1. Explore the relationship between individuals and families: This paper can focus on the relationship between the protagonist and his family members in the novel and how these relationships affect their lives and destiny. You can analyze their conflicts, misunderstandings, support and how their actions affect each other's emotions and destiny.
2. Exploring growth and identity: The characters in this novel have experienced many changes during their growth. You can analyze their experiences and growth process, and discuss how their identity is formed and how they know themselves through these experiences.
3. Analysis of narrative skills and literary style: This novel can be analyzed from the perspective of narrative skills and literary style. We can study how the author expresses the theme and emotion through narrative, language, symbols and other means.
4. Explore the social and cultural background: We can study this novel in a broader social and cultural background. For example, you can explore how the author reflects the social reality and cultural values at that time through this novel, and how these factors affect the development of the story and the behavior of the characters.
5. Comparison: You can compare Shouting in the Drizzle with other literary works. You can study the similarities and differences between them and how they reflect different literary styles and themes.
6. In-depth analysis of a specific theme or element: for example, it can focus on a specific theme or element in the novel, such as loneliness, death, love and family. To explore their significance and role in the story.
The characteristics of this novel:
1, nonlinear time writing: the novel is written in nonlinear time, and the time and space change rapidly, which makes the story fragmented. This writing technique makes each chapter more closely related, and the story has the possibility of being pieced together again, thus ensuring the integrity of the story.
2. Closed-loop structure: Although time and space are constantly changing, the novel forms a closed-loop structure. The story begins at the south gate and ends with "I" returning to the south gate, which is what critic Foster called "ring structure".
3. First-person narration: The novel narrates from the perspective of the first person "I", recording what the protagonist sees and hears, making the story authentic. However, this narrative method also has some limitations. In order to make up for this deficiency, the author adds an omniscient perspective to the narrative process to make up for the deficiency of the first-person narrative.
4. Memory Flashback and Mao Mao Rain Symbol: The greatest feature of this novel is its narrative mode of memory flashback. By tracing the story in memory, the author interweaves reality with the past, making the whole story full of cracks and fragments. At the same time, rain as the background and symbol of the story runs through, adding a strong atmosphere and emotional color to the story.
5. Rich emotional expression: The characters in the novel are very rich in emotions, ranging from affection, friendship to love. The author vividly depicts all kinds of emotional entanglements and conflicts through delicate brushstrokes, which makes readers deeply feel the emotional world inside the characters.