就像某根稻草能压死一匹骆驼一样,一根细细的鱼刺也能从里到外把一个人的生活全部打乱。当然,我们知道,这压力并非仅仅来自于那根稻草抑或那根鱼刺,而是蓄积已久、已经达到了某种临界点的力量使然。稻草与鱼刺本来是无辜的,但当真正的罪魁祸首逍遥法外、无处缉拿之时,它们往往会被捉来充当替罪羊。《一根刺》细致入微而又语带反讽地刻画 Just as a straw can crush a camel, a thin fishbone can disrupt one’s life from the inside to the outside. Of course, we know that this pressure does not come merely from that straw or from the fishbone, but rather from the strength that has accumulated for some time and reaches a certain critical point. Straw and fish spurs were innocent, but they were often caught as scapegoats when the real culprit was impunity and nowhere to be found. “A Thorn” nuanced but with ironic portrayal