s “Autumn Night”: sparse imagery, emotional ambiguity, and the lonely posture of resistance.