Chapter 5 Towards the Hometown of Art (5)--The Revenge of Fate

The Robinson incident is another conspiracy designed by fate against Karl.Because Karl's will is not firm, and he refuses to listen to Therese's advice to make a clean break with the past, Robinson appears like a ghost.This lingering domestic dog, the shadow of Karl's past life, clung to him from the moment he arrived, leaving him no time to breathe, let alone hope of release.All of Karl's attempts to escape just lead himself deeper and deeper into the quagmire.This mysterious blue star, this tramp dressed in the essence of Karl, staged this grotesque farce in the Western Hotel with the confidence of winning.There is no doubt that Karl has conflicted feelings about him at the moment.However, the development of the matter is not dominated by his subjective feelings, but by an incredible supernatural force.This force comes from what Karl has done in the past.There is nothing a person can do about what he has done, and no one can make a clean break with his past. Today's cognition or action is the continuation of the past.Of course, people can still develop, just like Karl, but you cannot get rid of the control of the shadow of the past, which limits your knowledge and behavior today.For example, when Therese asked him to break off with Dramache, he was never able to say yes to her.It is this disconnection that has caused new disasters.

Robinson cut off all the roads for Karl with the stubbornness of "not dying until the Yellow River", and successfully dragged him into the water.The fat Irishman was the object of Karl's inner pity.In the Western Hotel, a cage that does not allow any compassion, Karl has to suppress his own nature (as do everyone else).The result of repression is a destructive general outburst.This is the "good and evil" that has nothing to do with his subjective expectations.He is kind and compassionate by nature, and this result is an inevitable result independent of his will.It never occurred to him that an accidental acquaintance during the journey would cause such a catastrophe.This is how destiny develops link by link, and no one can resist its power.In this conflict, Karl still doesn't understand the cause and effect of the matter, but he has new feelings.This feeling is the footsteps of the bad luck behind him, and his futile resistance.

There is no way for a person to overcome his own compassion, even in an environment like a Western hotel where there are only jobs but no personal life.The poisonous arrows of Nemesis will be shot from behind, and those who are hit by the arrows will be covered with cuts and bruises.The example here shows the opposite, the blow to conformity to compassion.These examples also show the difficult situation in which people are always surrounded by enemies.The female chef took in Karl out of compassion, but the result of taking in brought her even greater loss and pain, and her emotions were brutally trampled.Now we understand why she has had sleepless nights for so long.Emotional, she has never lost her sympathy, and she took in Karl just as she took in Therese.She had imagined that Karl would grow into a strong man in the Western Hotel.And what was the result of her taking Therese in?Therese becomes a working machine, a pale, melancholy ghost.Her sympathy did nothing to help Karl in his misfortune, it only prolonged his suffering for some time in vain.And her student Therese's friendship with Karl is exactly the same, not only can't help Karl, but makes Karl more painful because of misunderstanding.The suppression of sympathy is also the biggest reason for the head chef and Therese's insomnia and pale faces.It can be seen that no matter what one does in a Western restaurant, one cannot get out of the predicament.The female chef's good deeds finally fell by the wayside, and Karl escaped alone, regardless of his friendship with her and Therese.What happens to the head chef and Therese after Carl escapes?They must have suffered an unprecedented emotional blow, and they have been plagued by nightmares ever since, and their days seem like years.Everyone is in the chain of fate, only Karl's chain is the most unpredictable, and the chains of others are clear and visible.