If we compare him to other Nativist writers who address the tragedy of the rural elderly unable to adapt to the modern industrial world, we note that Huang is reluctant to expose his elderly characters to unmitigated suffering.
如果和其他同樣努力要曝白現代化、工業化過程中，農村老人適應不良的悲哀的「鄉土小說」相比較的話，我們會發現黃春明甚至捨不得給他的筆下的老人純然的痛苦折磨。