In Western Ireland in 1892, after generations of poverty and exploitation, tenants began to awaken and resist the unfair rent and brutal oppression imposed on them by the wealthy landlords. The resistance that broke out from prolonged exploitation and oppression was overwhelming, and the tenants gathered spontaneously to fight against the powerful landlords. After all, the landlord’s ruling power lasted for a long time, and the tenants’ resistance paid a heavy price.
The father of the tenant Josephdied in the resistance after the explosion of angry savings. Just after the father’s funeral, the house left by Joseph’s father was also burned down by the landlord in revenge. Among tenant tenants who have long been accustomed to being exploited and swallowed, Joseph belongs to the kind of young man who has his own ideals and yearns for a piece of his own estate. Now that his father died tragically and his house was burned, Joseph vowed to avenge his father. As soon as the explosion of anger that had been accumulated for a long time subsided, Joseph rode on a donkey and went alone to find the landlord to avenge his blood and hatred amidst the laughter of everyone. At a hotel on the way, Joseph found the landlord who had killed his father. In Joseph's view, the landlord was not as vicious as he thought. When Joseph was determined to avenge his father and kill the landlord, an accident happened, Joseph who was already angry and furious.
Losing a chance to avenge his father, Joseph followed the landlord, came to the landlord’s manor, and met the landlord’s daughter Mai Lin. The encounter with Mai Lin opened the door to change Joseph. Melin, who pursues freedom of personality, tries to persuade Joseph to go to the United States to start his own life. The hard-to-reach Joseph jumped into Mai Lin's carriage by mistake when he was eager to get away, and let Mai Lin take him to the port and far away. After Mai Lin used Joseph as a waiter, Joseph came to the United States involuntarily. When I first became the United States, the people and the land were unfamiliar, causing Mai Lin to feel hopeless. In order to survive, Joseph had to rely on boxing to make a living under the arrangement of the local boss; Mai Lin engaged in a low job in the slaughterhouse. Hard work has never brought a fundamental improvement in life. In order to obtain a piece of land of their own, Joseph and Mai Lian pretended to be a husband and wife, and they did not want to do a fake show, and they had delicate feelings. There is no cruelty and injustice for the elderly in life. After Joseph and Mai Lian endured the hardships and pains and tortures, the old man of life showed them a bright and kind smile. Excited from the setbacks, Joseph bought horses and galloped with Mailian whip horses. In the form of enclosures, he realized his long-cherished wish to go to the United States, and finally got a piece of fertile soil of his own and started a happy life from then on
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