Yu Dafu's novella "Sinking" is a psychological history of rising from sinking. It describes a depressed international student. The story happened in the late Qing Dynasty and was called "the sick man of East Asia". At that time, many patriotic young people went to the East to study. However, although the hero of this article went to the East, he did not seek the way to save the country. The impact of closed and lonely life and long-term suppression of youth made him feel depressed, which led to the distorted development of his personality, and finally reached a wretched decline that he did not believe, so that he only had 265438+. This novel adopts the third person and is written in the form of "autobiographical biography", paying attention to psychological analysis, expressing subjective feelings without scruple, and boldly exposing the psychological state of the protagonist. Through the description of the hero's psychological state, it shows that he is depressed and even abnormal because of repeated discrimination, but he still does not forget his motherland in the end. It expresses Yu Dafu's distinct anti-imperialist and patriotic thought, which has certain positive significance.

The hero "He" in Sink was born in a typical traditional family in China, and he accepted more open and progressive ideas when studying in various places. The protagonist, who grew up in the environment where Chinese and Western cultures blended, has both some qualities of China literati and some thoughts of freedom and rebellion. However, in the social environment where China's traditional culture is still dominant, his free thought is suppressed. When he left W school, "I don't want to go to another school", he chose to live in a small study. Because of this, his heart was depressed, which produced the "root seedling of depression". After studying abroad, his depression became more serious. In a foreign country, suffering from "sexual repression" and "indifferent discrimination by foreigners", "he" longs for sincere love and is willing to abandon everything for this. However, this wish is difficult to realize in reality, and his mind gradually loses control of his reason. He began to abuse himself, peeping at girls taking a bath, and even going to brothels to have fun, just to seek temporary pleasure and satisfaction from the senses, and finally he was trapped in an evil swamp. The act of drinking poison to quench thirst obviously made "him" more depressed. After the pleasure, he became more empty and wanted more and more. He began to seek greater stimulus, but the economic situation was not good, forming a vicious circle. In the end, "he" only jumped into the sea to end this vicious circle.