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The novel's vertical and horizontal strokes, against the profound and broad background of the times, present the estrangement between father and son, the emotional structure of incomprehension and reconciliation, and the entanglements between three families. The brother-sister relationship between Gui Erkui and Tuntun is superimposed on the history of their fathers' response to the country's call to "support the border areas." Through the obsession of "beating flags" in the hearts of their fathers, they demonstrate their unwillingness and unrepentant sadness. At the end of the novel, Gui Erkui's cry at his father's funeral shows the reconciliation between history and reality achieved through family ties as a bond. Although this novel is about family love, what makes it seem heavy is history. It is the history deep in reality that makes this novel particularly desolate and profound. The plot of the novel is tortuous, the characters are full, the story is strong and intriguing.
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