Judging from his background, Yu Lian was born in Villiers. His father is an illiterate sorrell priest, who works in a sawmill and can't get along with the upper class. When Julian was elected as the governess of the mayor of Deraine, his heart was filled with disgust. He doesn't want to be a servant of the upper class, and he doesn't want to eat with servants. He even hates the position offered by the mayor. This meal ticket didn't really cheer him up, so he can be classified as "Phoenix Man" because of his birth.
Judging from his personality, Julian has an "ideal" and is eager to succeed in the real society. He has a heroic dream like Napoleon. Even though he was born in poverty, Julien longed to be the king of France with a sword in his hand, and then won the admiration of beautiful and moving upper-class ladies. Therefore, his life is doomed not to be muddled. He is brilliant and has a strong desire to conquer. This paragraph can't prove anything yet.
When Julian was a tutor, the initial motive of kissing the mayor's wife was only to possess her beauty, and cheating with the mayor's wife was also to get back at the mayor and the children of the upper class, as if to show off his political achievements. His heart "look! You rich women who are crazy about me are crazy about me. " He has a low self-esteem and needs to rely on women to prove his strength. At present, he is not a Phoenix man, but an extreme and idealistic young man.
Julian went to a seminary to escape the extramarital affair. While his classmates were talking about food, wealthy parishes and political struggles, Julian talked about the Pope. He has eloquent logic and demonic logic. Besides excellent Latin, he is also very literate. Of course, he only reads the Bible. Therefore, it is natural to be selected by the marquis as a secretary, and even the company has this ability.
As the secretary of the Marquis, Julian met the Marquis's daughter, a girl with well-proportioned figure, light yellow hair and beautiful big eyes. Her name is Mathilde. She is arrogant and aloof. She admired Lian's talent and found a countryman at the risk of being laughed at by the ladies around her. However, Julian did not love her. Julian cares about her position. With this young lady, it seems that he can beat another Marquis and marry a lady of high society. His goal is still to satisfy himself through women and overcome the fantasies of the rich. He is still inferior in his bones. Therefore, after work, Julian is boring, and Paris gives him the impression of indifference and ridicule. Although the Marquis thought Julian was a diligent, cautious and clever helper, which gave him many opportunities to grow up, even the countess wanted to marry his daughter, but he always despised the upper class. So Lian is not a Phoenix man, but a radical young man who hates wealth and talent.
Julian had an amazing memory when he was on the secret mission of the Marquis. He can completely record four pages after reducing 20 pages. If it had nothing to do with Mathilde, he would always win the trust of the Marquis and rise from there.
As a bystander, I like Mathilde and her initial self-esteem and self-love. "How can a girl of noble birth and intelligence like me spend all her energy on a man?" I also like her courage to treat love. "It is understandable for a girl like me to abandon the secular world and pursue a person with superior intelligence. When people mention it in the future, I can tell them that it is not his beautiful face and elegant manners that attract me, but his extraordinary speech and incisive views on the fate of France ... ",but later she fell in love with Julian in the temptation. Two arrogant people, deeply attracted to each other, live in one love game after another.
Julian's life ended when he knew that the extramarital affair was made public and shot the mayor's wife who loved him in church. Julian, a radical young man, dreamed of being a hero in the upper class, which ended with him being pushed to the guillotine. But even after his death, he left behind his pride and love for Mathilde, and his love and guilt for the mayor's wife. Before he died, Julian hoped that Mathilde would marry the young Marquis, and that the mayor's wife would live a serious life and take good care of their children. When a man falls in love with a woman, he will unconsciously think about her future.
As for radical youth, why didn't Lian want to join the church and apply for Amnesty, but chose to die heroically? I think it's because of his arrogant self-esteem and his escape from what he did.