Shifu Semakin Lama Semakin Konyol adalah sebuah cerpen karya Mo Yan Cerpen ini bercerita tentang Ding Shikou seorang pekerjapabrik teladan yang mengalami PHK sebulan sebelum masa pensiunnya Dibantu dengan L Xiaohu anak buahnya ketika di pabrik Ding membangun sebuah bisnis kamar sewaan jam jaman yang kemudian menghantui dirinya akibat prinsip prinsip moralnya sendiri Melalui analisis tokoh alur latar serta judul makalah ini mengungkap kontras kepribadian antargenerasi yang tampak antara Ding dan L melalui reaksi mereka terhadap bisnis kamar sewaan Kemungkinan sumber perbedaan ini juga diteliti dengan melihat catatan sosiologis mengenai keadaan sosial yang telah dilalui serta membentuk Ding dan L

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Shifu You rsquo ll do Anything for A Laugh is a short story by Mo Yan This story centers on Ding Shikou a model factory worker who was forced to resign a month before starting his retirement Helped by L Xiaohu his disciple while in factory Ding built a love hotel business that eventually haunted him due to his own moral values Through an analysis of characters plot setting as well as title this paper reveals the intergenerational contrast between Ding and L through their reactions to the love hotel business The possibilities for the source of the differences are also investigated through looking at notes about the social conditions that Ding and L may have been portrayed to go through