Maupassant argued: "The uniqueness of an artist is first expressed in the small and not the significant. Some masterpieces are made from insignificant details, on vulgar and ordinary things. In his writings, some ordinary things seem particularly intimate. For example, the short story "The Umbrella" tells the story of a clerk's wife who picks the door to the extreme, and does everything possible to get the insurance company to compensate her husband for accidentally burning an umbrella with a hole. The wife's hard-working performance is certainly ridiculous; But the poverty of life forced her to do so, and the feelings were also moving. Maupassant has his own unique skills in exposing social reality, and he also has his own distinctive artistic tendencies in expressing marriage and love. He advocates innocent feelings and natural **. Love has always been the object of praise among the great masters of literature, and so has Maupassant. In love, he especially affirmed the value of women. At the same time, he does not shy away from sexual desire, and even emphasizes the importance of sex in love and marriage. The "Flower Room" I want to share with you today is one of the most representative ones. 
Maupassant set the location of the story in the beautiful countryside. People in the countryside are more likely to get closer to nature than people in the city. Under the influence of nature, people's hearts become more and more pure, which is also the author's ulterior motive. The protagonists of the story are a husband and wife: Mr. Gustave and Mrs. Parmir. At the beginning, the author specifically writes that the husband and wife are the same age, and the husband appears younger than the wife, but his body is much weaker than the wife. "Weak body" is a foreshadowing, suggesting the husband and wife pattern of strong women and weak men. 
Parmir loves to read, loves fantasy, and is an emotionally rich woman with a lot of self-esteem. And Gustave is a short and dumpty man, with a cheerful and optimistic personality. In the countryside, Gustave had a much better reputation than his wife. In addition to the personality factor, it also stems from Gustave's unintentional remark: "My wife, she is a passionate woman!" "The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. This sentence seems to mean something else, and people have speculated that Parmir is a person who does not know how to control his desires. In the beginning, the husband and wife were quite harmonious. However, as he entered middle age, Parmir's Gustave became increasingly dissatisfied. Gustave had no clue about his wife's insensitivity. The author has set up a lot of obstacles here to prevent us from seeing what Parmir really thinks. The appearance of a third party is the biggest problem in marriage. Who the third party of the Palmir is, there is no explanation at all in the foregoing. However, the reader is vaguely aware of the woman's emotional changes from her constant harassment and torment of Gustave. She always chose to give him the most intense cynicism when they were lying side by side. She mainly blamed him for getting fatter: You took all the land, you were so fat. The sweat from your back is like melted lard on me. Do you think I'm comfortable like this? "Aggression against the appearance of the spouse is the most direct manifestation of disgust. In addition to verbal stimulation, Palmier would constantly ask him to find some items she had deliberately hidden before going to bed. A wife's dislike for her husband is at its peak. In the face of his wife's criticism and criticism, Gustave was obedient and uncomplaining. The author treats Gustave's reaction as a manifestation of weakness of mind, as if there is something in the hands of his wife. The reader's desire to really want is hung high. At the end of the house where the couple lived there was a small flower room. One night, Gustave was violently woken up by his wife because she heard a strange noise. Although he was tormented by his wife's unfounded existence before, this time he obediently went out to check. Forty-five minutes later, Gustave returned. He was as excited as if he had changed someone: "I hugged my wife by the waist, but I just kissed her neck vigorously, and kissed her like before, and kissed her loudly." She was stunned and silent. As for him, he slowly dragged her to the side of the bed with her--- and the next day, the couple could not get up from the bed as never before, and chatted happily. Parmir regained her former gentleness, like a docile cat, snuggling up to her husband. What Gustave saw in the flower room, the author did not directly explain. However, judging from the extraordinary excitement he had received when he returned home and the increase in his salary to the maid, it must have something to do with the maid in the flower room that night. The author writes at the end that the couple often tiptoe to the flower room at night. They snuggled up to each other, crouching at the edge of the glass shed for a long time, looking in, as if admiring some strange and interesting thing that was happening inside. ”
The secret of the flower room turned out to be an affair scandal The maid had a private meeting with her lover in the flower room and did something indescribable, just happened to be bumped into by Gustave. The scandal opened the floodgates for Gustave. After a night of love, the couple's relationship took a qualitative leap. Gustave was energetic and laughed constantly; Parmir was gentle and smiling. 
And since then, the couple has no more discord and suspicion. The sentence written by the author at the end of ** is quite interesting: "Monsieur Lelebull has also lost weight." * The fact that it plays such an important role in the marriage relationship is very different from the aesthetic taste of many literary works. Many literary works sing the absolute influence of spiritual love, especially "The Narrow Gate", which enshrines this extreme love as true knowledge. Maupassant is different, he writes about the little people in the world, and he cares about their mental state, but also about their pyrotechnic life. The details of the lives of the little people seem to be happening in front of his eyes in his pen. She often made excuses and forced him to get up again, and sent him downstairs to get a newspaper she had forgotten, or a bottle of orange blossom that he could not find, because she had hidden it. Neither newspapers nor perfume are needed for sleeping, and by doing so, Parmir is constantly hinting at her husband, but Gustave can't guess the mystery. It is not until the end of the story that the reader realizes what is the cause of Parmir's irritability. Looking back, we can see that the author did enough hints. For example, when Parmir was at her lowest, when the two slept side by side, it was at this time that her dissatisfaction with her husband was fully vented. Looking at Parmir's attack on her husband's language, it is all related to the body. The author deliberately writes that Gustave is a fat man, and when Palmir insults her husband, he mentions such provocative words as "meat" and "soft collapse" more than once. At the same time, it is accompanied by a sentence with obscure semantics: "You can't do anything, not even massage a woman." "There is also the location of the flower room, which is some distance from the master room as explained above. The reason why the maid chose to have a private meeting with her lover in the flower room late at night was because she was afraid of being discovered by her master. And Parmir could actually hear the strange sound of the flower house in the distance, indicating her distress in the middle of the night. There is a husband who can be legally loved by his side, but he cannot experience the pleasure of married life. Parmir suffered a lot. Her education did not allow her to tell her husband the truth, so they tortured each other. 
The adultery between the maid and the lover in the flower room is in strong contrast with the disharmony of the master in the main room. And this fornication ensures a steady stream of passion between husband and wife. The maid's ** is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the couple. Therefore, Gustave, who had just discovered **, was furious and declared that he would drive the maid away. And after experiencing the happiness brought by the "strong needle", he gave the maid a salary increase in case she quit her job. The author uses this very different reaction to re-emphasize the importance of love in married life. 
There is also a short story of "Love" with the same purpose as "Flower Room". The protagonists are a pair of birds who are at home at the guns of hunters. The female bird was killed by the hunters, and the male bird flew to the net. "This bird's love for the bird I killed made it put life and death out of the way. "Animals still have the ability to love, and people in civilized society have long since forgotten what love is. As the author writes in the article: "I was born with all the instincts and feelings of primitive man, but I was suppressed by the theories and feelings of civilized man. "Yes, desire is an instinct that everyone should look directly at, and should not be blushing and ashamed for it. The education of civilization distorts people's correct perception of desires. Maupassant's "The House of Flowers" is his affirmation of primitive desires and the celebration of the life of a harmonious couple. "Do what you want" is the standard for measuring a person's physical and mental health. As for money and status, it is only the veil that covers happiness. Only those who dare to lift the veil can see through life as it is. 