"The Smiley Man" is a novel written by Guo Hu in 1869 against the background of The British society at that time, this novel exposes the hypocrisy and ugliness of the British aristocracy through the tragic experience of the life of the smiling person Winplain.
It is the so-called decent people who hold the title of nobility, but they do the dirtiest, most vulgar, and most shameless deeds in the world, that let us see a small person at the bottom of society, Yusus, his noble personality and the only warmth left in the world, and also let us know a fact that the rulers have tried so hard to cover up.
A person's personality has nothing to do with his status, much less with his wealth, but only with his heart, as long as he has a good and upright heart, can bring warmth to others, can let people see the light, then his personality is great, it is noble.
Gwenpolan was the son of Baron Charles of Krone and had a noble origin, but because of the dirty struggle in the court, he was only two years old and sold to a child trafficker by King Charles II, who had his face surgery and disfigured, becoming a clown who laughed at all times.
This baby, who could have been happy for a lifetime, fell into the hands of child traffickers because of their ugly dealings, and since then his life has been rewritten, not only can not enjoy the privileges of the nobility, but also can not enjoy the rich life, became the tools in the hands of child traffickers, became the clown that everyone laughed at, and later became a homeless wanderer.
This is the iniquity created by those who are so-called noble, for selfish desires, for status, for money. With a pair of sinful hands, they buried a baby's beautiful future, cut off his normal life, cast a seed of inferiority in his heart, and ruined a person.
Kindness is the sun of the spiritual world.
Gwenplain, homeless in the cold, meets Yussus, he meets the sun, his exhausted life is finally infused with warmth and sunshine, and he begins to live in the world like a man.
Yussus was a jianghu entertainer, whose only wealth was a small caravan, who lectured from one market to another during the day, selling art, and with him was only a wolf grass, which was trained to help him pull the car during the day and watch the car at night. Sometimes when he was bored, he spoke to Okucho, who was a very loyal listener, because with Okucho by his side, his life was not lonely.
Life in Ursus was difficult, and he could only eat worthless potatoes, which were fed to pigs and prisoners at the time. But when Gwenplain walked up to his little caravan, he accepted him without any hesitation and gave his only stewed potatoes in lard to the starving child.
Ursus took in not only Gwenpran, but also the baby girl he picked up on the road, and later named Ti, and they formed a family.
From then on, the two poor children followed Yussus around, selling art everywhere. It was this life of upheaval and displacement, but it became the happiest and happiest day of Gwenplain and Ti's life.
Gwynplain and Ty fell in love during their time together.
For the blind girl Ti, Gwynplain is like a light shining into her heart, making her feel the beauty of this world, making her full of hope, full of love, and full of hope for a better future. In her heart, Gwenplain is the kindest person in the world, the most beautiful person in the world.
For Gwenplaine, Ti is his sunshine, the pillar of his efforts to live, and the motivation for him to live hard. Although Ty could not see, she had the brightest pair of eyes in Gwenplain's eyes, because only she knew him well.
Their love begins with each other's recognition and need, Gwenplain saved Ti, Ti also saved Gwenplain, they are under the love of Seuss, like two grasses, strong growth, they rely on each other, look forward to a better future together.
Until the gourd hiding Gwenpran's origins was presented to Queen Anne, everything changed.
If goodness is the sun of the spiritual world, then sin is the darkness of the spiritual world, the devil of the spiritual world.
Queen Anne was jealous that her sister Joseph anna was prettier than herself, and she had a mother of noble stature, which made her jealous and hateful.
Just because of her jealousy, she tried her best to restore Gwenplain's life, allowing him to inherit the property and status of Baron Cloncharlie, and Gwenplain became a baron. Queen Anne then ordered Josephine to marry her real husband, Gwenpran. As soon as she thought of her sister marrying such an ugly person, she was overjoyed, completely disregarding sisterhood and only caring about her own happiness.
Joseph anna has a noble status and huge wealth, and has a beautiful face and figure, but not a good life, but all day long thinking about her status and beauty, either to find a very beautiful person as a lover, or to find the ugliest man in the world as a lover, to experience the ultimate life, to experience the depraved and vulgar life.
She saw Gwenpland at the bazaar, and immediately aroused the desire in her heart to be the lover of this ugly man, so she tried her best to seduce him. But when she learned that Gwenplain was her real husband, she immediately changed her face, looked at him like she was looking at something disgusting, and drove him away.
Whether it is Queen Anne or Josephine, they have privileges and wealth in their hands, but their hearts are like poisonous snakes, never thinking about how to change the lives of the poor, how to help them well, but to squander the wealth in their hands as much as they can, abuse the privileges in their hands, and do whatever they want.
They are the ugliest people in the world, and like them are the nobles. When Gwenplain became a knight and participated in the parliament of parliament, he passionately delivered his own speech, telling the suffering of the people at the bottom, hoping that these people with power in their hands could change the lives of ordinary people.
But to his surprise, the magnates did not hear what he said, let alone see the suffering of the people at the bottom, they only saw a clown who had become a knight, actually participated in the meeting, mocked him vigorously, laughed at him vigorously, tried to drive him away, and finally even his half-brother had to fight with him.
Such a person, such a mentality, let him down, made him disgusted with the life of the nobility, and finally gave up his knighthood and returned to Yussus, back to Ti's side. However, Ty, who had lost Gwenplain, was already very ill and dying, and finally died in the arms of Gwenplain, who was so sad that he finally committed suicide by jumping into the sea.
Gwenpland, who was supposed to have a good and happy life, was deprived of the right to a happy life by those who held great power because of the court struggle. Gwenplain, who fell into darkness, was taken in by the kind Yussus, and he had a happy time. However, in the end, because of the court struggle, he lost his favorite Ti and committed suicide by jumping into the sea.
He fell into the darkness twice because of the so-called magnates, and the only sunlight was obtained from the wandering entertainer Yuss and the blind girl Ti, who were the navigators of his life, the sun in his life.
Therefore, the greatness of personality has never had anything to do with status and wealth, as long as there is a good heart.