Abandoned by his parents because of committing the crime of treason and injustice, the young man Karl came to the vast America, which symbolizes science, democracy and freedom, and started his long journey of spiritual exploration in this strange land.In the process, a powerful force irresistibly caused him to gradually lose everything he brought from his ancient hometown: his suitcase, umbrella, clothes, and all kinds of simple virtues, and reduced him to an unidentified man. , a penniless, notorious, dependent beggar, a suspected criminal who the police wanted to hunt down.He still has good wishes, but what are wishes, especially wishes that cannot be realized at all?No one understands it, and he can't express it, so it is equal to zero.The more he resists, the more he insists on insisting on his personality, the deeper he sinks, the more humble he is, and the less anyone believes in his integrity.After we have followed him on this endless journey, through those savage depredations we have shared with him, we cannot help feeling vaguely that something of him remains.What is lost is what can be seen and what can be said: position, reputation, status and character-everything that defines him from the outside.Fate always empties these foundations on which he lives, and forces him to be displaced.What is not lost is the desire to rebel and the determination to seek.But his future is bleak, and he can never give people even a small sense of hope and sense of security. He will always dangle on the wire rope, and if he is not careful, he will fall off, and he will be beaten like a leather dog.

Abandoned first by his parents, then by his uncle, then by his protector, what does it mean for Karl?Abandonment actually means spiritual weaning.Alone and alone before the menacing world or "principle" that rejects him, the only thing left to do, if he is a resigned, passionate being, is to struggle desperately for life.His painful experience has also taught him that even if he struggles with all his strength, the world or "principles" will not let him in; rejection is eternal and endless; To enter, so human effort has become endless.When a person comes into the world, if he does not go through the "orphan" stage spiritually, he will never grow up, mature, develop his own world, but can only be a parasite.This independent movement of the spirit is full of thrills and pains, even very terrifying.Everything that exists will be catastrophe, leaving him with only scars all over his body and unbearable memories.Those who have the courage to go through this will survive, but don't expect any kind of salvation either.

In Carl's vagabond career, these factors are needed to maintain a kind of relative stability: cut off communication with the outside world, do his best to abide by the law, the death of sympathy, and a complete farewell to his past history.As a living person, of course, Karl can't do these things, so the stability is always broken, and he ends up living on the street, and then starts from a new place, and once it starts, the old drama repeats itself.The heart-piercing howling and crying on the boat on the day I first arrived in the United States may not be repeated again, but life has not made this passionate heart cold and numb.So turbulence became his fate, and he was in this vicious circle that he couldn't get rid of all his life.And because he was a thinking child, he was never content to submit to everything. This character made the turmoil more frequent and more intense, and he was almost wiped out several times.Those short periods of stability also hide crises from time to time, and crises are about to erupt.The reason for his situation was of course within himself—a stubborn, rebellious passion burned in his heart forever.

The quest taught Karl the indifference of the world, the inviolability of principles, which was told to him, directly or indirectly, by everyone he met (the objectification of the self).Others' teachings did not calm Karl, whose impulsiveness seemed an unalterable gift.What a frightening spectacle is the contest between the blood of youth and the unchanging principles of the ages. Carl's quest, presented in the appearance of a classical story, arouses our long-term thinking.Although this story is not as refined as the two later novels, it is certain that what the author wants to talk about is by no means an ordinary topic, because he has no interest in the superficial and external world, and all he cares about is his own soul. The narrative must have a different picture.We can say that this story is a brilliant and talented youth, a little hesitant, but full of vigor and uniqueness that cannot be repeated.