If I have read it, if I remember correctly, the last sentence in the book is "Hope and Wait". I don't know why LZ wrote such comments. I wouldn't choose such a center if the book The Count of Monte Cristo stipulated it. If it was the rule, I wouldn't choose this book.
The beginning is for the article. If there is no central idea, it is useless to start again.
If I write, I may keep asking myself, what would I do if I were Monte Cristo?
Give an idiot a start:
When did Monte Cristo begin to have "hope"?
Did I find it in the cold dungeon when I met the priest? Is it floating on the sea, listening to the warning shots from Fort Defoe in the distance? Was it when the jewel box was found on Monte Cristo? Was it when he appeared in front of the enemy as an angel of revenge, or when he witnessed the enemy lose everything, lose his reputation and finally shoot himself?
I don't know, I know, in these days, Monte Cristo has always had a haze in his eyes, a repressed hatred in his heart, and a burden called "revenge" on his shoulders. Maybe this kind of gloom, hatred and burden can't be called hope!
However, I can't forget the happiness and longing in Edmund's eyes on the eve of the wedding, and the handkerchief that danced happily when Monte Cristo and Heidi left. Maybe this is hope!