Introduction to Ba Jin's Home

He also asked for answers to a few exercises for 'Home'. The introduction had to be detailed but not long-winded.

Answer 1

Ba Jin's Home was a novel that reflected the changes of modern Chinese families and society. It was published in 1931. The protagonist of the novel was a middle-aged man named Yan Zhonghua. He experienced the great changes in Chinese society from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the 1930s.

This novel used the protagonist's family as the background to describe the changes in Chinese family life, marriage, education, moral values, and interpersonal relationships from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. The novel showed the closeness, anti-foreigner, kinship, family honor and social status of traditional Chinese families. At the same time, it also revealed the dark side of society at that time, such as feudal ethics, imperial examination system, foreign invasion and so on.

Home is a novel that deeply reflects the social changes in modern China. It is regarded as a classic of modern Chinese literature and one of Ba Jin's representative works.