However, his fate can be described as ups and downs. After a series of setbacks and blows, his wish was finally completely shattered. He lost hope and confidence in life, from ambition to self-indulgence. He started a dance academy, ate, drank, gambled and became a tramp.
2. Tigress: A fierce and scheming woman with duality. On the one hand, she has the desire to pursue her own happiness and is sincere to Xiangzi. On the other hand, the consciousness of the exploiter has penetrated into her soul. She controls Xiangzi and is the head of the family. She was born with a man's character and managed her father's people and garage in good order.
She tricked Xiangzi into marrying her and eventually died because Xiangzi was lazy and gave birth to a child. Tigress is the resistance and obstacle to Xiangzi's upward progress and one of the external factors leading to Xiangzi's fall.
3. Grandpa Si Liu: Man and car factory owner, gang background. A typical exploiting class figure, selfish, knows how to deal with the poor and never refuses to lose face in the outfield. The biggest regret is that there is no son to take over.
He didn't want his hard-earned fortune to be given to Xiangzi with Tigress, so he broke up with his daughter and finally didn't even know where her grave was. Feudal thought made him forget his family, and it was too late for him to come to his senses.
4. Mr. Cao: Xiangzi's employer loves traditional art, and because he believes in socialism, he is tolerant of others and is regarded as a "saint" by Xiangzi. Because the authorities said that he was a revolutionary party when he was teaching, he fled to Shanghai to take shelter and returned to Peiping. Later, he was willing to help Xiangzi rebuild his life.
5. Gao Ma: A kind and strong old lady, ready to help others, experienced misfortune and learned the most ruffian methods in the old society. He has his own ideas and often enlightens Xiangzi. He is the man Xiangzi admired. She kept the kindness and simplicity of most working people, and life taught her to find a way out for herself in society, and she was also thoughtful, so she was one of the few working people who adapted to the old society.
6. Old horse: a rickshaw driver who has been strong all his life and can't save his little grandson in the end. He is the epitome of Xiangzi in the future, with strong personality and strong body, but he did not save his little grandson and watched him die in his arms.
Later, he sold all his property, a broken car, and finally he had to make a living by selling things. Like Xiangzi, he couldn't get rid of his fate and finally died in the street.
7.Joy: A kind and sad character was first sold by her father to an officer. After the officer was transferred, she returned to her family. Her mother was killed by her father, who was addicted to alcohol. There is no source of income at home. Watching her two younger brothers starve, she was forced to go into prostitution. Finally, her father sold her to a kiln worker. Before Xiangzi could pick her up, she was treated inhumanely and hanged herself.
8. Er Qiangzi: A self-destructive driver sold his daughter to buy a car and enjoyed the scenery for a while. When the money ran out, he drank at home and lost his temper. As a result, he killed his wife, sold his car, and started pulling carts again.
Drunk every day, regardless of the two children at home. After her daughter came back, she forced her daughter to sell herself to support her family. She often goes home to ask her for money, and when she asks for money, she gets drunk.
9. Detective Sun (platoon leader Sun): After buying a car for the first time, Xiangzi was arrested by soldiers because of an adventure. Not only did he lose his car, but he also had to wait on these soldiers every day. The captain of these soldiers is platoon leader Sun. At this time, Sun Paichang has not yet appeared.
When Xiangzi met platoon leader Sun for the second time, Mr. Cao was searched. By this time, platoon leader Sun had become a detective, but he still kept Xiangzi with him and gave him all his savings. Xiangzi's final downfall was due to the disillusionment of his dream for many reasons, but this surname Sun directly shattered Xiangzi's dream twice.
Extended data:
The main content of Camel Xiangzi: Xiangzi is a bankrupt farmer who came to Beiping from the countryside to pull rickshaws for a living. He is determined to buy his own car and live independently. After three years of hard work, he finally bought a foreign car with his savings. But it didn't take long for the warlord's soldiers to take him away with him and his car.
When the troops were meeting, he sneaked out and took three camels. He returned to Peiping and sold his camel. He had little money and could only pull a rented car, hoping to save money to buy another one.
Unfortunately, the detective of the reactionary government cheated him out of his only savings. And because the owner escaped the spy's tracking, he lost a relatively stable job. When there is no way out, go back to the garage where you used to work and continue to pull the rented car. Xiangzi was attracted by Tigress, the daughter of the car factory owner. Tigress wanted to marry Xiangzi, but her father denied her.
Xiangzi couldn't stay in the garage any longer, so he had to marry Tigress. I bought a car with Tigress's savings. But before long, Tigress died in childbirth, so Xiangzi had to sell her car and arrange Tigress's funeral.
After many twists and turns, Xiangzi's dream of pulling a rickshaw by himself was finally completely shattered. His favorite happy suicide blew out the last spark of hope in his heart. He lost confidence in life, from ambition to self-indulgence. This tragedy powerfully exposed the crime of turning people into ghosts in the old society.