"Sunflower" is a children's novel that focuses on left-behind children. It mainly tells the story of the young protagonist Lin Xiaogan who goes to school alone with his grandmother at home. Xiao Gan's parents work outside all year round and rarely come home once. There is only an elderly grandmother at home. The grandfather and grandson depend on each other, feeding pigs and cattle, and living a poor mountain village life. In addition to working, Xiao Gan also has to walk a long mountain road to go to school every day. He has excellent grades and his biggest wish is that his parents can come home to celebrate the New Year. This novel uses the story of the protagonist on his way to school as a clue to show how left-behind children like Xiao Gan and others, whose parents are away from home, live and study alone at home. Some of them have only one parent at home, and some are looked after by grandparents across generations. They all have difficulties in terms of living conditions, educational conditions, and psychological conditions. At the same time, each part of the novel revolves around the theme of a left-behind child, involving aspects such as learning, friendship, and parent relationships. It is intended to arouse readers' attention and thinking about these left-behind children through the stories presented in the novel.
Purpose: Calling society to pay attention to the problem of left-behind children