They encountered Mud. Mud paints a splendid image of himself who is brave and tortured, despite the thousands of people who are gone. Ellis and Neckbone, who are conquered by this image, are willing to take great risks and be driven by him. Once the wide river that entered the town from the river branch can make them exclaim, but now for a certain mission, forgetting the danger, forgetting the consequences, and voluntarily participating in a dispute that they do not fully understand.
Mud is a person, an honor, a platform or a quagmire. He calls them to glory, but he also pushes them into life's adventures with unpredictable futures. In order to help Mud and his girlfriend escape from the gang, the two lied, stole, sent messages to Mud's girlfriend who was being watched by the gang, and even had a little conflict with the gang. In this world of diverse values, they choose the value they believe in, and they just go on tenaciously no matter how hard it is or not. They have withstood the test. In the eyes of others, they are still unreasonable little brats, but in their hearts they have gone through hardships and learned a lot of truth. It later turned out that Mud was just wishful thinking and a clueless idiot who misled Ellis and Neckbone because of the clarity of purpose in the process, the swiftness of action, the efficiency of the means, and the determination of the will, and this wonderful mistake seemed absurd, like that A hanging boat on a tree.
Starting from fantasy and ending in disillusionment, the two seem to have been tricked, and their efforts are completely worthless. ——However, people seem to put their three views on others, so they think so. Ibsen said that your greatest responsibility is to forge your own material. Although Ellis and Neckbone did not get any material benefits, they were not engulfed in the quagmire of Mud. They experienced a lot of hardships and learned a lot of truth, and they have gained a lot.
Mud survived, stretching his body and mind on the vastness of the Mississippi, while Ellis and Neckbone successfully crossed the river in their hometown, and they were Andy, the Don Quixote of Cervantes. For them, the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean have never been stormy.
Note: The title of this article is quoted from Zuo Xiaozu's "Night in Ulaanbaatar".
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