The author of the novel "The Veil" is Maugham, and the characters in the novel are based on real characters that Maugham knows in different places. "The Veil", along with Maugham's other two novels, Blade and The Chains of Human Nature, has been called "Maugham's three great works of dissecting human nature." ”
It is also through the book "The Veil" that we know that when a man truly loves a woman, he will take the initiative to do these two things.
The heroine of The Veil is Kitty, who marries Walter, but she doesn't like Walter. Kitty grew up beautiful, and her mother had always thought that she would marry a well-known family when she grew up, but until Kitty was twenty-five, she did not meet anyone who satisfied her, and at that time, her sister, who had just turned eighteen, was already engaged, and the other party was the only child of a wealthy lawyer, and Kitty panicked at once, she did not want to be ridiculed by her sister, nor did she want to listen to her mother's nagging all day. At this time, Walter appeared, so she married him.
Walter was an expert on bacteria, not very tall, and not very tall, and Kitty didn't like him, but felt that it was her best choice at the time.
Walter really liked Kitty and was willing to do whatever would please her when she got married.
01 Will think for her
Although Walter likes Kitty very much and always does a lot of things to make Kitty happy, Kitty does not like him from the heart, Walter knows this in his heart, and knows that Kitty looks down on him, but he is still as good to her as ever.
However, after Getting to know Charlie, Kitty got along with Charlie, who had a high social status, although he was forty-one years old, but he was physically fit, light in his steps, and walked like a young man, and Kitty was deeply fascinated by him, and even felt that even if Walter found out that she was with Charlie, there was nothing to be afraid of, so that he could stay with Charlie in a good way.
Walter does find out, and one day at noon Walter suddenly returns home to find Kitty with Charlie, but instead of exposing them, he voluntarily leaves again.
Afterwards he didn't say anything, as if nothing had happened. However, Kitty couldn't help it, she felt that Walter was too weak and looked down on him more and more, so she showed off with him, saying that she wanted to be with Charlie.
At that time, Kitty thought that Charlie thought the same thing as herself, and would divorce and choose to be with herself, however, she was completely wrong, Walter saw clearly, he knew that Charlie would not divorce at all, and he also knew that Charlie was just playing with Kitty, and it was impossible to really love her.
So he made a request that if Charlie was willing to divorce and marry Kitty within a week of the divorce, he would agree to divorce Kitty.
However, Charlie did not do as Kitty expected, not only did he not want to divorce, but he also did not care about the situation that Kitty was currently facing.
From here, it can be seen that even though Walter suffers from betrayal, he is still thinking for Kitty, trying to help her see Charlie clearly, let her get lost, even if she is not with herself, she cannot let Charlie be deceived.
To what extent does a person have to love another person, so that in the case of the other party betraying him, he will not only not blame, but also think about her? I think only people who love deeply can do it. For Walter, he was used to being nice to Kitty, and even if Kitty did something wrong, he couldn't bear to see her hurt.
Of course, what should be emphasized here is that it is not that no matter what the other person does to himself, he must be good to him, if the other party has done something that betrays him, there is no need to forgive, just to say that when you really love someone, you will really think about the other party.
02 Knowing that she has many shortcomings, he still loves her
When Kitty has a showdown with Walter, saying that she has betrayed him and that she has fallen in love with Charlie, Kitty says that she made a mistake when she married Walter, and asks Walter if she knows why she married him.
Walter gave the reason, and it was then that Kitty learned that Walter knew the purpose of her marrying him.
Walter said to Kitty, "I know you're stupid, frivolous, and your head is empty, but I love you." I know your ideas are vulgar and mediocre, but I love you. I know you're just a second-rate, but I love you. It's ridiculous to think about how actively I used to make myself like what you like, how eagerly I hid from you the fact that I wasn't ignorant and vulgar, not stupid and tongue-in-cheek. I know that true wisdom will scare you away, so I act everywhere to make you think I'm as stupid as the men you know. ”
From this, it can be seen that although Kitty does not understand what the real Walter really looks like, Walter does know Kitty very well, knowing that she is a very superficial person, but still loves him, and may not even be able to do this kind of love, so he is willing to do everything that can express his love, as long as Kitty can be happy, he will feel ecstatic.
We often say that if you really love someone, you know that she has many shortcomings, and you still won't shake your determination to love her, and you will treat her with an inclusive heart. Walter certainly did. It's just that Kitty doesn't know how to cherish, or rather, she just can't make herself fall in love with Walter, so there is no happiness between her and him.
If a man truly loves you, he can't be indifferent to your things anyway. For example, Charlie, when Kitty encounters suffering, he chooses to stand by and take care of himself, which is a manifestation of unlove. Walter has been thinking for Kitty the whole time. So love or no love, really obvious.
If you don't know if a man really loves you, don't listen to what he says, but see what he does.
In The Veil, Charlie says a word to Kitty, and Charlie says, "Honey, isn't it a little too much to take the love words that a man says when he is in love with you word for word?" ”
From this, it can be seen that Charlie really does not love Kitty, but Kitty thinks that what Charlie said to her is true, has no doubts, and has always believed him.
Walter helps Kitty lift the veil of love and lets Kitty know who truly loves him.
Through his own pen, in the book "The Veil", Maugham helped Kitty to unveil the veil of love, marriage, and life itself step by step, so that Kitty's soul awakened little by little, and finally had a complete transformation, knowing that he would be a self-reliant person from now on, a person who was not dependent on others.
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