周记.2026.07.04

后天开启零诊，然后迎接高三启动仪式，搬进高三楼……还怪有仪式感的。

属于高三学生的学习状态，现在仍是不可望亦不可及的，怎么办呢。就这样吧。

希望流逝的时间能留下足够的锚点，好让我能“策扶老以流憩，时矫首而遐观”

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好久没有读过短篇小说了，也算是找到一篇有吸引力的。The Monkey’s Paw 有这样一份评价：

W.W. Jacobs employs several literary devices to build the story’s atmosphere of dread:

Foreshadowing appears throughout the story. Morris’s reluctance to discuss the paw, his attempt to burn it, and his grave warning that the first owner’s third wish “was for death” all signal the tragedy to come. Herbert’s joke about “something horrible squatting on top of your wardrobe” and the simian face he sees in the dying fire also foreshadow his gruesome end.

Irony is central to the plot. The Whites wish for money to improve their lives, and they receive it — but only as compensation for their son’s death. Mrs. White’s cheerful remark, “How could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?” becomes devastatingly ironic within hours.

Symbolism pervades the setting: the storm and darkness outside contrast with the warmth and safety inside, mirroring the danger that enters their domestic life through the paw. Ambiguity is Jacobs’s most powerful tool — the third wish is never stated, and whatever stood outside the door is never described, forcing readers to imagine horrors worse than any explicit revelation could provide.

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