As the saying goes, "Heaven will drop to a great post. People must first suffer from their minds, their bones and muscles, starve their bodies, and do whatever they want, so they can endure and benefit from it." It is appropriate to evaluate Arthur.
What shocked and moved us most about the hero image created by the author was his fearless revolutionary optimism, which infected countless readers ...?
Although Arthur lived in a well-off shipping family, he was discriminated against and bullied by his half-brother and sister-in-law because he was an illegitimate child. Later, when Arthur went to college, influenced by revolutionary ideas, he joined the Italian Youth Party and was arrested and imprisoned. After being released from prison, Joan misunderstood and betrayed the revolutionary comrade and "gave him a slap in the face". In addition, he suddenly learned that his beloved pastor Monteyne was his biological father, and he felt cheated. In a rage, he pretended to throw himself into the river and lived in South America.
Arthur suffered a lot during his thirteen years in exile. "I used to wash dishes in a dirty brothel; I worked as a stable boy for farmers who were fiercer than their animals; I used to be a clown in the juggling team, wearing a hat and hanging bells; I once gave in to any bastard who was willing to humiliate me ... "When I returned to Italy, his body and appearance changed a lot-scarred and lame ... However, thirteen years of hellish life, instead of crushing him, sharpened his will!
At a rally after joining the Italian Youth Party, Arthur met his childhood partner Joan Ma, both of whom had stood on the front of the revolutionary cause. After returning to Italy, Arthur used the pseudonym "Gadfly" to attack the reactionary forces and the Christian church with bitter pen and ink. Not only that, he also cooperated with revolutionaries such as Joan Ma and Paolo Maldini to organize the uprising. His belief of "liberating Italy and opposing the church" is unshakable. Even after being arrested, tortured and injured, he remained as strong as steel, indomitable and fearless.
After returning to Italy, even if I faced Joan, I didn't recognize her because of the past. They are in love. Since the secret meeting, the seeds of love in Arthur's heart have sprouted, so even if Yida expressed her love to him later, she was indifferent. And Joan's mother loves him, too. She blames herself for misunderstanding him for many years. Arthur tried several times to recognize her face to face, but it didn't come true. It was not until he wrote a letter the night before he was shot that he entrusted a guard to give it to Joan Ma that he realized that "the person in front of him" had always been a "sweetheart". At the end of the letter, they wrote a poem they learned together: whether I live or die, I am a happy gadfly.
Before living in South America, he loved Father Monteyne, who loved him like a son. On the one hand, he fought against the reactionary forces, on the other hand, he opposed the church and attacked Cardinal Montanelli. His love turned to hate, so he always said unkind things to Monteyne. But he always loved his priest and father. In prison, he urged the priest to choose between "believing in God" and "son". The priest finally chose God. He was so desperate at that time. "The gadfly lay in the dark and cried all night."