Why is the essay of a migrant worker so inspiring?
2025-07-15
The grass on the grave turns green and yellow, yellow and green again, just like my imagination, it can never stop every year. "Recently, a blogger on a certain short video platform launched a creative writing activity, inviting seniors to write essays on the same topic as the college entrance examination. A 60 year old man working on a construction site was given the title "My Mother", and his essay has become popular on the internet, receiving 7 million likes. Why is an on-site essay by a migrant worker so popular? True emotions and feelings are undoubtedly the most touching aspect of this essay. In the article, the author uses simple and unadorned language to deeply reminisce about his mother who has been dead for more than 30 years: "The most unforgettable thing for me is eating. The whole family gathers around the table, and my mother never sits at the table. She works hard by the stove, and only looks at the pot when we have finished eating. If there is anything left, she takes a few bites..." The multiple similar scenes that appear in the article have touched the softness of people's hearts and triggered many thoughts on maternal love and family among netizens. The most beautiful thing in the world is true feelings, and the most touching details are the ones that move people's hearts. The elderly migrant worker wrote in the article: "With a large family, the big iron pot that burns firewood is heavy and lifeless. It's not something that ordinary people can do with strength. Now thinking about it, how could my mother's thin body have such strength..." In just a few words, the image of a gentle yet firm housewife was about to emerge. The migrant worker uncle connects long forgotten details into three-dimensional and infectious images, making people feel the selflessness and greatness of maternal love, and triggering strong empathy and resonance. Mothers are everyone's earliest teachers, they teach us the principles of being a good person and doing things through their words and deeds. Our mothers, although very ordinary, have always practiced traditional virtues such as respecting the elderly and loving the young, being kind and simple, hardworking and resilient, and selfless dedication. Even under difficult living conditions, they still maintain an optimistic and upward attitude, setting a good example for their children with sweat and actions. Everyone has their own difficulties in life, and no one's days can always be smooth sailing. However, regardless of success or failure, maternal love always accompanies us, providing us with endless warmth, giving us inexhaustible motivation to forge ahead in the wind and rain, inspiring us to take on our responsibilities, and never give up hope and effort no matter what difficulties and setbacks we encounter. The reason why this on-site essay by a migrant worker is so popular is also because it reflects the current reality: many people like to imitate routines when writing, and even rely on AI to write, lacking emotional investment and having mediocre works. Many Chinese language teachers are concerned that the trend of AI assisted essay writing may render Chinese language education meaningless. In contrast, migrant workers who have only received high school education are able to write on-site essays in plain language and straightforward narratives, which are eye-catching and touch the hearts of countless netizens. This undoubtedly deserves serious learning and reference from all readers, especially young students. In recent years, "amateur writing" has become a cultural phenomenon that has gained popularity. Miners, postpartum women, couriers, food delivery drivers, taxi drivers, and others from grassroots society have taken up their pens to record their personal life experiences and stories of people around them, showcasing the lives of all beings in the vast world. The poetry collection "People in a Hurry" by courier Wang Jibing has sold over 100000 copies; Grassroots writer Dan Xiaohua's prose "Potato, Potato" won the Sun Li Prose Award; The local poetry of "Tian Geng Poet" Lv Yuxia has received nearly ten million likes... These vivid examples inspire us that in writing, we must first be human, and being human is more important than writing. Both as a person and as a writer, one must firmly uphold ideals and beliefs, enhance personal cultivation, maintain composure, cultivate calmness, and dispel impetuous mentality; We should also take life as our teacher, strive for simplicity and pragmatism, express our true feelings and emotions, and make our words meaningful, orderly, and emotional. And these are not only the concepts and practices that should be advocated to promote the reform of Chinese language curriculum, but also the inherent requirements for improving writing style and style, and shaping a new upward and good social atmosphere. (New Society)
Edit:Luo yu Responsible editor:Jia jia
Source:Beijing Youth Daily
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