Top 10 essays analyzing the character of Ms. Dau in the excerpt “The water broke the bank” by Ngo Tat To

In the movement of realist literature, excellent writers such as Nam Cao, Vu Trong Phung… have built iconic characters to criticize the corrupt society with its unfair and unfair fates at the same time. praise the good qualities of people.

The Rooster in Ngo Tat To’s “Lights out” is one of the most prominent characters with typical virtues of a woman living in that unfair society. The excerpt “The water broke the bank” clearly depicts the image of the character of the Rooster who is gentle and patient, but when she is pushed to the end, she rises up to fight.

First of all, she is a person who loves her husband and children very much. In the midst of the fierce tax collection in Dong Xa village in those days, Ms. Dau had to endure a lot of bitterness and humiliation. Let’s sell the children, sell the dogs and then the two loads of potatoes – the last remaining wealth in the house. Not stopping there, her husband, Mr. Dau, was brutally beaten for not having paid the collection, and was thrown home by the dogs like a soulless corpse.

However, she still tried to keep calm to take care of him and save him from the hand of death. After cooking the bowl of porridge, fanning it to cool, bringing the bowl of porridge to her husband’s bed, she encouraged him, “Teacher, please sit up and drink some porridge to relieve your stomachache”. Her actions contain a lot of love for her husband. The wife’s love is like a gentle warmth that awakens life for her husband, bringing him from the dead to life.

The Rooster is a person who knows how to be patient. In dealing with rulers, Ms. Dau always kept a polite, humble, and reasonable attitude. When the rulers rushed to ask to arrest the Rooster, she had to beg and beg them. When the rulers spoke vulgarly, Sister Dau still humbly called them “grandpa”, “grandfathers” and called them “grandchildren”, “grandchildren”. That poor farmer tried to endure, tried to suppress all suffering, including humiliation to protect her husband’s life. It is also an expression of people who perceive themselves as subordinates, keeping themselves within the framework of social rules.

But “instant water” will also “break the bank”. Patience was enough, the Rooster stood up to fight the enemy. After being beaten by the ruler and threatened not to spare Mr. Dau, Ms. Dau “was so angry, couldn’t stand it, resisted”. And then the woman, rich in love for her husband and full of hatred, gritted her teeth and challenged the enemy: “You tie up her husband immediately, I will show you”.

The way of addressing is no longer humbly “grandfather-grandson”, “grandfather-me” but has changed into “you-grandmother”. The situation had changed, that person could no longer bear it, but rose up with an extraordinary strength. Not ending at the threat, with the strong woman’s health, she “grabbed the ruler by the neck” and “pushed him to the door” causing him to “fall over”.

In a moment, Ms. Dau knocked down two bull-headed men with the power of anger and hatred. At this point, the author’s voice is as excited as cheering and encouraging the character. In both the duel with the rulers and family members, the Rooster always appears to be an active, calm, courageous and courageous person. She won bravely.

With an excellent realistic pen, Ngo Tat To successfully built the character of the Rooster who is an excellent example of Vietnamese farmers in a semi-feudal colonial society, despite being poor, but still rich in love and potential. hidden hatred, still rich in strength to fight against power and oppression. Thereby, the writer helps us to deeply understand a social law: that is, when water breaks, there is oppression, there will be struggle.

With the ingenuity in the art of depicting the character along with the precise and vivid choice of words, the excerpt “The water broke the bank” has left a deep impression on the reader’s heart about the character of Ms. especially bright in Vietnamese literature.

“The stork that went to eat at night
Parked on a soft branch, turned his neck into the pond”

The fate of the farmer in the semi-feudal colonial period is probably the same image as the stork in that folk song. But in them, still flashed the light of love, of miraculous resistance. And we find these things in Ngo Tat To’s image of the Rooster.

Ngo Tat To (1893-1954), was a deeply realistic writer in the flow of literature from 1930-1945. He often writes about the peasants of the Vietnamese countryside, living in a double-necked situation with resentment. His typical works such as “Tent”, “Village work”, “Lights out” are still valid to this day.

In particular, the novel “Lights out” is probably the most profound and chaotic realistic picture he created about the Vietnamese countryside during the semi-feudal colonial years. The work was born in 1939, with characters such as Ms. Dau, Mr. Dau, Nghi Que, Cai Ti, … all classes and classes to make up the society at that time. In particular, the image of the Rooster is the most prominent, with the suffering and beauty of Vietnamese women.

First of all, it can be seen that Ms. Dau has to live in extreme humiliation. Her family belongs to the “bottom class”, she alone takes care of a husband and three children. That peasant woman has to take care of her husband’s tax collection, and also take care of her brother-in-law who died last year.

The powerful leaders can leave her alone. Do not come to destroy the group to threaten, again arrest him and torture him to death over and over again. To have money to pay taxes for her husband, she sold everything in the house. She sold her sweet potatoes, now she has to sell puppies that have not yet opened their eyes, and then even Ti – the first daughter who is not yet seven years old for Nghi Que’s family. What pain is more painful than that of a mother?

Even so, she still did not have enough money to pay for her husband, she was tortured, humiliated, beaten, beaten by the Ly Truong family. Through the suffering of that character of the Rooster, we realize the deeply realistic value of the work. Is the naked reality of the face of colonial society, oppressing farmers to the extreme. They use the excuse of tax collection to exploit and torture them. Even the dead have to pay taxes, even the women they torture, how corrupt is that society?

But that is not the reason for the Rooster to be dragged into the black mud of disgrace. In her, there are still beautiful qualities that Ngo Tat To see in farmers.

It can be seen that Ms. Dau is still a loving woman in any circuTaxances. The deepest is the love for her husband. Because of her love for her husband, she ran away to borrow money and sell money to pay taxes for her husband, so that he would not be tortured. That love is reflected in his own words and gestures towards her husband. She constantly encouraged: “Teachers and sisters try to eat all the porridge to get well quickly…”, “I took the Tieu and sat down as if waiting to see if my husband would eat well”.

That seems to have been the quality of Vietnamese women for thousands of years, considerate, thoughtful and selfless. Without a word of reproach or complaint, she gave her husband the most devoted care. That was probably also the internal motivation for her to rise up to fight the ruler and protect her husband. Her quality is so precious and worthy of respect!

The most prominent in the character of Ms. Dau is perhaps the very strong resistance spirit. The title is called “The water breaks the bank”, which means that, when the farmers are pushed into a precarious situation to the extreme, they will automatically have to rise up to resist that oppression. So is the Rooster. When Mr. Dau was still sick and ill, the Ly Truong family and the ruler stormed in to ask her to pay the collection, or else tie him up and take him away.

Although she humbled herself to plead fervently, they still refused to listen, even shoving and hitting her. This is the time when the water bursts! The resistance is expressed in the way of address. At first, she called the rulers “grandpa”, called “nephew”, and showed a modesty, with a polite begging attitude. But those “buffalo-headed horses” still insisted on tying up Mr. Dau and even “putting him in the chest of the Rooster”.

Immediately after that word, the addressing attitude changed to “me-grandpa”, showing equality and defiance. She no longer placed herself below that ruler, all returned to the same place. But after the ruler’s slap, she called him “you” and called him “grandmother”. She has put herself above all those strongmen, showing a defiant attitude, not hesitate to fight him. Right from the way of addressing, we have seen a strong resistance attitude in this woman’s soul.

The resistance of the Rooster is clearly shown in her every action. At first, she earnestly, imploringly, “runs to help him.” But since being “slap in the chest” and “slap in the face” by the ruler, a potential power was unleashed. “She grabbed him by the collar and pushed him out the door.”

Obviously, it is no longer about submission, but about standing up to fight, to protect yourself. This is the bright spot in Ngo Tat To’s eyes, when he sees such potential power in a farmer. This is the way for farmers to free themselves, leading them to the future. The light of the revolution has not yet reached here, but it has rekindled the fire to wait for the day to break out.

Building the character of Ms. Dau, Ngo Tat To focused on portraying actions and words to highlight her personality. In “The water broke the bank”, Ms. Dau appeared to become a representative of the peasants in that period, there was oppression and there was struggle. Here, we can see Ngo Tat To’s humane vision for farmers, when empathizing with their status and suffering, and at the same time appreciating the potential beauty of people with muddy hands and feet. that. Are these things that give life to the work?

Whether today or in the future, “Turn off the lights”, “The water breaks the bank” and Ms. Dau will live forever in the hearts of Vietnamese people, like the light of the strength she created in her own life!

Referring to writer Ngo Tat To (1893 – 1954) we remember the novel “Lights out”, and we think of the identity of the Rooster. She was a poor peasant woman, industrious, full of love for her husband and children, bravely against the powerful. Writer Ngo Tat To built the character of Ms. Dau, representing the miserable plight and good qualities of a rural woman before 1945. The scene where the water broke off the bank in Turning off the lights left a deep impression in the book. readers’ hearts about the character of the Rooster.

The situation of the Rooster is pitiful. She had to sell a load of potatoes, sell a dog’s nest, and sell her seven-year-old daughter to Nghi Que and her husband, just to be able to pay the collection rate to her husband. But Mr. Dau was still tied up in the communal house yard, because he still lacked another collection.

Uncle Hoi is the younger brother of Mr. Dau, died last year, but he could not escape the state collection, so the Rooster’s family had to pay that fee. Mr. Dau is seriously ill, tied up day and night, he fainted like death. The strongmen let their arms and legs carry him, who was as limp as a corpse, and brought him back to the Rooster. Suffering, calamity piled up on the poor woman’s soul.

Ms. Dau is a loving wife and mother. In a critical situation, Ms. Dau tries to save her husband. Drums, horns and have emerged. Sister Dau raised her voice imploringly, earnestly inviting her husband: Teacher, please try to sit up and drink some porridge to help relieve your stomachache. The words of a country woman inviting her husband to eat porridge in times of trouble, contain so much love and comfort.

The gesture of Ms. Dau holding the Tieu and then going down to her husband’s side, deliberately waiting to see if her husband’s appetite was good, showed the wife’s care and love for her sick husband, whose life was being threatened by the thieves. mighty menace!

Sister Dau is a tough woman who bravely resisted the strongmen to protect her husband. The rulers and the chief’s attendants, the buffalo heads and horses with their rulers, whips, and ropes burst into the house of the Rooster, screaming to bind the poor. The Rooster had just trembled at the mouth of the bowl of porridge, heard the screams of the ruler, he had rolled down the counter!

The ruler cursed savagely. He called him the other guy, he rolled his eyes and yelled at the Rooster: Are you going to tell your father? Collective of the state that dared to open his mouth to beg. The Rooster humbly begged, sometimes trembling to beg, sometimes earnestly begging him to look back. The ruler shouted every time: Dammit, (…) snatched the rope in the hand of the chief’s servant, he rushed to the Rooster’s place to forcefully tie up the house.

The Rooster begged him to forgive him… then he always punched the Rooster in the chest a few times, slapped her in the face, then jumped next to him. It’s a strange and wrong day – it’s just for the sake of money (Nguyen Du). In order to get rid of the ruler, the “old woman smoker” acted in an extremely barbaric way.All patience has limits, moreover, to protect her husband’s life, protect her dignity. herself, the Rooster firmly resisted: “My husband is sick, he is not allowed to torture. Unable to back down, Sister-in-law gritted her teeth in defiance: “You tie up her husband immediately, I will show you to see. !”

Sister Dau’s posture took a leap. From the shrug I called myself grandson, the ruler’s name was grandpa y then you. You slap their faces and humiliate them! Two collectors tried to tie up the poor, but they were punished by the powerful woman. The ruler was grabbed by the Rooster by the neck and pushed him out the door, collapsing on the ground!

The chief aide was grabbed by the Rooster by his hair and fell down the stairs. For Ms. Dau, the colonial prison could not make her tremble. Before the intervention of her husband, Ms. Dau still has not calmed down: “I’d rather go to jail. Let them make love and sin forever, I can’t stand it…”

The worm always writhed, and so did Mrs. Dau, being brutally oppressed, her life threatened, she fought back bravely. Writer Nguyen Tuan had a very interesting comment: On the dark land of the rice fields in the past, an optimistic portrait of Ms. Dau (…) appeared.

The nature of the character of the Rooster is very strong, she always finds herself rolling into the dark and breaking out… Ngo Tat To is very gloating when describing the scene where Ms. Dau gives the ruler and the servant a proper lesson. He pointed out an inevitable law in society: There is oppression and there is struggle.

The scene of the water breaking the bank is very vivid and rich in realism. The passage is like a tragic comedy, the conflict takes place in a dramatic tension. The image of the Rooster is described very realistically. She is rich in love for her husband, and is very stubborn and stubborn. I humiliated the ruler, you, calling yourself grandma.

The grinding of two teeth, the press of the seal, the hair grab and the sentence: I would rather go to prison… have raised the respectable stature of Ms. Dau, a peasant woman in the old society.

From the image of the stork wading along the riverbank – Carrying rice bringing her husband’s cries (singing song) to the image of the Rooster in Turning the Lights off, we can see that the portrait of Vietnamese women in literature has taken a new step forward. both in spirit and in spirit.

Turning off the lights is an excellent “short novel” on the topic of farmers before the August Revolution. While writing about the hardships of farmers, Ngo Tat To chose a separate path. He wanted to strip naked. the cruel face of the colonists through the harsh tax policy in the countryside. Turning off the lights stands a peasant monument – Ms. Dau. It is a man determined to fight evil powers to keep his own life. The quote “The water broke the bank” was the one time she had to fight like that.

Ms. Dau ran and ran to sell enough food to collect enough food for her husband. It’s hard work, but it’s good to be happy through the accident. But unexpectedly, the husband’s rate has just finished taking care of, giving birth to the death rate. So hundreds of mulberries poured silkworms’ heads, knowing that it was a injustice that could not be solved. Worried about a chance to collect her “failure family” and now another one, Ms. Dau was pushed to the end.

The excerpt Instantly the water broke the bank opened with her sigh of relief. Mr. Dau, after being beaten repeatedly, was released by them. Fortunately, the neighbor gave her a handful of rice, so she cooked a bowl of porridge for her husband, hoping to save her husband from danger. But pitifully, the bowl of porridge had barely reached his mouth when the rulers rushed over with whips and rulers.

Before the bossy and cruel, the most sister Dau could only complain: “Two men do good deeds and tell him to give him a beggar”. But what she said did not mean anything. The ruler blatantly uttered a sentence or two, “Are you going to tell me that? Collectors of the State dare to open their mouth to beg for alms.”

It is true that “water” will come to “break the bank”. In a different situation, Ms. Dau must have had a few answers to the behavior of treating people like garbage of the rulers of Mr. Ly’s house. But she still begged patiently. She must have understood too well her lowly status and even more understood the cruelty of the henchmen.

She still earnestly “Woe! My house didn’t exist, even if he cursed, that’s all. Please look back.” It is clear that there, Ms. Dau’s statement has become stronger, there are signs of “unbearable”. Ms. Dau’s request showed carelessness and was no longer shy and completely shy as before.

At this point, the drama of the situation begins to be pushed up. The clown rule “If you don’t have money to pay for him now, he will take your whole family away, scold you?”. The saying is still bossy of the superiors who are used to treating workers as buffaloes and horses. As he spoke, he slammed into Mr. Dau.

So, “the gray-faced Rooster”, hastily ran to plead. She is still five and ten men hoping to elicit a little pity from the ruler. But the evil sister’s pleas were instead met with firm punches from the ruler.

Like the fire has been added fuel, Ms. Dau “couldn’t stand it” and had to “resist”. The ruler’s cruelty had put her in a situation where she had to “risk her life”. However, the drama of the excerpt was really pushed to the climax when the ruler strongly “slapped her in the face of the Rooster”.

Immediately the water broke, the woman gnashed her teeth. the woman’s cleavage. The passage is a substitution of “person”. From the humble address of “grandson”, the Rooster indignantly raised herself to “grandmother” and lowered him to “you”. Also, the word passive. The Rooster could not stand the repression and decided to stand up and protect her husband.

That is, breaking the bank describes a psychological process. Ngo Tat To created a dramatic situation so that the main character collides with other personalities thereby revealing his qualities. The process of psychological development of Ms. Dau took place quickly but delicately. In particular, it is very consistent with the law of personality development as well as completely consistent with the character’s human qualities. It is a calculated and very astute rendition of the writer.

During the period 1936 – 1939, Vietnamese literature appeared many valuable works, forming a realist literary movement that strongly criticized society and vividly reflected the sufferings and sorrows of the Vietnamese people. the Vietnamese people before the August Revolution in 1945. Ngo Tat To was an excellent critical realist writer of this literary genre.

Turning off the lights is one of Ngo Tat To’s most successful works. It was an indictment condemning the corrupt regime of the feudal colonialists, and at the same time, Turning off the lights also built the image of the character of the Rooster, representing the Vietnamese peasant women before the August Revolution with her works. good qualities: deeply love her husband and children and have a fighting spirit against oppression.

Excerpt from the water breaking the bank recounts that after Mr. Dau fainted in the communal yard, afraid of being harmed, the henchmen brought Mr. Dau back to his family like a corpse. Ms. Dau and her neighbors tried their best to take care of Mr. Dau. She was deeply saddened and worried for her husband’s life. She graciously took care of every sleep, every meal for Mr. Dau.

While Mr. Dau was in severe pain, she crept a large bowl of porridge to her husband’s bed and said softly, “Teacher, try to get up and drink some porridge to help ease your stomachache”. It is clear that she was devoted and wholeheartedly taken care of her husband. Her work comes from the deep sincere love of her wife. She tried to see if her husband was eating well. This image reminds me of Mrs. Tu, Tu Xuong’s wife is also diligent, worried and sacrificed everything for her husband and children.

Snorkeling in the absence of storks

The water surface in the winter time.

Those noble feelings are the most typical characteristics of Vietnamese women. It is also because of the beautiful husband and wife love that she bravely fought against the henchmen to protect her beloved husband.

When Mr. Dau was shaking with a bowl of porridge, the rulers and family members rushed in with whips, rulers, and ropes. They have not assaulted, but their mouths are still cursing and sarcastic. Dealing with that unexpected situation, the initial attitude of Ms. Dau was completely passive, she trembled and begged earnestly: “Damn it, my family didn’t have it, even if he cursed, it would be the same. Please look back.”

She humbly humbled herself when calling her grandfather to protect her husband’s life. But they didn’t listen, the minions still charged aggressively. They snatched the rope, rushed to the place of Mr. Dau. Up to this moment, in the face of their brutal oppression, she could no longer bear it, it was clear that the more angry the water broke, the more she had actively fought against the enemy.

The spirit of resistance manifests itself in attitudes and actions. Her face turned gray and the way she addressed herself changed. For the last time, she did not call them grandfather and called them children and grandchildren, but rather friends with her, she put herself above the enemy and took the initiative: “You tie up her husband immediately, I will show you”. Her actions were drastic and quick as cutting, she immediately grabbed his stick, grabbed his hair and fell to the floor.

The challenging sentence and fierce action are both an expression of her love for her husband and her courage and fierce fighting spirit. Obviously “shore water”. Rooster’s melodious sentence “I’d rather go to jail than let them make love and do it forever so I can’t stand it” strongly expressed the resistance and hatred of the class that has been stored for a long time.

How many humiliations she endured for so long, now she can’t hold back anymore, especially they have deliberately tortured Mr. Dau. She used her body to protect her husband but was still restless, she finally rose up to fight against oppression with an insurmountable force of hatred.

The action of Ms. Dau in the excerpt “The water broke the bank” proves that “Where there is oppression, there is struggle”. The resistance of Ms. Dau is also a manifestation of the spirit of fighting against oppression, although spontaneous, it still shows a good potential of the peasantry.

With the leadership of the Party, the peasantry rose up to fight with revolting power with revolutionary self-consciousness. With the art of depicting the character’s personality through the tense developments of the plot. Ngo Tat To has successfully built the character of Ms. Dau. It is a true and beautiful image of a peasant woman before the August Revolution who loved her husband and bravely fought against all oppression and injustice of the feudal colonial regime.

Ms. Dau can be considered as the most complete embodiment of the character traits of Vietnamese women. Ngo Tat To is an excellent realist writer specializing in writing about the countryside before the Revolution, by understanding the psychology of farmers and the psychological developments in them, he built the image of the character of the Rooster in the story. a strong latent vitality and boundless family love.

Turning off the lights is the most typical work of Ngo Tat To. The excerpt “ie the water breaks the shore” is taken from chapter XVIII of the work. With a vivid realistic pen, the passage has exposed the cruel and inhumane face of contemporary feudal colonial society; That society pushed farmers into extremely miserable situations, causing them to risk their lives to resist and the excerpt also shows the beauty of the peasant woman’s soul, rich in love and inherent vitality. strong.

The character of the Rooster is the center of the excerpt, the excerpt opens with the sound of drums and horns and tax pushers getting closer and closer, the dog barking and Mr. Dau has just been brought back from the communal house in a dying state. Mr. Dau was arrested for not paying enough for the collection of his brother-in-law who died last year!

It’s the same way and completely absurd. The dead still have to pay taxes, the feudal colonial society hangs around the necks of the poor people, exploiting them in every way. Mr. Dau was tortured like a corpse, just brought back and now Rooster’s sister is being given some rice to cook a bowl of porridge for Mr. Dau to regain his strength.

The Rooster takes good care of him. I hope he gets well soon. Through her words, “Teacher, please try to sit up and drink some porridge to reduce your stomachache”. The love of the Rooster is shown there. Vietnamese women have always been like that, no matter what the circuTaxances, they still love their family and their husbands faithfully. Old heart

But true to the title “The water broke the bank”, when the rulers came rushing in with whips, rulers and horns. They clearly show the brutality and tyranny of the rulers, causing him to panic too much. They come to arrest Mr. Dau if Sister Dau does not pay the remaining collection of the dead brother-in-law.

The rooster woman trembled and fervently begged them to add alms to him. “I don’t have any at home, even if you scold me, that’s all. Please look back!” She lowered her voice, called her grandson, and called him, showing that she was very humble to beg, but the chiefs were still unmoved. When they thundered and ran to the Rooster with the rope, the Rooster implored them “I beg you, my family has only woken up for a while, please forgive me!”.

But the ferocious ruler pushed her away and pounded her chest several times, “Forgive me, forgive me!” then rushed to tie Mr. Dau. At this time, the tragedy had reached the climax, from calling “grandson” to them, she changed to the title of peer, desperately resisting “My husband is sick, he is not allowed to torture!”.

She was already angry at the arrogant actions of the rulers, but once again the ruler slapped her in the face. This slap really made “the water break the bank”, oh well, there is no limit to everything, at this time, Ms. Dau has clenched her teeth “You tie her husband, I will show you!” She resisted and fought them back, causing them to panic and run away.

The vitality in the Rooster is always latent, patiently waiting for the day to break out. She fought for justice, for what was right, even though she knew it could have serious consequences. But regardless, she boldly said, “I’d rather go to jail. I can’t bear to let them make love like that forever…”

Her statement shows her strong resistance. Experiencing each change of title, the climax of the story rises to a higher level just waiting for an outbreak. It’s like breaking water! Dau’s revolt is also a sign of the rise of our peasants under the oppression of the evil tyrants in the feudal colonial society.

The image of Ms. Dau through the excerpt “The water broke the bank” has left a strong and profound impression on the reader’s mind about the image of a woman carrying a strong latent vitality, resistance and courage. courage against evil, along with a woman’s loving heart.

Ngo Tat To successfully created a description of the suffering and extreme difficulty of people in a colonial country. Express your voice against injustice and power. Firmly denounced the colonial feudal society robbing people of the right to life.

“Lights out” is a true, profound, and full of tears and indignation of poor farmers who are exploited and oppressed. Perhaps writer Ngo Tat To himself could not hold back his tears. What is precious about this writer is his indignation towards the exploiting class and his immense compassion!

“The water breaks the shore” which is a proverb with natural laws (when the water rises, the outer shore breaks, but it also has a deep social meaning…, People have used this proverb as title, the name of a very typical excerpt from the novel Lights Out.

The situation that led to the scene of ‘the water broke the bank’ was right in the middle of the Li Chief’s house, the Rooster, the direct victim of the monstrous tax, cried out in frustration: “Oh my god! I sold both the dog and the dog. and two loads of potatoes for two pieces of seven silver. I thought I had enough money to pay for my husband, so my husband wouldn’t be tortured tonight. Who would have thought that there would still be a collection of dead people! Damn me! If you’re dead, then you have to pay for it?…”

Thus, the situation leading to the “water” situation is due to the storms from the strange tax policy of the French colonialists and the blatant exploitative tricks of the Nghi Que family, and the act of tying the knot. The barbarism of soldiers, patrols, and family members named Ly Truong poured down on the head of the Rooster!

They pushed her to the end, when the Rooster was thrown at the communal house to cry for his children, for his brother, for his fate. But Ms. Dau advised: “Meat is fishy, ​​no one can eat it, you can rest assured that you don’t have to worry about anything”.

Thus, the water level has risen to a very high level, the time of “breaking the bank” is only waiting for every second. The woman had to endure the heartbreaking pain of having to sell her dogs and children but still could not solve the collection problem. Especially when they threw him home like a dead body, the neighbor gave him a bowl of rice, and she quickly cooked porridge to “save her husband” (the bowl of porridge at this time was both a bowl of rice and a cup of medicine).

Her anxiety seemed to have calmed down a bit, because Rooster brother just woke up, trembling and putting the bowl of porridge in his mouth to eat, they slammed into the house, with whips and ropes in their hands, their image was like a group of children. The demons from the underworld appeared and they shouted “That guy! I thought you died last night, are you still alive? Pay the money! Quick!

So the hoarse voice that only smoked the opium corpses immediately extinguished the peace of the Rooster and the faintness of the Rooster! He “rolled out there, unable to say a word”. Faced with that situation, they did not have the slightest bit of sympathy but also yelled, cursed, and threatened Ms. Dau. They called her “you” and called her “father” and then “grandpa” to her. They threatened to “demolish the house” and ‘tie the Rooster’s neck to the family’!

Finally, the ruler grabbed the rope in the hands of the Li Chief and ran to Mr. Dau. Cruel and more cruel, he ‘slaps her in the chest’ and slaps her in the face. Ms. Dau’s attitude was very angry, but to protect her husband, she begged, prevented, and parried her husband. Each time she backed away to plead, the ruler became more aggressive. While hitting and cursing him, he jumped next to Mr. Dau.

The actions and gestures of the low-class henchmen are the wind that causes the scene of “the water breaking the bank”. The storm has reached the point where the right bank “breaks”. After slapping her in the face and adding his rude, miserable words like: “Are you going to tell your father”, ‘tie the husband’s neck’. She couldn’t stand it anymore, so she grabbed him by the neck and pushed him out the door, he “collapsed on the ground, screaming and tying the husband and wife of the poor”!

Thus, the Rooster is a symbol of the waves, the whole country has the power to destroy the shore. And the soldiers and henchmen only rely on strength in power and violence, but their nature is weak, from the appearance to the heart inside!

The situation happened like it was unexpected that Ms. Dau resisted so strongly! At that time, she was focusing on saying her thoughts and gestures to comfort her husband. ‘My teacher tried to sit up and slurp some porridge to help “feel sorry”, but the guards brought the body in. Even though they yelled at her, she still gently begged them with loving and reasonable words: “My family was in a pinch and had to pay the collection fee for his uncle, so that’s why it was so messy. But you dare to neglect it. Where’s the state’s money?”…

If people with common sense look at that family situation, who can afford to suffer to the end? But these guys are henchmen, they don’t have the concept of ‘human love’, so they only know how to speak vulgarly, shout loudly, beat people indiscriminately, they don’t know that even if they kill you and your wife, it will be fine. There are no more coins that are unjustifiable.

She called them “grandpa” and called herself “grandson” and twice she asked them: “You two bless my family’s beggar”… “My house doesn’t exist, please review…” Thus, one side is trying to suppress, the other side is relying on the government and the law to scold and push people to the end.

So the situation has become impossible but “the tree wants to be still but the wind doesn’t stop”. After being beaten by the ruler and he threatened not to spare the Rooster, the Rooster rose up to become a fierce woman, fiercely opposing them: from the place of calling “grandchild” to “grandfather”, she called them “” you” and called “grandmother” saying words that overwhelm them: “You are not allowed”, “You tie her husband right away, I will show you”. In other words, I’ve knocked them both down, both of the “representatives” of the most wretched domination.

In the critical realist literature of the period 1930-1945, it is impossible not to mention the names of prominent authors such as Vu Trong Phung, Nam Cao, Ngo Tat To, etc. And perhaps we cannot forget the image. picture of Mrs. Dau – typical of women of that period.

That is the image of a woman who is always devoted to her husband and children, bearing a heavy load of sacrifice but no longer the weakness and weakness of a woman in the feudal period, but has had a strong resistance against the forces that have always been there. oppressing and forcing farmers at that time, so perhaps the quote “The water broke the bank” is one of the most expensive passages in Ngo Tat To’s “Lights out” work. profound humanity left in the hearts of readers until today.

The background in the work is the image of Dong Xa village in the days when they were urged to collect taxes for them. The house of Mrs. Dau is one of the most difficult families in the village. Because he could not pay the ridiculously high tax rate, Mr. Dau was tied up and beaten brutally by them.

To the extreme, Ms. Dau had to sell her mother dogs, puppies and eldest daughter to Nghi Que’s family at a cheap price to have money to save her husband from the hands of the powerful. Through this, we can see the image of a peasant woman who, though illiterate, is always devoted to her husband, having to take on the work that should be given to the man in the family.

At the beginning of the excerpt is the image of Mr. Dau tied on a pole in the middle of the communal house, struggling, exhausted, unable to withstand the pain, physically and mentally exhausted. It was very difficult for her to get a little money to pay for the collection. However, the strongmen and henchmen of “Mr. Ly” dragged him out and threw them in the yard, returned them to her, and demanded that she pay more tax on the nails of her brother-in-law who died last year.

It was an unreasonable request, but she still had to be patient. So sad, so worried, but she still tried to control her heart, trying to give her husband a bowl of diluted porridge, even though she herself had nothing to eat. She just gently told her husband: “Teacher, I try to get up and drink some porridge to help my stomach.” The words of the rural woman, though simple, bring so many thoughts and feelings that few can match.

She even held the Tuu and sat next to her husband to see if he could eat it or not, and if it was delicious. Her love must be so ironic, rich in virtue of sacrifice, how can it be so in such a difficult and contradictory situation. And perhaps it was that immense love that gave her extraordinary strength against the henchmen when they entered, trying to force their way to the wall and their situation.

When the minions entered with whips and clubs, the first thing she did was think of her poor husband. She was worried he couldn’t stand any more battles. He was completely exhausted after last night. She could only plead with a trembling voice, full of lowliness, begging: “The two good men told Mr. Ly to ask for a beggar.” She behaved like this because she knew her situation at that time. , because she is just a peasant woman like many other people.

At this time, she could think of nothing but the boiling will to protect her family, to protect her sick husband and young children. However, those minions don’t have any humanity left. They ignored her pleas, they pushed her away, intending to continue tying the Rooster to lead him away, at this time, she had to kneel down and beg: “I beg you, my family just woke up for a while”. But he slapped her and insisted on rushing towards Mr. Dau, who had just woken up for a moment.

At this point, she couldn’t hold back anymore. Her resistance gradually increased in intensity. First, she stopped them and said “my husband is sick, you are not allowed to torture”. Just one sentence, but it was like a warning to her about their actions.

But the more patient you are, the more they encroach. He “slapped her in the chest a few times” and “slapped her in the face with a slap” and still charged towards Mr. Dau. At this point, Ms. Dau could no longer keep her composure, she rushed towards her husband, pushed away the henchmen, put her hands on her hips and said “You tie her husband, I will show you”.

True to the saying “the water breaks the bank”, Ms. Dau from the small, lowly address, calls her grandson to him, then she calls herself “I”, and finally “she – you”. Some people may think that Ms. Dau is a fierce woman, but it can be said that few people can act like her.

She rushed at the guys who wanted to capture her husband and fought with them. A woman’s true strength emerges when they are forced to protect the loved ones around her, and perhaps because she couldn’t hold back any longer, she was forced into a dead end.

Even with her husband’s advice, she still stubbornly followed her instincts, she would rather go to jail than to be suppressed or coerced. Just like writer Nguyen Tuan once said: “On the dark sky and earth of the ancient society, an optimistic portrait of Mrs. Dau appeared. Her nature was very strong, she kept rolling into the dark. and broke it…”.

The excerpt “The water broke the bank” deeply depicts the colorful and realistic image of Vietnamese society in the pre-revolutionary period. Along with it, the image of the Rooster is also clearly depicted, harmonizing two different personalities, for the loved ones next to her, she is always gentle, ready to sacrifice anything, but with the bad guys, she risked everything to fight with them. It is also probably a big change in the image of a woman both in temperament and personality.

The peasants who faced many sufferings and misfortunes but still rose up in life, keeping all their good qualities, is an image we can easily see in the literary works of the period before the August revolution. And when reading those works, readers certainly cannot forget the image of a poor woman who lives in poverty but still loves her husband and children wholeheartedly and has a strong potential. That woman is the Rooster in Turning Out the Lights, or more clearly in her personality in the excerpt The Water Breaks the Bank.

The character of the Rooster has a very pitiful situation. The family is poor and owes tax money, so she has to sell a load of potatoes, a newborn dog’s nest and even her seven-year-old daughter to Nghi Que and her husband to have money to pay taxes for her husband. But still not finished, her husband Dau was still tied and beaten in the yard of the communal house, because he still lacked the collection of his brother-in-law who died last year.

Even if they’re dead, they can’t hide from the state collection, so the Rooster and his wife still have to pay that collection rate. Mr. Dau was already sick and sick, and was tied up all day and night in the communal yard, so he thought he was dead. The mighty men and women saw that, and immediately carried him back home to pay the Rooster.

The Rooster is a loving wife and mother. Seeing her husband like that, she couldn’t hold back her tears in pain. She tried everything to save her husband from the crisis. She earnestly begged her husband to take a sip of porridge to help ease the pain in her gut. The bowl of porridge seemed to contain a lot of her love for her husband.

She held the Tieu and sat next to her husband, watching to see if he was eating well, making us see clearly her love and care when her husband was sick, facing a life-threatening crisis. Not only that, she is also a tough, brave person who dares to stand up against the strongmen to protect the husband she loves.

The rulers, the chief’s hands and feet collapsed, rushed to him, beating him with his whip and hand. Mr. Dau had not had time to slurp a piece of porridge, he was scared by their screams to fall over. They cursed Mr. Dau for nothing, then rolled their eyes and yelled at Ms. Dau. The Rooster begged him, begged for debt, asked them to reconsider…

But no, he became more confused, ran to Mr. Dau to tie up the house. Seeing the Rooster begging, he always punched her in the chest, then slapped her in the face. He rushed to the Rooster’s side, intending to tie him up. At this point, I can’t stand it anymore, everything has a limit. To protect her husband, she bravely resisted. She gritted her teeth challenging them:

– You tie her husband, she shows you!

The Rooster’s attitude changed unexpectedly. As she humbly begged, afraid of them, she now patted her chest confidently and threatened them back. She even punished two rulers who tried to rush to tie her husband. Those who smoked a lot of old sage can’t have enough strength to fight against a woman who is full of energy year-round. They were grabbed by her neck, pushed to the door, one of them was grabbed by her hair and fell off the stairs.

I have nothing to fear anymore, I would rather go to jail than let them make love. She tried to be patient, but because they were more and more encroached, oppressive, brutally exploited, threatening her husband’s life, she bravely rose up to fight them. As the saying goes, “The worm is always writhing”, in an oppressive situation, people will have to rise up to fight.

Indeed, Ms. Dau in “The water broke the bank” was described by Nguyen Tuan very vividly and truthfully, a woman rich in love for her family, husband and children, rich in self-sacrifice, and in any situation. Either way, she is ready to stand up and fight for her family and loved ones.She is a typical example of Vietnamese women in the old society.

That is, the water broke the bank of a small part in Ngo Tat To’s novel Turn off the lights. The work shows the cruel face of the semi-feudal colonialists trying to oppress and exploit the people. But above all, it is still praising the beauty and quality of the farmer, represented by Ms. Dau.

The situation of Mrs. Dau’s family is very poor and miserable, her family is the lowest class in the village. The collection days are the most miserable and miserable days of her family. She had to sell both dogs and children but still couldn’t collect enough money for her husband and lost brother.

Behind that anguish appeared a very beautiful woman in character. First of all, she is a lover of her husband and children. Mr. Dau has just been released, Ms. Dau is given some rice by the neighbor’s grandmother, she cooks porridge for the whole family to eat. Cold porridge, she brought a large bowl to her husband, using very gentle words to encourage Rooster: “Teacher, try to sit up and drink some porridge to help reduce your stomachache” and then try to stay to see if your husband’s appetite is good or not. are not.

She is indeed a woman who is responsible, caring and very attentive to her husband. Rooster has just escaped death after a beating outside the family, before eating a bowl of porridge, the rulers have arrived. The most important issue for her right now is how to save her husband’s life. Putting the Rooster in such a critical and dramatic situation once again reveals her deep love for her husband.

The rulers were extremely aggressive, they stormed in to arrest him and drag him out of the house. Faced with that situation, Ms. Dau immediately pleaded with the ruler and but all her pleas were refused, she was also beaten by the ruler, finally she stood up to fight the ruler and his family. determined to protect her husband to the end. In the face of power, she showed no fear, her only concern was to protect her ailing husband.

Not only is she a woman who loves her husband and children, she is also a person with strong potential for resistance and vitality. Her resistance is shown through very logical stages with each other. At first she earnestly begged, hoping that they would love and forgive her husband: “I beg you, my family just woke up for a while, you forgive me.”

Next, she resisted with the argument: “My husband is sick, he is not allowed to torture”. Her address has changed from “grandfather-son” to “grandfather-me” showing that she is no longer an inferior but an equal. The culmination of the spirit of resistance was the show of force: “Sister Dau gritted her teeth: “You tie up her husband right away, I’ll show you.” The way she addressed herself showed that the Rooster was in a different position. After saying that, she immediately grabbed the ruler by the neck and pushed him to the door, the result of the battle and victory belonged to Ms. Dau.

The above stages of development show that Ngo Tat To accurately described the scene of the farmer’s “water bursting”. Although the protest action of Ms. Dau was spontaneous, it also showed the potential vitality of the farmer. Ms. Dau is a representative representative of the beauty and tradition of Vietnamese women.

To build a beautiful portrait of Ms. Dau’s personality, the author has flexibly applied different artistic elements. First of all, building a story situation rich in drama, tension, developing hierarchically thereby revealing the good character of the character. The art of building character’s personality is mainly expressed through the characters’ language and actions. Character language is simple, rustic, easy to understand, especially the author uses rich verbal language, contributing to expressing the soul and personality of the subject.

With a realistic pen, Ngo Tat To not only exposed the inhuman face of the ruling class but also showed the beauty of the peasantry. The character of the Rooster is a typical representative of the Vietnamese peasant woman: rich in love and has a strong potential vitality. Behind the page, there is also an attitude of respect and praise for Vietnamese women.