Llorente's dreams are quite strange. He also said that the monster Lin Lexi in his book also appeared in his dreams.
"Okay, actually I have had dreams like this many times. Those dreams are like disaster movies. You can always hear people wailing. Houses are collapsing one by one, and there are countless cracks in the ground. Some people are panicking and will fall.
Into the cracks..."
Listening to Llorente describing his dream, the other three looked at each other.
Linde said, "Then do you still dare to sleep?"
Llorente said indifferently, "Why don't you dare? Such a dream is not without its benefits. In addition to feeling fear in the dream, there is no feeling after waking up, and it can also provide material for some of my novels.
I think this is a lucky thing.”
Linde nodded, "Come on, dream more, write more novels, and you won't have to complain about the expensive housing prices next time."
Llorente curled his lips and said, "House prices are really expensive."
…
After sending Linde and the others back to the hotel, Zhang Zhong also returned home.
The two of them have to stay in China for a while. After all, the journey back and forth is not very close, so they will naturally have to stay a few more days for a trip.
All the way back home, Zhang Zhong was actually still thinking about the dream Llorente had mentioned before.
When Llorente was describing his dream, a work suddenly appeared in Zhang Zhong's mind - Lord of the Flies.
"Lord of the Flies" is the first novel by Nobel Prize winner-British novelist William Golding, and this novel is also his masterpiece.
Unlike Jack London, Golding grew up in a well-off intellectual family. At the age of nineteen, he followed his father's arrangement and entered Oxford University to study natural sciences. Two years later, he switched to literature.
He graduated from Oxford at the age of 24 with a bachelor's degree in literature, and later worked as a choreographer and actor in a small theater troupe.
He joined the Royal Navy at the age of twenty-nine. It was during the war. Being a navy man was not just a matter of hanging around, but he was personally involved in the war at that time.
Five years later, at the age of thirty-four, he retired from the army and went to school to teach English literature, that is, a Chinese teacher.
It was not until he was forty-three years old that he published his first novel, "Lord of the Flies".
Compared with Jack London's ups and downs but short life, Golding's life was more stable, but he was a late bloomer.
The style of a person's works can often be traced from his life experience, such as Jack London. His tumultuous life made him full of contradictions. For example, his work "Sea Wolf" was created with the intention of criticizing Nietzsche's "Superman".
", but after reading it, readers discovered that Jack London himself created a real "Superman".
Another example is "Martin Eden". When he wrote this work, he once said that he wanted to indict individualism, but this motive was completely changed by his own enthusiasm and appreciation for the protagonist during the creation.
As for William Golding, he grew up in such an intellectual family and received higher education, so his thinking about human nature began to become more fundamental.
In his works, readers can often see the theme of "human nature is inherently evil".
Freedom will lead to indulgence, no rules will lead to depravity, and unrestraint will lead to evil.
This is the case in "Lord of the Flies". The story describes a group of little boys evacuating their home country due to the outbreak of "World War III", but an accident occurred during the flight. The plane was hit and all the adults were killed.
Several little boys fled to an uninhabited desert island. At first, under the leadership of a boy who seemed more reliable, they made fires to call for help, built houses and hunted. However, they later split into two groups. A few people continued to wait for rescue, and the others
Some people gave up their civilized habits and became savage hunters, even killing other people.
Children who originally came from a civilized society gradually lost their subjectivity (which can be understood as self-awareness) on a desert island, lost their rationality, forgot basic moral ethics, and became obedient to violence and power, becoming the will to power.
implementation object.
Thinking of "Lord of the Flies", Zhang Zhong also thought of "Coral Island".
When writing "Lord of the Flies", Golding drew a lot from "Coral Island". The background, environment and even the names of the people in the story are somewhat similar to "Coral Island".
However, the two works are very different in theme.
"Coral Island" is more like a decent children's literature. The novel tells the story of a group of children who leave the shelter of adults and directly face the challenges of life. They have an epiphany and mature in the test of reality.
Zhang Zhong loves "Lord of the Flies" more. This is not a denial of "Coral Island", but he feels that compared to "Coral Island" which directly reflects human subjectivity through individualism, he prefers "Lord of the Flies" as the plot progresses.
Dissolving the character's subjectivity and revealing the darkness of human nature, it allows readers to realize in shock and reflect in fear.
Ding dong.
The message notification sound brought Zhang Zhong's thoughts back to reality. He looked down and unexpectedly took a pen and wrote something down - Maybe there is a beast, maybe it's just us.
This is a sentence from "Lord of the Flies". I didn't expect that I would write it out by mistake.
Zhang Zhong looked at his phone again. It was a package advertisement sent by the communication company. He closed the phone with a smile, and then continued to write on the paper with a pen.
…
"It seems like you didn't get a good rest last night? Did you also have a dream about an atomic bomb explosion?"
Looking at Zhang Zhong's tired face, Llorente joked.
Zhang Chong smiled and said, "Thanks to you, I suddenly had some inspiration, so I worked for a while last night."
"Oh?" Llorente became interested, "Is it the kind of cyberpunk where starfish are facing destruction due to a nuclear crisis, humans survive in adversity, and technology makes leaps and bounds?"
"No." Zhang Zhong shook his head.
"That's good, if that's the case, it would be too boring." Llorente laughed again.
Zhang Zhong was used to this guy's way of speaking and ignored him. At this time, the car had already arrived at the entrance of the Zhuwang Exhibition Hall. Zhang Zhong pointed to the door and said, "We are here."
Llorente looked at the exhibition hall in front of him and praised, "It's bigger than I thought. Is this really yours?"
"Of course." Zhang Chong smiled.
"Tsk tsk, I'm jealous."
Zhang Zhong raised his eyebrows, surprised by his way of expressing himself, "You learn very quickly, Daniel."
"Isn't it?" Llorente shrugged proudly.
Linde next to him was a little confused, "What does jealousy mean?"
"That means I'm jealous. This is an authentic Chinese expression. Linde, you still have a lot to learn." Llorente said earnestly.
Seeing his arrogant look, Zhang Zhong really wanted to take out the "three nests of smart rabbits" he mentioned before and talk about it.