Gu Long's best novel "Happy Hero"
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Unlike Jin Yong's grandeur and righteousness, Gu Long is known for his changeable tone. Among his martial arts works, there are both the sad and sad "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword", "Xiao Shiyilang", "Hero Without Tears", as well as the dashing and flowing "Chu Liuxiang" and "Lu Xiaofeng", as well as the generous and tragic songs of "Absolute Double Pride", "Meteor Butterfly Sword", and "Wulin Foreign History". However, in general, Gu Long's works are somewhat more sad and melancholy, and he is good at using tragic brushwork to outline the fierce and sad feelings of the jianghu characters in his works.
My personality is also a little sad, I like those melancholy literary works, I like sad songs and movies, but strangely, although Gu Long is known for his sadness, my favorite is this witty and pleasant "Happy Hero".
From the perspective of creative style, "Happy Hero" is a rather different work in Gu Long's works. Gu Long likes to write about lonely and sad heroes, but in "Happy Heroes", he uses a relaxed tone to shape a group of seemingly ordinary jianghu friends. This group of jianghu characters love to be lively, like a bunch of people together, very different from those maverick warriors in Gu Long's other works; these people look ordinary, not only have no glorious achievements, but are widely spread in the jianghu, and even live very depressed, desperately for a meal.
Maybe it's because they also have to run for a living, so they can resonate in real life? Maybe that's what I love about this book, but the resonance of the downfall isn't all. More importantly, although they are poor, they live a full and happy life, and the spiritual outlook of this mentality of experiencing suffering and not fading is worthy of appreciation, and aren't we in life just as sentimental and difficult? But the days always have to go on, and the sorrow can't solve the actual problems, so it is better to face the difficulties with a smile, so at least it will not make you too tired.
It is also important that although they are downcast, they have a piece of sincerity, and there is a group of friends who can live and die together, which is touching and gratifying. There are too many hypocritical and treacherous in today's society, and I can't help but ask myself, how many people can become their true friends? I treat others with absolute sincerity, but people may not treat me with absolute sincerity. The contradictions of reality make the friendship in the novel seem extremely precious, and they also make me yearn.
In addition to empathy, appreciation and yearning, there is a fourth reason to love Happy Heroes: change. Gu Long is melancholy, "Happy Hero" is joyful, to jump out of the usual melancholy and sadness, it is not so easy, appreciate Gu Long's talent and courage, he dares to change the consistent way of writing, the pursuit of a completely different mood, this is a change for himself. Compared with the ordinary martial arts novels that only write vigorous deeds and have fierce rivers and lakes, "Happy Hero" has also changed it to a large extent, who says that heroes must be lonely? Our heroes are joyful.
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