Japanese writer Kiyoharu Matsumoto's "Flag of the Mist" tells the story of a girl who asks a barrister to help fight a lawsuit, but she is poor and cannot afford to pay a lawyer's fee, her brother dies unjustly in prison, and the girl lurks around the lawyer to avenge herself.
Reading novels on weekdays, the cause to the turn, the climax and ups and downs, the ending is either a reunion or a tragedy, and the ending of this story is unexpected. He stopped abruptly, obviously looking at the climax, followed by a pause.
After putting down the book, my mind kept thinking about what the book was written and what the final outcome would be, a mess of wild thoughts in my mind, and I couldn't go away for a long time. When I was almost digested, I had an epiphany, isn't that exactly where this novel succeeds?
Only tell you the past, do not tell you the ending, only show the actions of the characters in the story, do not say that their psychology is dark. Human nature floats outside the literal expression, capturing the true disposition of life.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > First, is it the fault of society that the poor cannot afford a lawyer, or the fault of the poor? </h1>
Kiriko Yanagida rushed from Kyushu to Tokyo only to ask Keizo Otsuka, a well-known barrister in the country, to file a lawsuit against her brother. The brother was an honest elementary school teacher, but was convicted of intentional homicide.
The prosecutor's office, the judge who tried the case, the police officer in charge of the investigation and interrogation, in the face of one link after another of evidence and facts, they did not see the flaws, this is indeed a well-documented murder case.
But Kiriko believes that her brother is not that kind of person, although the evidence is clearly biased in favor of the facts of the case. So she wishfully believes that her brother is innocent, and she thinks that the barrister can save his brother.
Barristers' legal fees were so high she couldn't afford them. She had heard that barristers had fought this kind of moneyless lawsuit for others in the early days, and she simply believed that he would stand up for justice.
Once upon a time, Otsuka was not so famous, and when he was not so busy, he fought some such lawsuits. But now, Otsuka is really busy. Moreover, when he received the girl, he made it clear that he was busy and not interested in the case.
In the conversation between the two, Kiriko said: Because I can't pay the defense fee, my husband is going to reject me, right?
Ōtsuka's answer was: There are some reasons for this.
The fact in the novel is that Kiriko's brother was misjudged and eventually fell ill and died in prison. It was true that she had no money and could not hire a good lawyer, and her brother died.
In reality, stories of heroes who are overwhelmed by a penny abound, is this not the cruelty of today's society? But in this cruelty, there are more unknown bitterness.
For example, if you don't have any money, but you want to buy a mobile phone, will you ask the boss for a mobile phone because you have heard that the boss is very kind? I don't think anyone would have such a boring and unreasonable request.
But is it the poor's fault that they don't have money? Is it society's fault that we can't afford a lawyer? I don't think we can generalize. When the poor have no money and can't do something, they can only do their best, which is indeed a little sad, but the law of reality has not been broken, he is just following the normal social trajectory.
In this unknown battle, the confrontation between two people with disparities in identity cannot be judged from the language and behavior of one person alone. Different positions, although the truth hurts them differently.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > 2. Kiriko's retaliation against Otsuka Keizo is not a moral kidnapping? </h1>
Kiriko's brother fell ill and died in prison, and Kiriko resented Otsuka because she did not promise her to help her brother fight the case. Lurking in Tokyo, waiting for an opportunity to take revenge.
What kind of human nature is it to hate a person and sacrifice his reputation to push him into the abyss of eternal disaster? Hatred blinded her eyes, and she took care of her own pain and inflicted it on others.
She finally waited for the opportunity and successfully pulled Otsuka Off his horse, so that he could no longer turn over.
The story doesn't have a perfect ending. Kiriko disappeared, and lawyer Akira Otsuka was devastated and bid farewell to the lawyer circle. I can't imagine what his life would be like later. Is it just because there is no help that one should suffer such consequences? Isn't this moral kidnapping?
The lawyer had not taken up the case earlier, and he did not even know what the content of the case was. He was just an excuse to take a high legal fee and prevaricate the girl. Just because he did not uphold justice, he was hated by a person. What a terrible human nature.
But when he receives a postcard from the girl informing him that her brother has died in prison, the psychological emotions he carries gradually enlarge. He began to look for the case file, he spent time studying them one by one, and spent a month in despair without thinking about tea.
As a lawyer, he has a sense of justice. Why did he get to this position? How did he get to this position? He knew it. When he analyzed the facts of the case clearly, he knew that the deceased had been wronged, but did not submit a review.
Standing as a bystander, he did not accept the case, he is now just doing a lot of work to disassemble the case clearly.
When he confessed in front of the girl in order to save his lover that he had actually found the real culprit, the girl hated him even more. What the girl must have thought in her heart was that since you already knew the truth, but you didn't say it, then you should be punished. The howl that came from the girl's heart and pushed him into the abyss without hesitation.
On the bus, if young people do not give up their seats to the elderly, they will be ridiculed by everyone and even physically attacked. But young people may have been in work for a day, or they may be sick and do not have to give up their seats.
Because they did not take the initiative to help, they were retaliated against, because they did not give up their seats, they were ridiculed, and such similar scenes, such as the same nonsense, the humanity hidden in the depths was exposed one by one, and I had to admire the author's observation ability.
In fact, people have to be a little bit of a human measure between people, which is the most basic morality.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > third, forgiving others is the best forgiveness for oneself</h1>
Kirito has always been angry, and after her brother's death, she actually went to Tokyo to become a bartender, first to make money, and second, to get revenge on lawyers. The hatred in her heart turned her into a fierce person.
If it weren't for this accident, she would have been diligently and earnestly relying on her brother for her life, or the simple girl. Her innocence can be seen from the fact that she dared to go from Kyushu to Tokyo alone to find a barrister. There was no money, but she thought she was sincere enough to impress the barrister.
But the truth wasn't as she had imagined. Then she pinned all her hatred on the lawyer, because she firmly believed that if the barrister came out, her brother would be acquitted. Her irrationality turned her into a devil.
Although the lawyer did not accept her request at first, he was not willing to go when he learned in the postcard sent by the girl that her brother was dead. When no one accepted him, he spontaneously checked the ins and outs of the case.
An act of conscience belonging to a righteous person. He is a middle-aged man who has grown up in society, he understands the powerful relationship of reality, and he understands that it was not easy to do a lot.
As a lawyer, he had the right to refuse someone else's unreasonable request, and later the man's brother who made the request died, causing him a shock. Because death is the demise of a life, and for him, it is another torture.
I think the girl's life will be just as difficult after that. If the boss lady dies because of her and the lawyer is discredited because of her, she will only get a moment of happiness, but will spend a lifetime of regret.
Her hatred will accompany her throughout her life, and if she does not forgive others, she will not forgive herself. How can people who are in hatred be happy?
A person is severely affected by his own emotions, and the mental torture is even more physical.
Many people will pretend not to care about external things, but he can remember the things he really cares about, the details. I have calculated it thousands of times in my heart, and I also want to solve him.
Not forgiving others is also a punishment for yourself. When your wind is light and the sky is clear.
In one passage in the book, Otsuka asks his lover, have you ever heard that fog makes a sound?
The white fog became thicker and thicker, like a confusion that pervaded the original intention, and the sound of the fog was the sound of the original heart struggling!