In fact, it is also difficult to be a bad person, because it is easy to do a bad thing without being caught, but it is difficult to do a bad thing for a lifetime with impunity. What is even more difficult is that the bad guys are not afraid of exposure, arrest, or death, and do all the bad things according to their criminal philosophy.
In the current world, Merlin regards his actions as violent resistance to this sinful world. He contemptuously treat judges and government agencies in court, threatens to kill all judges and speaks out in media interviews. He has repeatedly escaped and attacked prisons. And his own "autobiographical" death instinct are the philosophical thought centers around his whole criminal life. However, he is not interested in politics. He does not care about the difference between the political opinions of the left and the right. However, he will retaliate because of the "false" description of him by a right-wing reporter, without worrying about angering the entire right. At the same time, it can be seen that his attitude towards hostages or civilians is threatening but not harmful. This mentality makes me believe that his crime is not a primitive violent impulse. Most of his resistance was government agencies or brokerage agencies, or rich people. But his crimes have exceeded the extravagant expectations of money. For him, money is nothing but a tool. He can buy weapons, find women, and continue planning crimes. I think the remarks about exploitation are just his own. I thought that he did not exploit people, but it does not mean that he did not cause harm to those who were exploited. I also did not see that he had acted in robbing the rich and helping the poor, so he was just a criminal who drifted between morality and immorality. . The purpose of each crime is clear, but I can't see the goal of his entire criminal life. He was actually packaging himself with thoughts and criminal philosophy he thought, and finally he believed it himself. Merlin became an enemy of the public not only because his criminal behavior is scary, but also because his self-packaging made people unable to catch him. People don’t understand the reason for his crime, so people cannot say that he robbed the bank because of greed or Is it murdering because of hatred, or is it anti-social because of political factors. He alone becomes a factor, the common enemy of the whole world (good or bad).
Regarding emotions, this French man is not lacking in romance and indifference. He loves and abandons his wife, despises his father and finally remembers his father’s death. He loves his children very much, but he never thought of his crime. The disappearance and blankness of life and his children’s life for a long time can bring much shadow and harm to the children. To his friends, he is loyal but too willful. He only considers his own whim but does not consider the tolerance of his friends. , So he kept looking for new partners, and then they left one by one. For love, it is very interesting. When pursuing an ex-wife, the romance makes everyone be charmed by this warm and attractive man. For the woman who can play the role of a male and female thief by his side, he is not afraid of danger to help her escape from prison. It’s touching, but I don’t know what the position of the last woman is in his heart. In addition to sensuality, there may also be dependence and love, but in the eyes of a woman, after the passion is removed, it is his disrespect and lethargy to her. People are upset.
The most interesting thing is his death. He foretold that he would die in battle, and it was not old age or in prison. Maybe he himself could not tolerate his ordinary death, but I don’t think he had thought of his death like this. Quickly, and he didn't die in a battle defined by him, but died in an assassination arranged by the police without warning. He didn't even have time to shoot back. So looking back on his motivation in life, I couldn’t find a suitable reason. Maybe I think everything he did was simple, just to become a criminal, to become the person in his heart, to become the person he wants others to think of, and ultimately He succeeded.
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