In the novel "The Bullfly", the protagonist Arthur's origin is somewhat disgraceful, because he is the illegitimate son of his mother who secretly gave birth to a bishop when he was young. But Arthur's life was great, and after all the betrayals, he still did not lose his faith, and finally gave his life gloriously for the cause of the revolution.
Arthur was born in England to a wealthy merchant family named Bolton. Being born into a privileged family is supposed to be a very happy thing, but because Arthur was not the biological son of a wealthy merchant, but the illegitimate son of someone else. Arthur was found to have had an affair between Arthur's mother and a Catholic cleric, and when he was discovered, Arthur's adoptive father later demanded that the bishop not recognize Arthur but serve as his governess.
Because Bishop Montanelli was erudite and had taught him a great deal of knowledge selflessly, at that time Arthur did not know that the bishop was his biological father, so he regarded him as his idol and even worshipped him as an example. At a small gathering, Arthur saw his childhood friend Joema, and because Joema had become a beautiful and beautiful girl, he fell in love with her, and because a man named Paula was also in love with Jonma, Arthur was secretly jealous of this "love enemy" in his heart. ”
Later, Montagnelli was officially ordained bishop of the Diocese of Brisigueira and left the Seminary of Pisa. When he was gone, a new bishop, Father Caldy, came to the seminary. Because of Arthur's innocence and trust in the new bishop, in a "confession" Arthur accidentally revealed the "secrets" of their organization, revealing that he was a member of that organization, under the guidance of Father Caldy, unreservedly recounting the specific work they were going to do.
Once, while Arthur was returning home to rest, while he was asleep, suddenly several men in uniform came to his house and said that they wanted to arrest Arthur. While Arthur and the whole family were confused, the men began to search his room, trying to find something of value, but they searched for half a day and found nothing.
Arthur was inexplicably taken to prison, and he learned that there were other members who had been arrested and imprisoned with him. In prison, he figured out the reason for his arrest, and it turned out that Father Caldy had betrayed him, but soon Arthur was released. He saw Qiongma, who knew that he had betrayed his comrades-in-arms, so she slapped him hard.
Arthur was betrayed and betrayed for the first time, and he was still his confessional priest, and he couldn't believe it was true, and because his beloved misunderstood him. When Arthur returned home and learned that he was the illegitimate son of his mother and priest Montenelli, he felt insulted, so he took a hammer and smashed it frantically into the cross. Reality destroyed the god he had always admired in his heart, and he felt that Father Monterelli was a liar, and that her mother had deceived him. So he thought of dying, but he seemed to grow up in an instant, and he didn't want to die again, he wanted to leave here and start his life again.
In order to be completely liberated, before leaving, he wanted everyone to think that he was dead, so he laid down doubts and wrote on a piece of paper: "I have believed in you as much as I believe in God." God is a clay sculpture..." then wrote the following words on another piece of paper: "Go to the Pier of Dasena to find my body." ”
Arthur went to the docks, because he did not have a passport, and the money he carried with him was not enough, and finally he could only rely on a women's gold watch from his mother's life and smuggled it to South America. During his exile, he worked as a servant in the casino on the docks, as a slave in a sugar cane garden, washed dishes in a brothel, worked as a horse boy for a farmer, even worked as a clown in the juggling team of the jianghu, beat a bullfighter in a bullring, starved, and was spit and stomped on his feet...
Thirteen years of exile had taken him to great pain, and he had gone from a sound lad to a disabled man, with a crippled leg, a saber-cut scar on his face, a bent left arm, and two fingers missing from his left hand, and after so much ordeal, he renamed himself Rivarez. He became a writer, often writing short satirical essays about government in French-language newspapers, and he gave himself the pseudonym "Oxfly", in which he had various legendary experiences that were increasingly magically passed down.
In 1846, several revolutionaries were worried that they could not find a first-class satirical writer to carry out future political work, and everyone racked their brains and talked about where to find such a writer? Suddenly someone thought of "Bullfly-Felice Varez." "Because he's had some legendary experiences and the experience of writing satirical essays. The oxflies soon joined their organization and became actively involved in the revolutionary cause.
Unexpectedly, he met his good friend Qiongma, whom he had not seen for many years, who was a member of the revolutionary party and was still the backbone of the place. At that time, he chose to go into exile because of the slap on the wrist of Qiongma, although it was a misunderstanding, but he always remembered this matter in his heart. He tried his best not to let Jonma recognize him, because he had changed so much that Joema really didn't recognize him. He learned that after he ran away, Joma and Pola were married, but Pola died of illness four years ago.
Bullfly was first responsible for writing satirical political essays, but people heard that he had engaged in some smuggling work before, so he was put in charge of smuggling weapons. He understood that there was a great risk in this work, that if he was not careful, he would lose his life, but he did not care, he felt that the revolutionary cause was great and sacred, even if it was sacrificed, it did not matter. In order not to attract the attention of others, he dressed up as a white-bearded old man with a wig, but was unexpectedly discovered by a spy and the bullfly was arrested.
Five days later, Choma and the other revolutionaries learned of the oxfly's capture and began planning to rescue him. The bullfly attempted to escape from prison, but several escapes ended in failure.
When Montenelli, the bishop, went to see the cattleflies in prison, the cattleflies revealed to him his true identity, saying that he was the Arthur who ran away from home. Montenelli couldn't believe it was true, he had suffered for so many years and finally saw the real Arthur, he wasn't dead, he was still alive. But because Montenelli and the Oxfly both had their own beliefs, neither of them convinced anyone in the end.
Because the court was anxious to make a verdict on the oxfly, Qiongma and they had no time to rescue it, and the oxfly was sentenced to death. Montenelli witnessed the death of the cattle fly, although they had common blood, but because of their respective beliefs, he could not make the bullfly make a half concession for the faith, he sacrificed for the revolution, his death should be sacred and great. Unable to bear the death of his son, Montenelli became a madman and eventually died of a broken heart aneurysm.
It was only after the death of the oxfly that Joma learned that he was arthur. In his letter to Jonma, Arthur wrote, "When you were a little girl, Jonma, I loved you. At that time you were wearing a checkered floral dress...
At the end of the letter, he wrote a small poem they had learned together as children:
Whether I live
Or am I dead
I'm all a cowfly
Fly around happily