The main clues of Lu Xun's Hometown were family, friendship, self-awareness and fate. The novel was based on Lu Xun's personal experience. Through the description of his hometown, it showed the drawbacks of traditional Chinese family education and social culture, revealing the good and evil and complexity of human nature. At the same time, through the relationship between the protagonist Lu Xun and his relatives and friends in his hometown, the novel also shows the preciousness of friendship and the complexity of human nature, revealing the good and evil and contradictions in interpersonal relationships. Through describing the protagonist's fate, the novel also shows the cruelty and unpredictability of fate, as well as the sense of powerlessness and helplessness in the face of fate, which deeply reflects the fate and future of modern Chinese society. Therefore,"Hometown" is a classic work with profound thoughts and rich emotional descriptions. It is also one of Lu Xun's important representative works of literary achievements.