My daughter's personality is the most distinctive. She is a girl full of longing and hope for life. Even under the persuasion of her mother, her determination to study is unwavering. Her persistence shows her persistence in pursuing a new life. Mother was the representative of the general public at that time. Her greatest ideal is to let her son "save a few dollars to marry a relative in the future, or to continue the descendants of incense", that is, to have a son die for himself when he dies. This idea was the most basic and only "ideal" of ordinary people at that time. The eldest son, he is active by nature and yearns for the outside world. However, due to the random collision in life, he didn't find what he wanted, but his soul was distorted by the decadent and sinful society ... Although there are his own reasons here, it is more social reasons and responsibilities, because he was only a child when he lost. In this family, the fate of the eldest son is the most unfortunate. He left home at a young age with nothing, and his long-term wandering life distorted his soul, making him have no distinction between good and bad, right and wrong, and formed the habit of bandits and soldiers of fortune. His tragic experience has created his tragic character, which is the direct cause of the tragedy of brothers killing each other. Of course, the basic reason why brothers don't know each other and feel like friends at first sight. The eldest son's character doomed him to escape the clutches of tragedy. Even if I don't die under my brother's gun, I will die inexplicably in the battlefield, barracks and wilderness somewhere. The author's complaints about the war are various, which not only reveals that the war pushed the people into deep water and suffering, but also profoundly reveals the terrible effect of the corrupt society on people's souls at that time. Compared with the eldest son, the second son is kinder. He cares about his sister and respects his mother. But he and his eldest son are essentially the same, and he also places his future and destiny on his trusted master, which is also a distinction between right and wrong. He has a complementary relationship with his eldest son. Mother, a simple and kind person, is an ordinary wish. She only hopes that her son can save some money and marry the descendants of the incense in the future, and her daughter can marry a good husband's family in the future.
This one-act play criticizes the war and the disasters it has brought to society and family through the story of brothers killing each other in a family, and accuses war crimes. The theme is manifested in three aspects: one is the shooting plot between brothers, the other is the distortion of human nature between brothers, especially the eldest son, and the third is the disillusionment of mother and daughter's ideal life. )