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1. The first "Silence is Gold" refers not to the male protagonist dozing off at the lecture, but to the fact that the male protagonist purchased four out-of-print Don Quixote at a very low price, and the four books correspond to four of the prints. Tower, and when the male protagonist gave an offer for four books, the director gave a shot to a stroke collector,
He looked extremely angry, but couldn't speak, so the male protagonist was able to trade his silence for his own money.
2. "They open that which is closed", I think the elder holding the key in the painting is Fargas, the holder of the second book, and the two keys refer to the two books. And what many people overlook is that there is a black dog representing the male protagonist on the picture, and the image of the black dog also appears in the later paintings. As for someone saying that there is a female symbol on the key, it represents a green-eyed woman, I think that is an over-explaining. In ancient times, due to the low precision of metal processing, it was normal to have such a metal lever for positioning on the key. And there is no male symbol arrow on the other key.
3. "Virtue lies defeated", obviously corresponds to the male protagonist seeking help (praying) and being slapped. The male protagonist obtained the right to read the book through legitimate means, but was stunned by the illegal trespasser. Meanwhile, someone in the distance is being tortured on a torture wheel, corresponding to Baroness Kessler being strangled in a wheelchair.
4. "The fate is not the same for all", a labyrinth diagram, referring to the male protagonist who lost track of the other party when he was chasing Liana, but finally found it again. The three sieves represent the male protagonist's three choices on the way to follow: the fork after getting rid of the truck, the st Martin fork, and asking the baker. The sum of the three sieves is six, which means that the male protagonist will become a devil no matter what.
5. "the disciple outshines the master", the picture shows the king playing chess with the next person, referring to the direct dialogue between the two bosses Liana (the king) and Boris (the servant), saying that Liana is the king because of one, She had a large congregation, two, she held the book for a longer time, and three, she was killed in the end, which happened to be the title of the painting. The two dogs are the male protagonist and the black man, and the moon outside the window is the green-eyed woman who sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight.
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