Reference #8
In his confession, Kim Lan said: “When it comes to patriotism, it feels far away, but the love for the village is so close and attached. For Vietnamese people, villages raise people who grow up in both material and spiritual life. It was Kim Lan’s own deep love for the village that grew into a revolutionary sentiment. And the short story “Village” is the place where that noble affection has the opportunity to sublimate. Coming to the work, we meet a simple and ordinary Mr. Hai like many others, but full of love for the village, patriotism and the spirit of resistance.
The whole work is an inner battle, a test for Mr. Hai’s love for the village when he heard that Cho Dau village was following the enemy. For several days he suffered, tormented, dared not meet anyone. Until the rumor was rectified, Mr. Hai was excited to show off the village with all his joy.
With “Village”, nested in a unique story situation, the description of the character’s psychological depth is also very subtle, especially through the character of Mr. Hai. The vibrations, emotions at times sad and happy have created a special effect with readers.
The first impression of Mr. Hai is the image of a Vietnamese farmer during the arduous resistance war against the French. He is a simple, industrious, industrious, full of labor spirit. Mr. Hai came here as a refugee and he always felt a pain in his heart about his hometown, where he had been attached for half of his life. We can see how great that love is, when we think about the scene where he was resolute in the resistance village and only regretfully left when he was explained that: “evacuating is also the resistance”. There was no difference then and now. Being in a foreign land, he was always worried about returning to the village, always remembering that “degree”, the time when he was happy with his brothers and friends “also failed to sing, also flowered, also dug and worked in passion. all day”… His mood was like a youth with nostalgia and reminiscences.
In the place of evacuation, he is staying in the house of a fastidious midwife, always skewering… but he still endures because of the resistance, still optimistic. He continued to live in love with Cho Dau village earnestly, patriotic, love revolution, hate Westerners who robbed the country! It was also in this place that he formed a habit that he couldn’t give up – going to the newsroom to read newspapers. Even though he was literate, he couldn’t read it easily, so he had to overhear, “this is very painful for him”. But he was not discouraged because there was always great joy here, he heard that “good people” saved the country. Every time he came, he was excited, excited and more confident in victory. He walked with the joy of “exciting” to continue living in the countryside and felt very light, refreshed, ready to let go of his soul on sunny roads, holding on to his wings…
But then, drama happened, an ironic situation came. The news that his Cho Dau village followed the West from nowhere, followed the refugees who had just arrived here, right in front of his face that was cocked with excitement: “So how many guys can we kill?”. And then the excitement in his heart was poured with cold water, the monument in his heart – Cho Dau village followed the West! It’s hard to accept. He seemed to have received a great shock: “His neck was tight, his face was numb. The old man was silent as if he could not breathe. It’s been a while since I pushed eh.. eh…”. As if trying to find some hope, he asked: “Is it true, uncle? Or just again…”. But no, the displaced woman asserted that “Vietnamese fraud from the president… The Chief Justice…” is hard to refute. And the question “Why do you say that the village of Dau market is so spiritual?” like a blow to his almost numb soul. He felt extremely embarrassed but tried to pretend to be calm to hide his mood, bowed his head and went home. He was in so much pain that he did not dare to identify himself as a Cho Dau villager even though he had great faith in his fellow resistance fighters.
Mr. Hai tried to run away, tried to avoid, but couldn’t because in his mind he always had a village. That’s why the words of the displaced people just now followed him home. He really broke down. He thought that he was sorry, he was in tears. Are you thinking that the children of “the Vietnamese village” will be rejected or are you thinking about yourself? He was loyal to the revolution, but now he has to sell his country… It hurts so much when he thinks about his patriotic brothers. Can they sell the country cheaply? But the evidence is too specific to say it all. On the one hand he is trying to defend, on the other he condemns and then creates a terrible inner conflict. So humiliating! Disgusting what a fake Vietnamese – the army sells the country!
In this painful scene, Mrs. Hai appeared as an unnecessary thing. She also heard the news, was also very worried. When she mentioned the rumor, it only made a person silent because of the “pain” to get angry. Also must understand for Mr. Hai, when a person is in pain, it will be difficult to sympathize with the pain of others. The air in the cramped house is now harder to breathe than ever…
The heavy obsession, the feeling of pain and humiliation has turned into a constant fear in Mr. Hai since hearing the bad news. The proof is that he tortured himself in the small house for four days straight. All he could do was listen. He waits to see how people talk about it…, he is “whispering”… he is “wretched”… Every time he hears about the West, Vietnam, oranges and swarms… he “remains in a corner of the house.” , shut up”. He was in so much pain, but he was still looking for more pain. Perhaps, he knew he shouldn’t, but his mind lost, lost to a passionate heart that remained unchanged!
And in the end, the fact that he was always a fear and scarier than the landlady hinted at sending his family away, because his family was a Vietnamese villager. “What a great way to live! Shameless yet! Where to go now?” How humiliating the Vietnamese village is? Even a safe place does not exist. There’s no place for people like that. If you earn it, you won’t have any face to live in. It was the result of thoughts torn from Mr. Hai’s bleeding heart.
In front of the old man, there were only two roads. It is not possible to stay. As for the village… Just thinking about it, he immediately dismissed it. As a person like you, would you mind going back to that humiliating place again, won’t you be on the same page as the Vietnamese crooks? And “returning to the village means giving up the resistance, leaving Uncle Ho”. He was already suffering too much. Choose village or resistance? He suffered so much that he had to say with pain: “The village really loves, but the village follows the West and then it has to hate!”
The inner conflict has been pushed to the climax. He got into an impasse. You have suppressed, suppressed the suffering too much. And in the end, he could only confide in his youngest son. With the child, he experienced all the mood heavy with sadness. During the conversation, he still gave his innocent son a passionate love for the village of Dau Market, the image of the village was still painful in his mind. And most of all, he abandoned his own and merged with the general of the resistance. His burden was relieved in two. It seems that, up to this moment, from that tragedy, a beautiful feeling shines forth, that is the national spirit, loyalty to the revolution, and Uncle Ho: “Brothers, comrades know, tell your father and son/ Uncle Ho on his head and neck to examine his father and son…”. That sentiment is like an endless source of energy that gives life to Mr. Hai. I suddenly remembered Tran Dang Khoa’s verse in the epic “The Hero’s Song”:
“People in times of danger
Either the light shines or the smoke fades away.”
He brightened up the sincere patriotism of the peasants towards the revolution, to Uncle Ho. That beauty is truly commendable. Then, it seems that God has never cut anyone’s way of life, especially with people like him. It has come, the news that Cho Dau village according to the West has been rectified has arrived. Mr. Hai lived his life as if he had just been revived again after the last long period of terrible internal conflict. Village love, patriotism have returned to blend more deeply in the heart of this simple farmer. Mr. Hai has released the torment and suffering for a long time. Joy returned to the sad face of the day before. The old man was as happy as he’d never been before: “The mouth is full of chewing betel, the eyes are red, and the eyes are burning…” Then bought gifts for his children, went everywhere to Uncle Thu’s house, the landlady, whenever he met him. who he said again told, laughed again. And boasted again: “The West burned my house, bro! Smooth burn”. That joy was so great that when I talked about my village being burned to the ground, my house burned down without caring, not bothering, seemingly unharmed, only knowing the joy of resistance, the joy of revolution. . Or is it because Mr. Hai has vented his shame and humiliation? Everything seemed to dissolve in a surge of happiness. Now I can be proud, proud to show off my resistance village again.
The simple, rustic farmers have found a way to draw a new horizon for them. Thanks to that, the revolution became a part of them – how people like Mr. Hai will suffer when the truth of their lives is violated. The revolution has given them new life and they understand to cherish, to protect.
The situation of Cho Dau village according to the West being corrected is the end of Mr. Hai’s fierce inner conflict, but it has opened up both minds and new positions for the characters in the story. The view of Cho Dau village has been changed through each of Mr. Hai’s facial expressions. Thanks to that, it exudes an emotional beauty that comes from the bottom of the heart, flesh and blood – the emotional attachment to the village, the revolution, and Uncle Ho of those sincere farmers.
Building Mr. Hai’s mentality in an impressive and subtle way is the great success of the short story “Village”. Through this, the exploration of the depth of the character’s mood and psychology is raised to a new level by Kim Lan. The author sent back after the “Village” a love and a belief in the Vietnamese peasants in the early days of the arduous resistance war against the French.

Reference #4
In modern Vietnamese literature, Kim Lan is considered a writer of the countryside, of ordinary and sincere workers. His village is a testament to his distinctive short stories on that subject. The story happened during the resistance war against the French colonialists, in which the peasants had profound changes in their perception of the village, the country, the revolution, etc. That brought to the page of the book. his beautiful, fresh feelings about Vietnamese farmers after the August Revolution.
Perhaps after reading the story of the village, everyone is impressed by Mr. Hai’s love for the village. It was a deep, sincere love. A rustic love that we can easily see in every Vietnamese countryside. But especially in that, the love of the village in Mr. Hai became passion and pride, evident in his habit of “showing off the village”.
Before the August Revolution, Mr. Hai boasted that his Cho Dau village was beautiful, rich, and prosperous. “The tile houses are close together, the village road is paved with green stone, when it rains, the mud does not touch the heels”. In Mr. Hai’s eyes, Cho Dau village is the most beautiful and busiest village, his pride and pride. He could sit for hours talking about his village, even meeting everyone he talked about Cho Dau village. The love of Dau village made Mr. Hai so confused that everything belonging to Dau village was a pride, including the governor’s palace of his village, the work that made so many innocent people like him fall. sweat and even blood to build, but in the end “the house is like the own of some arrogant, overbearing professional”. The communal house containing so much “oppression and repression” in his eyes is also very beautiful, just like his own Cho Dau village.
But when he was enlightened to the revolution, Mr. Hai no longer boasted about the wealth of Dau village. He boasted about the fighting spirit of his village, about the “old men with white beards and white hair who still practice one or two”, about the “brothers digging roads, building embankments, cutting trenches, carrying stones …”, about the radio station. sound, even the sentry hut erected at the top of his village. It was the August Revolution that changed him. After the popular education, he could read, write and more importantly, he had an awareness of the resistance war, the Party, and Uncle Ho. In the evacuation, he became busier, and it seemed like he was always doing important things: he went to the information room to listen to the newspaper, to sit and talk with people. His mood was always happy and excited, especially when he heard the news of the raid. We can see that the love of the village of a farmer like Mr. Hai has turned into love for the country, the Fatherland. But in any situation, wherever, his heart is also directed to Cho Dau village. When he sat and talked with the newly evacuated people, referring to Cho Dau village, he “turned around, stammered asking” for information. And his love for the village was shown most clearly when Mr. Hai heard rumors that Dau village was following the West and doing Vietnamese fraud.
When he heard the news, Mr. Hai was stunned: “The old man’s neck was completely quiet, his face was numb. The old man was silent, as if he could not breathe.” When he calmed down somewhat, he even tried not to believe the news. But then the displaced people told it so clearly, claiming they were “just up there” so he didn’t want to believe it, but he had to believe it. From that moment, in Mr. Hai’s mind only the bad news invaded, it became a tormenting obsession. Hearing the curse of the Vietnamese cheaters, he “bowed his head and walked away”, when he got home, he lay down on the bed and looked at his children with “the old man’s tears. Are they also the children of the Vietnamese village? Are they also being snubbed by people? Then he “Closed his hands and hissed” cursing at the villagers, “Are they going to eat a piece of rice or something in their mouth and go to work like this fake Vietnamese selling water to humiliate like this?”.
Perhaps we can’t believe a man like Mr. Hai, a cheerful person who only goes out all day to talk about raids and stories of Dau village, now huddled at home crying and cursing. His mood was confused, half believing and half doubting that terrible thing. For the next few days, he did not dare to go anywhere, just hanging around at home listening to the situation outside. His wife mentioned it, he dismissed it. “A crowd gathered, he also noticed, a few laughs talking in the distance, he also hesitated. He always seemed to think that people were paying attention, people were talking about “that thing”. Every time he hears Western, Vietnamese, and camophonic languages, he retreats to a corner of the house, holding his breath. Stop ! It’s that thing again.”
When hearing the news that the village had joined the enemy, two feelings: one was the village, the other was the country, leading to an internal conflict in Mr. Hai. He decisively chose his way: “The village really loves, but the village follows the West, then it must be hated”, patriotism was broader, covering the affection for the village. But even with that determination, he still couldn’t get rid of his feelings for the village, so he was even more sad and ashamed. Mr. Hai was pushed into a deadlock and despair when the landlady wanted to evict his family. Where to go now ? No one wants to harbor the people of the village “Vietnamese”. Although he did not know where to go, the thought of returning to the village did not exist. Because returning to the village means “returning to be a slave to the West”, is betraying the Party, Uncle Ho. It is at this time that we can fully see the love of Mr. Hai’s village. It was touching when he held his youngest son in his arms and talked with him.
When the mood is suppressed, he pours his heart into whispers, confiding to his young child, very innocent. Thereby, he wanted to tell himself, confided in his heart. He wanted his son to remember the sentence “Our house is in Cho Dau village” and wanted him to know his loyalty to the resistance war, to the revolution whose symbol is Uncle Ho. Uncle Ho on his head on his neck examined his father and son. His daughter’s heart is like that, never dared to be wrong. Death is never dare to single wrong.”. That is the deep, sacred, sincere, and sustainable feelings of Mr. Hai – a farmer for his homeland, the country, the Revolution and Uncle Ho, and those feelings are not only pride but also pride. It is also the pride and honor of Mr. Hai.
When he heard the news that the village of Dau did not follow the West, he was “rejoicing and radiant. Mouth chewed betel nut, eyes red and red, blinking. He hurriedly went from house to house to tell the news, “It burned my house down, boss. Smooth burning! The president of my village just came up here to correct… rectified the news that we were going to Vietnam to cheat in Cho Dau village. Lao! Lazy all! It’s all wrong on purpose.” We wonder what makes Mr. Hai happy when his beloved village of Dau is “burnt out” ? It is proof for the honor of his village, for the steadfast and faithful heart of the people of Dau village. And from that day on, Mr. Hai went to tell his neighbors about Dau village. The story of “Western day on terror. How many guys, how many Westerners, how many Vietnamese cheats, which roads to go, where to burn down, and how the militia and self-defense forces of your village arranged and resisted, as clearly and meticulously as yourself. I just finished attending that battle…”
We can find such a Hai in any Vietnamese farmer. Author Kim Lan is very ingenious when creating a story situation that describes the character’s psychology. There is a hole that he must be very close to the farmers to build such a simple but familiar Mr. Hai.
Through the character of Mr. Hai, we clearly see that the love of the village and patriotism of Vietnamese farmers during the resistance war has changed. It becomes a sacred, noble love, a responsibility of citizens. After reading the short story Our Village has more faith in the victory of the resistance war because there are people like Mr

Reference #10
The image of the farmer has long entered the national literature, it has become a topic, inspiring many artists. If before the August revolution, we see the image of Ms. Dau wandering around in hunger and poverty through the short story “Lights out” by Ngo Tat To; the image of Chi Pheo corrupted, metamorphosed from an honest person to a thug, a delinquent, the devil of Vu Dai village in Nam Cao’s short story of the same name … then after the revolution, writer Kim Lan also contributed an image of a farmer to the topic with a short story titled: “Village” (1948). However, Kim Lan did not exploit the poverty, hunger, alienation of their humanity and humanity like previous writers, but he went on to describe the blend between village love and love. the country, the resistance spirit of the peasants. That, very successfully expressed by Kim Lan through the image of Mr. Hai, has since become a symbolic monument for farmers in the new era – the era of revolution and resistance.
First of all, Mr. Hai appears to be a patriotic farmer, loves the village, is always proud of his homeland, the village, the place where his vegetables are buried. , proud of his village. Wherever he went, he also showed off to everyone that his village was rich and beautiful, his village had a revolutionary tradition. Therefore, every time he talked about the village, he told it with a passionate attitude, his face changed, his eyes were eager, he could talk to anyone about that endless subject. Even when he spoke, whether the listener wanted to hear it or not, he did not care, regardless of whether he was drunk. But now, Mr. Hai has to leave his hometown, away from the village, and take the whole family to disperse according to orders. “He was lying on the bed, shaking his hand on his forehead and thinking about it. He thought about his village again, and thought about the day he worked with his brothers …”, he remembered the day with his friends, Brothers in the village, in the hamlet, digging trenches, building embankments, busy work, busy doing, he “didn’t have time to think about his wife and children anymore”… And behind that nostalgia, readers see Hai’s sincere attachment and sincere love to the village and village. That love really reminds us of the old folk song:
You go, you miss home
Remember the vegetable soup memorized bitter bean soup
Remember who was drenched in the sun and dew
Remember who slapped the water on the side of the road the other day.
And, in Mr. Hai, too, everything associated with Cho Dau village, he engraved and remembered in the bottom of his heart: “Wow! The old man misses the village, misses the village so much”. And the more he remembered, the more he wanted to learn, to hear about the situation of the village. So, every day, in the evacuation place, every morning, the first thing he does is go to the information room to listen and read the newspaper, hoping to know a little bit about the village and the resistance war. So when knowing all the good news about the revolution, “his gut just danced, so happy!”… Thus, here we can see the longing and burning nostalgia for the homeland of the people. Mr. Hai and he always watched every step of the revolution and the resistance. It is a typical, common and inherent psychological trait of a farmer towards his village and country, the desire to return to the village, to return to his ancestral homeland is also synonymous with the desire for a clean country. foreign ball.
But there was an unexpected event that happened to him, coming out of the information room very excited, excited by the good news of the resistance, meeting the displaced people, hearing them mention the name of the village, Mr. Again, stammeringly asked, hoping to hear good news about the village, but unexpectedly, the whole village of Cho Dau followed the enemy. Before that bad news, Mr. Hai was dumbfounded, “The old man’s neck was completely numb, his face was numb. The old man was silent, as if he couldn’t breathe.” From joy, faith and hope, Mr. Hai fell into the abyss of sorrow, grief, and despair. He tried to calm himself and tried to find a way to leave, wanting to hide his mood, but the shame, humiliation, and worry made him “go with his head down”, still echoing the curse “like Vietnamese people”. selling water”.
When he got home, Mr. Hai lay down on the bed and felt sorry for himself when he looked at his children: “the old man’s tears kept pouring out”. His inner monologues expressed his anguish and pain: “Are they also children of the Vietnamese village? Are they also being snubbed by people?…”. He was angry with the people who followed the enemy and betrayed the country, the old man clenched his hands and hissed: “They fly to eat a piece of rice or something in their mouth and go to do this fake Vietnamese thing to sell water to humiliate like this”. But then, he felt “surprised” that his words weren’t quite right. Faith and disappointment were torn between him. “He examined each person in his mind” and found that they were all people with a spirit of resistance, living one life and dying with the enemy, there was no way he could dare to do such a disgraceful thing. In the situation of war, the spirit of patriotism, the spirit of resistance is a sacred and noble sentiment; and betrayal is the most humiliating thing. So since hearing the news that his village had joined the enemy, it had become an obsession and torment in his mind, making him unable to step foot outside today. All day, just hanging around in that cramped space, listening to the soldiers. “A crowd gathered, he also noticed, a few voices in the distance he also hesitated”, he always thought that people were paying attention, talking about “that thing”; Every time he hears the Western, orange, and Vietnamese languages, he retreats to a corner of the house to keep quiet… “Stop talking about it!”. He was always withdrawn, feeling ashamed, sad, and seemed to feel guilty himself. He left in a desperate situation when the landlady called out to send his family away because “I heard that there was an order to expel all the villagers from the Dau market village, not allowing them to live anymore”. Mr. Hai did not know where to go, nor could he return to the village because returning to the village meant leaving the resistance, leaving Uncle Ho, “returning to the village means returning to be a slave to the West”. In Mr. Hai, a fierce internal struggle took place and he decided to choose his own way: “The village really loves, but the village follows the West and then it has to hate”. Patriotism has covered the love of the village. But he couldn’t let go of his love for the village, so Mr. Hai was even more sad and ashamed. In a pent-up mood, not knowing how to release it, Mr. Hai could only pour out his heart to his small child. The dialogue between him and his son revealed very touchingly Mr. Hai’s deep attachment to the village, to the country and to the resistance. He talked to his son as if he were talking to himself, he was unjust, he was self-righteous. The dialogue, which contains both pain and sorrow, also shows the faithful heart, loyal to the resistance, to the revolution, to Uncle Ho.
Perhaps, if he did not receive the news of correction, Mr. Hai would die for the rest of his life, dying in pain, shame and humiliation about his village. But after that, his village government corrected the news that the village of Dau market followed the enemy. Upon receiving the news, Mr. Hai seemed to come back to life, joy filled him: his clothes were neat, his face was cheerful and radiant, his mouth was full of betel nut, his eyes were red, his eyes were red, he was babbling, he was babbling, buy gifts for the kids…. Especially the act of running away to show everyone the good news. The joy and happiness overflowed, so he kept dancing his hands up to show off. And strangely, the first sentence he boasted was not that his village did not follow the enemy, but that “the West burned my house… For farmers, the house is their whole inheritance that they have worked hard all their lives to get. But Mr. Hai did not regret his house because it was proof that his village did not follow the enemy and above all it was as a “contribution” of his family to the resistance. That, once again affirms more clearly the love of the village, patriotism and loyalty to the resistance in Mr. Hai.
At this point, we see Kim Lan’s unique creativity in the art of creating situations, which are really thrilling and dramatic with the challenges of the character’s inner life, thereby revealing the depth of inner life, character’s thoughts and feelings. The author has described the character’s psychology deeply, subtly, very specifically, and evocatively through the inner world with thoughts, behaviors, and language. In particular, the writer has described very correctly, very impressively the haunting obsession in the character’s mood. It proves that Kim Lan has a deep understanding of the people and psychological traits of Vietnamese farmers behind the village’s bamboo ramparts.
It is true that the writer Ra – xun Gam – za – top once said: “One can only separate people from their homeland, but cannot separate the homeland from people”; means that people can leave their homeland in terms of space and geography, but in the depths of each person’s heart and soul, the homeland still exists. That is true for the character of Mr. Hai, a farmer far from the village who has been displaced but always feels a sense of nostalgia for the village and patriotism. Through the character of Mr. Hai, readers can see Kim Lan’s talent for portraying the character’s character, so unique, so vivid, with elements of the revolutionary resistance era: love of the village, patriotism, loyal to the resistance war, to the nation. Mr. Hai became an immortal card statue, a symbol of Vietnamese farmers in the long struggle of the national revolution.

Reference #7
Kim Lan’s village is one of the unique short stories on the topic of farmers, about patriotism in the resistance war against the ancient holy French colonialists. In the story, we can see that the love of the village and the homeland is raised to the spirit of patriotism and patriotism deeply in the hearts of simple and sincere farmers. That good change can only be seen in hot situations determined to drive away the aggressor.
The story was written by the author in the early days of the French resistance war. Talking about the farmer, but mainly the story revolves around the character of Mr. Hai, an industrious and simple old farmer like many others. The only thing worth mentioning is that the old man loves his village like no other, loves with a very special feeling.
Kim Lan has captured that precious feature to express honestly but also very original and interesting in her short stories. Mr. Hai loves his Cho Dau village so much, that love makes him a braggart. Everything in Dau village is also good, it’s the village road paved with green stone, it’s clean when it rains, it’s windy, it’s clean but it’s sunny and dry. showing off like that, people in other places will admire and admire. In all his stories, there is always a theme about the place of “burying the umbilical cord” and only then does he look bright and quick. Indeed, the pride of this man’s “fatherland” is so innocent and pure.
The revolution brought people a new life, no longer oppression and exploitation, the plow people were able to own the fields and villages and the awareness of farmers like him was expanded, more understanding than before… Then the resistance war against the French broke out, Uncle Ho’s appeal to the whole nation for resistance ignited the fire of patriotism in the hearts of the entire nation and all rural people like Mr. He soon realized the true value of his village, his people. So if we hear him bragging about Dau village now, we also feel very excited and excited. What is the spirit of taking power, practicing self-defense, digging trenches, building embankments, preparing for battle, etc. His sincere heart and genuine pride have shown a profound transformation of the farmer. The people from their local and individual feelings for their village became determined to fight the enemy, defend their homeland, and gain independence for the country.
He was aware that leaving the village to evacuate, taking the elderly and children out of war zones was also participating in the resistance war. Being drunk with his neighbors, being excited with his brothers to defend themselves, now being away from the village is a torture for him, all day, apart from the work to earn a living, his heart is reminded of the village. That memory made him sad, restless. He was irritable, closed the door whenever possible, he scoffed, blamed all for nothing. Perhaps only when he went to Uncle Thu’s house every night, Mr. Hai was satisfied.
There, he was able to talk freely about the resistance war, the story of Uncle Ho and of course return to his Cho Dau village… It is said, showing off for him is an indispensable need, even though that It doesn’t matter whether you listen or not. Those precious feelings have created pure beauty in the souls of workers in general and also of Mr. Hai’s character in particular.
But it is not until Mr. Hai expresses his strong and fierce emotions of sadness, joy, love and hate in the face of unexpected situations before we can fully see the profound transformation of the farmer. Vietnam in the historical situation at that time. It started with the news that Cho Dau village followed the enemy to make Vietnam through the displaced people. Receiving that terrible news, he heard a sudden thunderclap in his ears, “his throat was completely blocked” and his voice could not come out to become “a rumbling in the throat”. On the outside, he tried to appear normal, but his soul was in turmoil, causing his face to “numb” of shame mixed with doubt and pain. His life changed completely, from speech to daily behavior. It seems that he does not want anyone to see his appearance in this world, he is confused or inferred, semi-trusted and doubtful… it is difficult for anyone to see an open, kind, and loud-spoken working man. of the previous tube.
He was hurt and ashamed because the village he was proud of before had such shameful and humiliating actions. The dark thoughts, the struggling sufferings were standing in his mind. Just before, he was eager to go to the village, just worried about not returning to the village anymore, but in a moment he painfully came to the opposite decision: “The village is really in love, but the village has died following the West. enemy”. The heartfelt conversation with his youngest son and his tears showed us that the old farmer’s attachment and love for the village could not be separated from the love of the Fatherland, the hatred of the enemy. shared with the French invaders. At this time, to love the village is to stay close to each other and work together to drive away the enemy so that the country is liberated and the homeland is peaceful. If you do the opposite, it is an unforgivable act of betrayal!
The situation was so serious that the chairman of Cho Dau village had to go to the evacuation place of his villagers to correct it. Hearing that news, everyone was happy, especially Mr. Hai was revived, ten years younger. The joy that came made him become a child, his hands “just danced” to show off, he hurriedly ran from one person to another to say, boast, clarify, correct, etc. Perhaps, he was the one. He was the only person in the world to show that his village was completely burned and his whole family was also burned down, leaving nothing. It sounds strange at first, but only then does it make us realize, all the loss that he is trying to show off is the most eloquent evidence for his Cho Dau village that fought the French to the end.
Only then will they be brutally “burned and burned” like that. Mr. Hai, like every other Vietnamese farmer, is willing to trade everything or lose everything as long as he can defeat the enemy and regain independence and freedom for the country. With that, he quickly returned to the village, and there were so many good things, talents to praise, to show off freely! This profound transformation is a noble expression of the genuine patriotism that Mr. Hai and the farmers in every village in Vietnam have shown.
Besides the main character, we also see many other farmers who also show their hearts. Whether more or less, fleeting or full of angles… they together adorn the patriotic tradition of the farmers in particular or the Vietnamese people in general. An impudent, greedy landlady, but when the resistance broke out, she volunteered to share the house for the displaced. However, they are ready to chase smartly when they hear that their villages follow the enemy, betraying the people and betraying the Fatherland. A commune chairman travels many dirt roads, does not care about danger to report rectification, protect the reputation of his homeland, and ensure a good reputation for his villagers.
If you don’t attach importance to your feelings for the resistance, how can you be brave enough to do that! A casual curse from a displaced woman who stopped to breastfeed her children also showed their deep heart for the country: “Our parents and ancestors! Hunger steals, steals people who still love them. Like the Vietnamese who sell water, give each child a shot!”. Their gestures, though different in their work, are the same in their passionate patriotism and hatred for the enemy. Thus, regardless of young or old, women or men, the anti-French resistance war attracted them to join the revolutionary waterfall so that they could bring that “precious thing” out of their chests and chests. had the opportunity to “display in glass cabinets or crystal vases” as President Ho said.
The work spoke of the expansion and unity of the love of the homeland in the love of the country and it was also a new feature in the awareness and feelings of the peasants during the resistance war against the French in the past. Together with the people of the country, they adorned the page of his father’s glorious history against foreign invaders.

Reference #2
Kim Lan’s short story “Village” is a unique work that shows a farmer’s love for his homeland and country during the resistance war against the French in a touching way. Making the work’s success is impossible without mentioning the writer’s art of psychological depiction of characters. The mood development of Mr. Hai’s character in the work when he heard the news that his village of Dau joined the enemy was vividly shown.
“Village” was born in 1948. The work is set in the context of the people’s resistance evacuation. Mr. Hai is the main character of the work, perhaps partly because of his advanced age, partly because his leg is still injured “going to practice.” hobbled” so he was mobilized to evacuate the resistance with his family. But in his heart, he really wanted to stay in the village to fight with his brothers. And it was in the evacuation place that he deeply expressed his love for the village. mine.
He loves his village like a child loves his mother, is proud of his mother, worships his mother, an innocent love like a child. Every day, he went to his neighbor’s house to play or listen to the news, go to talk,… Wherever he went, he bragged about his village. Before the August Revolution, he showed off the life of the governor of his village: “Die! Dead, I have never seen a mansion that is as good as the mansion of the upper house of my village.”. And although he was not related, he kept calling the governor “my great-grandfather” in a very gloating way! After the Revolution, “people no longer see him mentioning that mausoleum anymore”, because he was aware that it tormented himself, made everyone miserable, was the enemy of the whole village: Building that mausoleum, the whole village was restored. translation, the whole village carried bricks, smashed stones, and worked as a savior for it. […] his leg was limp because of that mausoleum. “Now he shows off his village insurrection, bragging about how he joined the movement since he was still in the dark”, then military training sessions, showing off. the pits, mounds, the trenches of his village,… Also because he loved the village so much, he refused to leave the village to evacuate. When he was forced to evacuate with his family, he was very sad, born or resentful, “less spoken, rarely smiled, his face was always wrong”. At the evacuation place, he remembered his village, the days when he worked with his brothers: “Why was it so fun. He felt like he was younger.[…] In his heart, the old man felt very excited again. “.. At this time, his joy is just going to listen to news about the resistance war every day and brag about his village of Cho Dau fighting the West.
However, all of a sudden he heard the news that his Cho Dau village followed the West to do Vietnamese fraud. The more he loves the village, is proud and proud of the village, the more Mr. Hai feels pain and shame now. Writer Kim Lan has demonstrated abundant pen power, sharp analytical ability, vividly reproducing the emotional state and actions of people when describing the mood and actions of Mr. this try.
The old man was excited, “the old man’s gut kept dancing, so happy! Because of the news of the resistance war, an unexpected event happened. The news that Cho Dau village followed the enemy made him dumbfounded: “The old man’s neck choked. The skin on the face is numb again. The old man was silent, as if he couldn’t breathe. It took a long time for him to strain, swallow something stuck in his neck […] his voice was lost”, “Mr. Hai lowered his head and walked away” and thought of the derision of the landlady. It was as if I had just lost something precious and sacred.
The sentences describe the emotional state of mind: “Looking at the children, feeling sorry for themselves, the old man’s tears keep pouring out… Are they also children of the Vietnamese village? That’s it? Damn, that’s the same age…”. The shame, the guilt of betrayal tormented the old man to misery. “Wow! It’s a shame, the whole Vietnamese village! How do you know how to do business? Who do you keep? Who do you trade in? Throughout this whole Vietnam, people are disgusted, people hate them. Hai’s whole family lived in a gloomy atmosphere: “The house was quiet and lonely, the fire light was golden thanks to the help of the fire, the lost oil lamp flickered on his worried face. old woman. The sound of three children’s breathing with their heads together, sleeping softly, sounded like the breathing of the house.” Mr. Hai did not eat well, did not sleep well, was always restless, unstable in humiliation. He didn’t even dare to mention it, he had to call the betrayal story “that”.
He broke off contact with everyone, “didn’t dare to step foot outside” because of shame. And the thing he and his wife was most worried about has also come. The landlady hinted at evicting his family, just because they were from the village following the West. Mr. Hai’s family is in a stressful situation. Mr. Hai faced the most difficult situation: What a wonderful way to live! […] where there are Cho Dau people, people chase them as well. But even if because of Uncle Ho’s policy, people don’t kick them out anymore, I still have no face to go anywhere.”
From his passionate love for his village, Mr. Hai became hostile to the village: “Why don’t you go back to that village. They have all followed the West. Going back to the village means giving up the resistance. Leaving Uncle Ho…And “His tears spread out.” He thought again of the dark, miserable slavery of the past.All his feelings that he did not know how to confide to anyone had to pour into the conversation with his child:
Huh that! I ask you, whose child are you?
I’m the teacher’s son.
So where is my home?
Our house is in Cho Dau village.
Would you like to go to Cho Dau village?
The little boy leaned his head on his father’s chest and answered softly:
Yes.
The old man hugged the boy tightly, and after a long time asked:
Oh, let me ask you. So who do you support?
The boy raised his hand, boldly and clearly:
Long live Uncle Ho Chi Minh!
Tears welled up in the old man’s eyes, running down his cheeks. He whispered:
Yes, that’s right, support Uncle Ho.
The children’s answers are also the heart and guts of Mr. Hai, a man who takes the honor of the village as his own, a man who is loyal to the resistance, and Uncle Ho. The words uttered from the child’s mouth seemed to vindicate him, as sincere and sacred as an oath that resounded from the bottom of his heart:
Brothers, comrades, let your father and son know
Uncle Ho on his head on his neck examined his father and son.
The heart of his father and son is like that, never dare to be wrong. Death is never dare to single wrong.
The writer has seen the respectable features inside the farmer with mud hands and feet. Mr. Hai’s character emerges from his bragging nature and likes to talk about the village regardless of whether the listener likes it or not; true in the psychological characteristics for the community, happy and happy of the village, sad and sad of the village and true in the evolutions of the psychological state very characteristic of a farmer humiliated and pained by the believe their village is betrayed. If during that event, Mr. Hai’s mood was so painful and miserable, when it was discovered that it was just a false rumor, his Cho Dau village did not follow the enemy, the joy was even more jubilant, huh? hehe so much. Mr. Hai is like a person who has just been resurrected. Once again, the changes of the psychological state are portrayed vividly and skillfully: “The sad face every day suddenly becomes bright and cheerful. The mouth is chewing betel nut, the eyes are red and red. hey…”. He boasted everywhere: “It burned my house down, bro. Burn it all! […] Lies! All lies! It’s all wrong purpose.”, “It burned my house down, boss. Burned it down. smooth.[…] Lies! Lies all, nothing. It’s all wrong purpose!”. Shouldn’t he be upset by the news? But he is filled with joy because he is free from the yoke of the Vietnamese village people.” The news confirmed that his village was still firmly on the side of the resistance. That news made him live as a patriot again, able to continue his lovely bragging, … Contradictory but still very reasonable, this point is also the sharpness and originality of The pen describes the character’s psychology of writer Kim Lan.
Readers will not be able to forget a Mr. Hai who loves his village so much. On the other hand, like the public figures (she was breast-feeding announcing that Cho Dau village was following the enemy), the landlady, … the unforgettable thing about this character is also a very strong personalization of language. When he said it out loud or when he thought about it, readers could still clearly see the linguistic features of the Northern countryside, of a Northern village: “This sun is leaving their mother”, “not reading aloud to them.” How many people listen to it”, “still”, “have you ever dared to make a mistake”, … Especially the writer intentionally expressed the wrong words during Mr. Hai’s excitement. “wrong purpose” is the language mark of the farmer at a time when his awareness is changing, he wants to say something new but the words are not fully understood. also thanks to this linguistic feature.
Successfully building the mood of Mr. Hai’s character is the greatest success of the short story Village. That has shown the talent of writer Kim Lan in exploring the depth of the character’s psychology. And most of all, that has built in the hearts of readers a vivid, true portrait of a heart that loves the homeland, the country passionately and touchingly of a simple and honest Vietnamese farmer.

Reference #6
Kim Lan is a writer specializing in writing short stories about the countryside and the lives of farmers. The short story ‘Village’ was written by him in 1984 at the beginning of the war against the French. In this short story, he successfully built the character of Mr. Hai – a man rich in love for the village, passionately patriotic, that’s why when he heard the news that Cho Dau village had joined the enemy, he felt very miserable and humiliated.
The village is very important to every farmer. It is the common house for the community, the family. Life after life, the farmer is attached to the village like flesh and blood. It is the house, the land, the ancestors, the embodiment of the country for them. As a man with a deep love of the village and country, Mr. Hai did not want to evacuate because he thought: “I was born here since I was a child, and now I have to go when it’s time to leave.” But when Listening to the soldiers’ explanations, he understood that “going to the resistance is also the resistance”, so he agreed.
In the early days of the evacuation, because he was new to the land, strange people had nothing to do, so he missed the village deeply, burning, he remembered the days working with his brothers, he felt like he was young out. Moreover, his family stayed at the house of a mean woman, so he had to live in a stuffy, uncomfortable mood. At this time, his joy is just going to listen to news of the resistance war every day and show off his village of Dau market to fight the West. Today, in the newsroom he heard a lot of victory news from children to women; this “makes his gut dance, so happy”. Being filled with joy and happiness, Mr. Hai feels that the scenery on the roadside is much more beautiful.
Also on the way back, in that happy mood, writer Kim Lan skillfully interwoven a second drama – an unexpected event happened. He met the women displaced from Gia Lam, when he met them, he thought he would hear more good news, but surprisingly, Mr. Hai received news that the whole village of Dau market was doing Vietnamese fraud to follow the West. That news was a fatal news, it not only lost all faith, ruined the pride of his village, but also made him miserable and humiliated because he had boasted so many good things about it. As soon as he heard that, Mr. Hai felt his throat constricted, his face was numb, he was silent as if he couldn’t breathe; he was in a state of surprise, abrupt, and shameless.
He pretended to move on to other things to hide from the other women, but their words were like knives stabbing him in pain. On the way back, he only dared to look down at the ground, not daring to look up at anyone. As soon as he got home, he lay on the bed, tears welling up in his eyes, he angrily cursed at the Vietnamese people in the village of Dau selling water, but he found his curses absurd. He counted every person in his mind but couldn’t find anyone who could betray, they were all spiritual people. But the main guy Buu is really his villager and makes him feel confused, confused, half trusting and half doubting. With just a short paragraph, the author has concretized the shock, intense surprise to the point of fire, choking pain, anger when hearing the news that the village of Dau market had joined the enemy. Through this, once again, writer Kim Lan demonstrated his abundant pen power, sharp analytical ability, and vividly reproduced Mr. Hai’s emotional state and actions in this event.
Hai’s whole family in the following days lived in a gloomy, heavy and worried atmosphere. They think about the estrangement and ostracism of everyone and are especially worried when they do not know what to do. Mr. Hai did not eat well, slept well, was always restless, unstable in humiliation. He didn’t even dare to mention it, he had to call the affair “that thing”, he broke off with everyone, hid at home, did not dare to step out because of shame. And the thing he and his wife worried the most has also come. The landlady hinted at sending his family away, just because they were Western villagers. Mr. Hai’s family was in the most stressful and difficult situation: “It’s a great way to live”, where people in Dau market are chased as well. In that situation, Mr. Hai thought it was good to return to the village, but then he decidedly “returning to the village means giving up the resistance, leaving Uncle Ho, surrendering to the West is resigned to a life of slavery and solitude”, so he decided “the village really loves, but the village that follows the West must hate”. At this point, Mr. Hai’s love for the village was mixed with his love for the country. When he was put in a challenging situation and forced to choose between the village and the country, Mr. Hai accepted to sacrifice the village’s sentiments because he had a larger, sacred feeling – that is for the love of the village. resistance war, for Uncle Ho. In a state of stalemate and despair, Mr. Hai only knew a little of his heart through whispers and confided in his youngest child. In fact, the words he confided to his children were his explanations.
Although he has eased the heaviness in his heart to some extent, he still has not eased the despair and the deadlock in his heart, so there must be a higher level of unbuttoning. Writer Kim Lan gave society a new character: The chairman of the commune went up to the evacuation area to correct that rumor, correcting that rumor was important, at the right time, it erased the despair in the community. the hearts of the people of the Dau market. It brought joy to Mr. Hai, so his house was burned by the West, but he still carried this news everywhere with a happy, joyful attitude without regret. He tried to show it off to as many people as possible as proof that his village of Cho Dau was loyal to the resistance. Mr. Hai’s actions are absurd, but in the psychological circuit, it is valuable to uphold his spirit of sacrifice for the revolution, for the resistance. Thereby, he told himself that he loved the village, was more patriotic and loyal to the revolution.
Successfully building the mood of Mr. Hai’s character is the greatest success of the short story “Village”. That has shown the talent of writer Kim Lan in exploring the depth of the character’s psychology. And most of all, it has built in the hearts of readers a vivid and moving portrait of a simple and honest Vietnamese farmer.

Reference #9
For Vietnamese farmers, perhaps there is nothing more natural than love for the country. That love gently seeped into flesh and blood through affection for relatives, villages, and homeland. It seems far away but it is so close and simple. Understanding these things, writer Kim Lan had a beautiful story written about the love of a farmer’s homeland: “Village”. The mood development of the main character of the work – Mr. Hai’s character is a great success of the author when writing on the topic of love for the country.
The news that Cho Dau village followed the enemy made Mr. Hai miserable because it touched the most sacred and sensitive thing in his person. The village is very important to the farmer. It is the common house for the community, the family. Life after life, the farmer is attached to the village like flesh and blood. It is the house, the land, the ancestors, the embodiment of the country for them. Before the August Revolution, Mr. Hai was a ragged loincloth, had been dethroned by “the villagers in the village except for drifting away, wandering from place to place, groping as far as Saigon, Cho Lon earns a living. My father sank seven or ten years before he could return to his native land.”
So he deeply understood the scene of exile to beg for food, he loved his village like a son who loves his mother, proud of his mother, adores his mother, an innocent love like a child. Just look at the way Mr. Hai excitedly and passionately bragged about his village, you’ll see. Before the August Revolution, he showed off the life of the governor of his village: “Die! Dead, I have never seen a mansion that is as good as the mansion of the upper house of my village.”. And although he was not related, he kept calling the governor “my great-grandfather” in a very gloating way! After the Revolution, “people no longer see him mentioning that mausoleum anymore”, because he was aware that it tormented himself, made everyone miserable, and was the enemy of the whole village: “Build that mausoleum for the whole village. serving, the whole village carried bricks, smashed stones, and worked as a savior for it. […] his leg is limp because of that mausoleum.” Now he shows off his village of uprising, “he joined the movement when he was still in the dark”, and military training sessions, showing off the pits, mounds, and trenches of his village,…
Because he loved the village so much, he refused to leave the village to evacuate. When he was forced to evacuate with his family, he was very sad, born or resentful, “speak less, smile less, his face is always wrong”. In the place of evacuation, he remembered his village, remembered the days when he worked with his brothers, “Oh, why was that so fun. He felt like he was younger.[…] In his heart, the old man saw again. get excited.” At this time, his joy is just going to listen to news about the resistance war every day and brag about his village of Cho Dau fighting the West. However, all of a sudden, he heard the news that his Cho Dau village was following the West to do Vietnamese fraud. The more he loves the village, is proud and proud of the village, the more Mr. Hai feels pain and shame now. Writer Kim Lan has demonstrated abundant pen power, sharp analytical ability, vividly reproducing the emotional state and actions of people when describing the mood and actions of Mr. this try.
The old man is excited, “the old man’s gut just dances, so happy!” Because of the news of the resistance, an unexpected event occurred. The news that Cho Dau village had joined the enemy made him dumbfounded: “The old man’s neck was completely numb, his face was numb. The old man was silent, as if he could not breathe. After a long time, he strained and swallowed. something stuck in his neck […] his voice was lost”, “Mr. Hai lowered his head and walked away” and thought of the derision of the landlady.The old man seemed to have lost something precious, Sentences expressing emotions are very emotional: “Looking at the children, feeling sorry for themselves, the old man’s tears keep pouring out… Are they also children of the Vietnamese village? Are they also being snubbed by people? Damn it, at the same age …” The humiliation, the guilt of betrayal tormented the old man to misery. Extremely humiliating, the whole Vietnamese village! Then how do you know how to do business? Who people contain. Who do they trade? Throughout this Vietnam, people are disgusted, people hate the Vietnamese breed that sells the country … “.
Mr. Hai’s whole family lived in a gloomy atmosphere: “The house was quiet, lonely, the yellow fire thanks to the lost oil lamp playing on the worried face of the old woman. The sound of the three children’s breathing with their heads together. sleeping peacefully, it sounded like the breathing of the house.” Mr. Hai can’t eat well, can’t sleep, is always restless, unstable in humiliation. He didn’t even dare to mention it, but called the betrayal “that thing”, he broke up with everyone, “didn’t dare to step outside” because of shame. And the thing he and his wife was most worried about has also come. The landlady hinted at evicting his family, just because they were from the village following the West. Mr. Hai’s family is in a stressful situation. Mr. Hai faced the most difficult situation: “What a wonderful way to live! […] where Cho Dau people are, they are chased as well. But even because of Uncle Ho’s policy, they are chased away. If I don’t chase it away, I won’t have any face to go anywhere.”
From his passionate love for his village, Mr. Hai became hostile to the village: “Why don’t we go back to that village. They have all followed the West, returning to the village means giving up the resistance. Leaving Uncle Ho …” And “his tears flowed out.” He thought back to the dark, miserable life of slavery in the past. Many of his feelings that he did not know how to express to anyone had to pour into the conversation with his child:
Huh that! I ask you, whose child are you?
As the teacher’s son, he is the son of U.
So where is my home?
Our house is in Cho Dau village.
Would you like to go to Cho Dau village?
The little boy leaned his head on his father’s chest and answered softly:
Yes.
The old man hugged the boy tightly, and after a long time asked:
Oh, let me ask you. So who do you support?
The boy raised his hand, boldly and clearly:
Long live Uncle Ho Chi Minh!
Tears welled up in the old man’s eyes, running down his cheeks. He whispered
Yes, that’s right, support Uncle Ho.
The children’s answers are also the heart and guts of Mr. Hai, a man who takes the honor of the village as his own, a man who is loyal to the resistance, and Uncle Ho. The words uttered from the child’s mouth seemed to vindicate him, as sincere and sacred as an oath that resounded from the bottom of his heart:
Brothers, comrades, let your father and son know
Uncle Ho on his head on his neck examined his father and son.
His father’s heart is like that, never dared to be wrong. Death is never dare to single wrong
The writer has seen the respectable features inside the farmer with mud hands and feet. Mr. Hai’s character emerges from his bragging nature and likes to talk about the village regardless of whether the listener likes it or not; true in the psychological characteristics for the community, happy and happy of the village, sad and sad of the village and true in the evolutions of the psychological state very characteristic of a farmer humiliated and pained by the believe their village is betrayed. If during that event, Mr. Hai’s mood was so painful and miserable, when it was discovered that it was just a false rumor, his Cho Dau village did not follow the enemy, the joy was even more jubilant, huh? That’s it, Mr. Hai is like a person who has just been resurrected. Once again, the changes of the psychological state are depicted vividly and skillfully: “The sad face every day suddenly becomes brighter and brighter. The mouth is chewing betel, the eyes are red and red. hey…”. He boasted everywhere: “West it burned my house, bro. Burn it all! […] Lies! All lies! It’s all wrong purpose.”, West it burned my house, boss. Burn it smoothly.[…] What a lie! It’s all over, nothing. It’s all wrong!” He should have been sad about the news that his house was burned down, but he was filled with joy because he was freed from the yoke of “the Vietnamese villager.” That news confirmed the village. he still firmly sided with the resistance, that news made him live as a patriot again, able to continue his lovely bragging, …Contradictory but still very reasonable, this whore is also is the sharpness and uniqueness of the pen that describes the psychology of writer Kim Lan’s character.
Readers will not be able to forget a Mr. Hai who loves his village so much. On the other hand, like the public figures (she was breastfeeding, she announced that Cho Dau village was following the enemy), the landlady. The unforgettable thing about this character is also a very strong personalization of language. When Mr. Hai says it out loud and when he thinks, readers can still clearly see the linguistic features of the Northern countryside and a Northern village: “This sun is leaving their mother”, “not reading aloud to them.” How many other people listen to it”, “Garden”, “have you ever dared to make a mistake”, … Especially the writer intentionally expressed the wrong words during Mr. Hai’s excitement. The words “wrong purpose” are the language mark of farmers at a time when awareness is changing, wanting to say something new but the words do not fully understand. The vividness, authenticity, and interestingness of the story is partly thanks to this language feature.
The successful construction of the mood development of Mr. Hai’s character is the greatest success of the short story “Village”. That has shown the talent of writer Kim Lan in exploring the depth of the character’s psychology. And most of all, that has built in the hearts of readers a vivid and true portrait of a heartwarming, passionate and touching heart of a simple and honest Vietnamese farmer.

Reference #3
Love for the village is a traditional quality of the Vietnamese people that has been clearly expressed in literary works. In the short story Village by writer Kim Lan, the character Ong Hai has both a passionate love for the village as the inherent tradition of the Vietnamese people and new features to meet the exciting atmosphere and determination of the resistance war. war against the French at that time.
Like many other farmers, living quietly behind the village’s bamboo ramparts, Mr. Hai loves his Cho Dau village with a special love. That sentiment in him is expressed by the habit of bragging about the good, the good of his hometown, as if there is no place like that. He shows off the village anywhere and anytime. He talked about the wealth and abundance of his village with an extraordinary passion and excitement: “His eyes brightened, his face changed…”. He talked about his village as a farmer proud of the immense green fields plowed by his own hands, like a rich man boasting of his rich estate, he proudly bragged about his village. personal precious possessions. It’s such a sincere love, simple but extremely appreciated. All these proud things have proved that the people of his village are industrious people in labor, consciously contributing to their homeland becoming richer and more beautiful. Those precious qualities are not only of the farmers of Cho Dau village but also of the Vietnamese people in thousands of other villages.
After the Revolution, when he was enlightened to the class consciousness, Mr. Hai’s love for the village had profound changes. If before, he considered the “birth of the old man” as pride in front of the surprised eyes of other villagers, now he hates it because “that mausoleum hurts him, how much more suffering does it make?” many more people in this village.” He also knew how to participate in self-defense to fight against the French to protect his village, and also did many other things to serve the resistance. At this time, he talked about the village gloatingly, which was the village with the largest information house, radio tower in the region, and the militia and self-defense exercises with the participation of the elderly, showing off the trenches and mounds. … Although it is just a way of thinking and speaking of an innocent and simple farmer, he always has the mind: protecting the village means following the resistance.
When he had to leave the village to evacuate, the old man also thought: “Evacuating is also the resistance”. Far away from the village, when he heard that the enemy had attacked Cho Dau, he immediately asked: “How many people have we killed?”. That question proves the determination to fight the enemy and contribute a small front to the common battlefield of the whole country. The love of the village and the memory of the village turned into an interest in the war and the government of Uncle Ho. It is a noble expression of the patriotism of the Vietnamese people in the resistance war against the French invaders to gain independence and freedom for the nation.
At this point, we see that the traditional feelings of the Vietnamese people in the countryside have brought new features of the times. Mr. Hai showed off his village during the country’s resistance war against the French that he placed the village in the general revolutionary movement. That was the basis for Mr. Hai to be proud of the integration of Cho Dau village’s fight to protect the village and not follow the enemy with the great resistance war of the whole country. This is the new thing the revolution has brought to him. This beauty has created a strong bravery so that the character can go through many storms and obstacles in life and still be firm and steadfast.
The first test occurred under a special circuTaxance. That’s when the news that Cho Dau village was following the enemy – even the sound from the mouths of a few displaced people was enough to make him extremely shocked and saddened. A series of mood swings torn his heart. “His face was numb”, “his neck was completely choked up” proved that he was going to the extreme of suffering and lost all faith. Missing the village, looking forward to returning to the village, it was painful and painful, but at this time, this sincere farmer had to utter painful words: “The village is really in love, but if the village follows the West, then it has to be hostile”. In his mind, Mr. Hai did not allow the villagers to go against the ideals of the people and the country, against the all-people and comprehensive resistance war of the nation.
Although holding back, his thoughts and feelings for Cho Dau village seemed to seep into his flesh and blood. He asked me where my hometown was so that I could mention his village of Dau market. He confided and cried with his baby was also to reaffirm his absolute loyalty to the Revolution and Uncle Ho. Every action he did, every word he said, every expression, even the smallest in his mood at the moment, proved that the farmer’s love for his village and hometown had profoundly changed in revolutionary awareness, recognition and recognition. class consciousness.
The second test was when he heard the news of the correction of Cho Dau village, he seemed to be revived, happy as a child, showing off everywhere. The losses caused by the enemy to him and Cho Dau village were taken by him to show off as proof of the loyalty of each farmer in his village after the August Revolution, during the resistance war against the French colonialists. People still think that farmers are people with private property, but here, the fire and smoke of the war, the life of the country has made them ready to sacrifice everything for the great war of the nation. They are willing to give rice and clothes to each other, willing to devote their efforts, property, and even blood and blood to the final victory of the country.
Mr. Hai is a typical character for Vietnamese farmers in the August Revolution, with a passionate love for the village, mixed with a deep and sacred love for the country. They are willing to sacrifice everything, including their house, or their beloved village, their spiritual nest for the resistance war.
The short story Village has shown writer Kim Lan’s new and correct view of the Vietnamese peasantry in the long and heroic resistance war against the French, where the country’s heroic history has moved the world. the true heart of each person, making the precious qualities in their soul better, nobler, and deeper.

Reference #5
Kim Lan is a writer with a knack for short stories. His works are often written about the plight of the farmer and the daily life of the village. “Village” is a typical work of his writing on that topic. The story was written in 1948 at the beginning of the war against the French. In the short story “Village”, writer Kim Lan vividly and subtly expressed the mood swings of Mr. Hai’s character from the time he heard the news that Cho Dau village had joined the enemy until the news was rectified.
When he heard that the market village of Dau was following the enemy, Mr. Hai was deeply embarrassed. The author described very specifically the mood of Mr. Hai’s character before that bad news. At first, hearing the sudden news from the displaced woman, Mr. Hai was shocked to the point of shock. “His throat was tight, his face was numb, the old man was silent as if he couldn’t breathe.” “He was born with doubts, trying not to believe the news. But the displaced people told him so clearly that he could not believe it.” Since then, Mr. Hai’s mood has been haunted and tormented by the guilt of being a traitor. Hearing the curse of the Vietnamese cheaters, he bowed his head and left.
When he got home, he lay on the bed, feeling sorry for himself when he looked at his children. “The old man’s tears kept flowing.” “Are they also the children of the fake Vietnamese village? Are they also being despised and rejected?” He was angry and blamed the people in the village for treason. Feeling sorry for himself, Mr. Hai loved his children, loved the villagers of Dau market, and loved his body to be known as a fake Vietnamese villager.
For the next few days, Mr. Hai did not dare to go anywhere, just hanging around the corner, listening to the love outside. He lived in a state of fear, shame, and humiliation. Every time he hears Western, Vietnamese, and camocratic, he “slides to a corner of the house to keep quiet”.
Mr. Hai continued to be pushed into a tense and drastic challenging situation when he heard that the landlady would expel all the villagers from the Dau market in the evacuation place. He felt all the humiliation and fear because he had no way of living: “I know where to go now”. Pushed to the end, Mr. Hai’s mood was extremely stuck, and the inner conflict was pushed to the climax. He thought it was good to return to the village, but he understood that it was betraying the revolution, betraying Uncle Ho. Then he decided to follow his way: “The village really loves, but the village follows the West, then it has to be hostile”. Obviously, patriotism was broader, covering feelings for the village. But he still could not get rid of his feelings for the village. That’s why he was sad and ashamed.
In that pent-up and deadlocked mood, he could only pour his heart into confiding words with his youngest son. Through the conversation with his son, we can clearly see a deep and strong affection for the village of Cho Dau, a heart of loyalty to the resistance war, to the revolution of Mr. That love is deep and sacred.
When he heard that Cho Dau village did not follow the enemy, Mr. Hai was extremely happy. The sad face every day suddenly became cheerful and radiant. He also changed his attitude towards his children: Buy donuts and share them with them. Then he ran to tell everyone the news that it burned his house down. His house was burned by the enemy, but he did not regret it, but took it as pride because this was the only evidence to prove the loyalty of his family and his village to the resistance. Mr. Hai’s love of the village is always closely linked with patriotism. He knows how to put patriotism above his personal feelings. Is that the beauty in Mr. Hai in particular and Vietnamese farmers in general during the war against the French.
Mr. Hai’s character is portrayed thanks to unique artistic elements. The mood development of Mr. Hai’s character from when he heard the news that Cho Dau village followed the enemy until the news was rectified is described in a specific and sexy way through thoughts, behaviors, and language. The language of Mr. Hai’s character is bold, which is the everyday speech of the people, clearly revealing the character’s mood and attitude. The art of depicting the character’s psychology is realistic and vivid.
In summary, the short story “Village” by writer Kim Lan has described very specifically the mood development of Mr. Hai’s character from the time he heard the news that Cho Dau village had joined the enemy until the news was rectified. Through the evolution of Mr. Hai’s character’s mood, we can see an earnest patriotic love of the village associated with the resistance spirit of Mr. Hai’s character. Mr. Hai is the typical image of Vietnamese farmers in the early period of the resistance war against the French.

Reference #1
Kim Lan has boldly portrayed the image of a loyal and loyal Vietnamese farmer in his writings, but perhaps the most successful is the character of Mr. Hai, an old farmer who wholeheartedly loves his village and country in his short story. Village. The most impressive, showing Kim Lan’s talented style is the art of describing the mood and actions of Mr. Hai’s character from the moment he heard that the village of Dau market was following the enemy until the end of the story.
Mr. Hai loves his village of Dau market very much. Because of the resistance war, he had to go to the evacuation place and carry a deep image of incense sticks in his heart. Every time he talked about the village, he was extremely excited, “his eyes lit up, his face changed and became active. He was interested in the world political situation, in the news of our army’s victory. A child in the propaganda department volunteered to swim out in the middle of Hoan Kiem Lake holding the national flag on the turtle tower. A platoon leader after killing 7 enemies committed suicide with the last grenade. The Trung Trac guerrilla team pretending to be a shopper caught the mandarin’s name in the middle of the market, but “The guts of the old man kept dancing”. It is the joy of a person who knows how to attach his feelings to the destiny of the whole nation, the simple joy of a sincere patriotic heart.
Great misfortune fell upon him. He was “shocked, the old man’s neck was tight, his face was numb, the old man was silent as if he could not breathe”. When he calmed down somewhat, he tried not to believe the news. But then the displaced people told it so clearly, claiming they were “just up there”, so he couldn’t help but believe it. From that moment, in Mr. Hai’s mind, only the bad news invaded, it became an obsession and torment. Hearing the curse of the Vietnamese cheaters, he “bowed his head and walked away”. Arriving home, he “lying on the bed” exhausted his whole soul. Then he felt sorry for himself when he looked at his cubs, “the old man’s tears kept spreading. Are they also the children of the Vietnamese village? Are they also despised and rejected by people?”
Shame prevented him from showing his face. Fear all the time. A crowd gathered, he also noticed, a few laughs talking in the distance, he also hesitated. He always seemed to think that people were paying attention, people were talking about “that thing”. Every time he hears Western, Vietnamese, and camo-phonic languages, he retreats to a corner of the house, holding his breath. Stop talking about it! The author described very specifically the heavy obsession that turned into constant fear in Mr. Hai along with his grief and shame at the news that his village had joined the enemy.
When he heard that Dau village had joined the enemy, Mr. Hai’s love for the village and patriotism had a fierce inner conflict. In the past, he loved the village with the inherent affection of farmers for the place where they were buried. Vietnamese people who do not like that. He loved the village and he loved the country too. However, patriotism and the sense of protecting the country are not really clear and drastic. When he was still in the village, he was also enthusiastic with his brothers and sisters to dig trenches, build embankments, and set up boots to fight the enemy. However, that job was only to protect the village.
If we look closely, we can clearly see that he loves the beauty of the village and more importantly, he loves the resistance spirit of the village. That is the true value that makes him cherish and preserve. Therefore, when he heard the news that “the village of Dau market followed the enemy”, Mr. Hai was dumbfounded in his body. The village followed the enemy, the beauty of the village remained, but the spirit of resistance in the village was lost. It was gone, so it caused him pain, humiliation and grief.
The value that he has worshiped, loved and preserved for so long is no longer there, will Mr. Hai still love the village? After a fierce self-determination, Mr. Hai decided to choose his way: “The village is truly in love, but the village that has followed the West must hate”. The love of the village has expanded to cover the love for the village. But even so, Mr. Hai still couldn’t get rid of his feelings for the village, so it was even more painful and embarrassing.
His affection for the village since the bad news broke out was constantly challenged. When the landlady knew about it and wanted to smartly evict his family, he fell into a state of despair, a complete stalemate. Where to go now! No one wants to harbor the people of the Vietnamese village. He briefly means “or return to the village”. After all these years, his tears kept flowing when he thought about the village. That pain is worth cherishing because it is the pain of an honorable person of the Village like myself. It is also a common thought when people have no place to live, the homeland is the place to return to. One can separate people from their homeland, but one cannot separate the homeland from the people.
However, he boldly dismissed that thought because “The village has followed the West, returning to the village means leaving the Resistance, leaving Uncle Ho, is resigned to returning to a life of slavery”. As it turned out, Mr. Hai thought about Uncle Ho, thinking about the resistance more than thinking about himself. But, I can’t take care of myself, what to take care of the country? The inner conflict and the character’s situation seem to have become a stalemate, requiring to be resolved.
Suffering, he did not know who to talk to other than his baby. Loving the village of Cho Dau, he wanted to engrave in the small heart of his children his affection for the village, for the resistance, and for Uncle Ho. That is also the faithful heart “before and after as one” with his revolution. This is a very moving and vivid description of Mr. Hai’s deep, steadfast and sincere feelings for his homeland, the country, the revolution and the resistance war.
Fortunately for Mr. Hai, in the end, the heart of Cho Dau village following the enemy was also rectified. It was the chairman of the commune where he was displaced, not anyone else. His attitude changed completely. “The sad face every day suddenly becomes brighter and brighter”. He ran to show off everywhere “West it burned my house, bro, burn it all down! The president of my village just came here to correct the fake news that we went to Vietnam in Dau village. Lies! Lazy all! It’s all wrong on purpose.”
At this point, it can be clearly seen that the fact that Mr. Hai loves Cho Dau village is in love with the resistance village, loves the people who go with the revolution and the country, but not necessarily just love the beauty and the beauty. its rich or loves its house. Therefore, when the beauty of the village was destroyed by the enemy and his house was burned, he was still happy. Even very happy, very proud.
The short story Village has successfully portrayed the character of Mr. Hai, a farmer who loves the village and loves the country earnestly. In particular, putting the character in a thrilling and challenging situation contributes to the characterization and development of the character’s mood. The language of the characters in dialogues and monologues is rural, sophisticated but unique, and very sexy, showing a vivid and beautiful portrait of the peasants in the early resistance period.
