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IJLLL 2026 Vol.12(2): 118-122
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2026.12.2.642

The Two Young Fighters: The Contemporary Significance of Gao Jialin and Julien

Yanjun Guo* and Huiying Yang
School of Foreign Languages, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Email: 2657058095@qq.com (Y.G.); niutingyu@126.com (H.Y.)
*Corresponding author

Manuscript received November 28, 2025; accepted February 2, 2026; published April 30, 2026

Abstract—In the post-pandemic era—a time of both unprecedented opportunities and complex challenges—young people navigating their personal and professional development face a range of difficulties. Cultural shifts, evolving values, and economic pressures have contributed to problematic trends, including extreme phenomena such as “involution,” driven by unhealthy peer competition, and the subsequent rise of withdrawal behaviors like “goblin mode” among some individuals. In such a new era, we need to reread the classics of the predecessors, from which to find some insights into youth development from the realistic perspectives. Julien and Gao Jialin in different times and countries, are typical fighter images of intellectual youth. Their life choices and experiences also the tragedies have profound significance for times and social values. This article aims to explore the similarities and differences between the 2 protagonists and to reveal the various roots that cause the differences between the 2. In this way, the author explores the realistic insights of the protagonists in the development of young people today through comparative analysis.
 
Keywords—Julien, Gao Jialin, typical young fighters, comparison, contemporary significance

Cite: Yanjun Guo and Huiying Yang, "Describing Deliciousness: A Cross-Linguistic Analysis of European Pear Reviews in Japanese and English," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 118-122, 2026.

Copyright © 2026 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).


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