Understanding of "paper in hand, love in heart"

I took a course about fantasy novel this semester, which is similar to literature appreciation. Because I want to choose Chinese and bilingual studies in my sophomore year, and this direction of our school doesn't seem to include literary studies, I don't want to choose pure English. This course undoubtedly satisfied my desire to learn literary knowledge. This week, the teacher asked us to read a short story. The English name is "Paper menagerie" and the literal translation is "Paper Wild Animals". At first, I just wanted to have a brief look at this article, and I was attracted without reading a few words. When I finished reading, I wanted to translate this article into Chinese, but I realized that I had not fully translated the emotion of the article. Later, it was found that this article won the Best Short Story Award of 20 12 Hugo Award, and its Chinese translation was excellent.

The translator did not translate the title of the article literally, but translated it into "paper in hand, love in mind" After reading the article, I found that this translation is really appropriate. This article describes the cultural conflict between the first generation immigrants from China and the second generation immigrants from the United States. By writing about children's dislike of origami toys made by their mothers, their incomprehension of their mothers, and their dislike of communicating with their mothers, they miss their maternal love.

The mother in this article is not the perfect mother in children's mind. She hides her life experience, can't speak English and can't cook American food. The children in this article are ashamed of their black eyes and hair, and think that their looks can't be integrated into American life, so they don't like their mothers even more. It was not until the end of the article that the mother talked lightly about her tragic fate in the letter that the child realized that she had too little communication with her mother. I mean the world to my mother, and my mother really has nothing but this home. However, his mother has passed away and he can no longer communicate with her. The so-called "children want to raise and don't stay close" is like this.

The language of the article is simple, but it is warm, and there seems to be sunshine flowing between the lines. The mother in the article said: "When I say' love' in English, I feel the sound, but when I say' love' in Chinese, I feel the true feelings." Indeed, a simple word "love" can convey too many emotions. This Chinese mother doesn't like to express her love for her children in unfamiliar language. "Although the story is not romantic, it is my story." This is an ordinary but very great mother.

Personally, I think this article has the color of fantasy novel. Mother uses her ability to make paper tigers, buffaloes and sharks move, so that she can play with her children. Maybe these toys are ordinary in others' eyes, but for my childhood, they are undoubtedly a group of lovely partners. Seeing the smile on the child's face, the mother's heart must be particularly satisfied. These small toys also represent the mother's good intentions.