Social Hierarchy in Under the Lion’s Paw by Halim Garland

Wherever you are, social classes are difficult to escape, no matter how old you are, regardless of how good your family is, our society almost ignores it can not. In Hamlin Garland's short story "Under the Lion's Paw", the wealthiest people in the story have many social strata and power, but the poor do not see anything. This happens every day in our society, can hurt people laughed, and surprisingly it does not do anything to solve it.

1) At the time there were many "greedy land speculators", so "Under Leo" is an important title. "Under Leo" indicates that most of the farmers borrowing land are under "Leo" because they are trapped in the system under the control of the land speculators (Lion).

Garland's "Under Lions legs" are doing a better job to strengthen the discussion between naturalism and realism. Because this story is a combination of naturalism and realism it is difficult to judge what kind of story it is. "Under the claws of the lion" contains many realisms, which is a story of literary naturalism. Naturalistic stories usually dominate people with stronger powers than they are natural. Under "Under Leo", the power of nature is 蚱蜢.

There was a lion in the forest. One day he slept under the tree at noon. There is a mouse hole near the trunk. The mouse accidentally got over the body of the lion. The Lion awoke and caught the mouse with his nail. When he tries to kill the rat, the mouse says, "Master King! Prepare for my life, someday I will help you." The Lion says it pitifully. A few days later, the lion caught a trap. He tried to break the rope but failed. He began to shout violently. The rat heard his snoring and ran to the place where the lion was trapped. It began to break the rope with sharp teeth. Immediately the lion is free. He thanked the mouse for help and then disappeared into the forest.