Before Walter died, I didn't understand where the real veil was and where the mystery was. He said "the dog died at last" and died. I didn't know what his last words meant until the end of the novel. Later, I found its source, which originated from a very famous allusion in the Elegy by the western literary poet Goldsmith. A kind man took in a dog. Later people turned against animals, and dogs went crazy and bit people. Everyone thought that good people would die, but in the end the dog died.
It turned out that Walter always thought he was the dog, and the beautiful Katie was the kind owner.
She is beautiful and moving, and she is a social butterfly in life. She can marry her plain self. From the beginning, he put his attitude too low and regarded their marriage as Katie's kindness. Their marriage is due to Katie's kindness, which may help him become more and more dull in the future. When others are playing golf, they talk about the sewer structure in Italy. Others are dancing outside, and they sit in the room without saying a word. Two people with such diametrically opposite personalities are doomed to be unhappy together. "I know you are stupid, frivolous and empty, and then I love you. I know your intentions and ideals. You are snobbish and vulgar, but I love you. I know you are a second-rate person, but I love you. I try my best to appreciate what you love, and I take great pains to show you that I am not ignorant, vulgar, gossip or stupid. I know that wisdom will surprise you, so I am careful everywhere and act as stupid as any man you associate with. I know you only married me for personal gain. I love you so much that I don't care. As far as I know, when people fall in love with a person but get nothing in return, they often feel sad and disappointed, and then turn into anger and bitterness. I'm not like that. I never expected you to love me, I never imagined that you would have a reason to love me, and I never felt cute. I should be grateful to be given the opportunity to love you. " From the analysis of this passage, it can be said that Wharton's love for Keketi is extreme, as low as dust. When he is betrayed, there is no road ahead, the extreme is the end, and the dust is destruction. So he chose revenge, which is understandable. He is such a lofty person that he can tolerate Katie not loving him, but he can't betray him.
Thus, dogs and people turned against each other.
I have always stubbornly believed that Walton took Katie to save, not to destroy, but it was just my paranoia. On her way to Meitan Mansion, Katie asked Walton, she is not a doctor, but what a woman can do there. "You can comfort me. I need your company." This is the answer given by Walton. In fact, what he wants is not company, but torture. He wants to torture Katie and destroy her in endless boredom and darkness. Therefore, when he went to Meitan County where the plague was rampant, Walton always treated Katie coldly and hardly looked at her. Katie's daily job is to stay alone in a small room with a plague, in a small environment without language, enduring boredom, self-blame and hopelessness in life.
The hostess began to change and slowly showed kindness to the dog Walter.
Katie, who had been doing nothing all day, began to get out of the pain of being betrayed by Tang Sheng. By chance, she went to the monastery and found that her husband was a respected and beloved person, not Tang Sheng. She found that a woman's life can only be satisfied by herself, and she can be happy and peaceful, not by men; Slowly, she is willing to get to know Walter. She found that Walter was smart and full of wisdom, liked children, began to understand his rich connotation and deep love for herself, and began to praise him, although she still didn't fall in love with him.
Dogs can't stand suffering and go to self-destruction, and people are finally free.
Technically, Walter didn't die for Katie. He can't get out of his love-hate cage. Once loving her made him feel happy and proud, then loving her made him feel embarrassed and humiliated, and now loving her makes him go to ruin. "Because I love you, I will destroy you" sounds so illogical. Yes, Walter just can't stand his illogicality and can't get rid of this "conspiracy" he once set up (although it hasn't been implemented yet). I think his sign must be Virgo, and he will never tolerate the slightest dark thoughts. Now Katie is alive again. She is so happy and lovely. Walter's death was mentioned in the article. Actually, I prefer suicide, because a researcher would never be so careless. He wanted to destroy Katie because he loved her so much and she betrayed him. He hates himself and wants to destroy Katie because he still loves her. Walton felt very uncomfortable, unable to entangle in love and hate, unable to bear such suffering and torture, so he chose to perish.
Katie was finally free, because she recalled the buried innocence of Meitan House, an isolated place of death, threw away the glitz in her heart, saw her shallowness and smallness, and understood how stupid her love for Tang Sheng was. At the same time, it is also a story about how a woman walks out of the so-called love, slowly unveils the gorgeous veil of life, looks desolate, approaches the truth, and seeks liberation and peace.
When everyone thought that the injured person would die, the dog died last, because the deeper you love, the deeper you hurt.