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Introduction of wolf totem characters

Stark Chan VS Bao Shungui: The protagonist Stark Chan is a decentralized educated youth. He is a college student, educated and thoughtful. He is dissatisfied with the current social situation, but he is also a typical scholar with a weak personality. His dissatisfaction will only remain in his heart, not to mention resistance. On the grassland, he was shocked by the strong personality of Mongols. He was really transfused by someone. Because of the lack of this kind of power, he has envied, worshipped and yearned for the Mongols and Mongolian totem wolves. The wolf won't buy the account of the rebel leader sent from above, and he is furious with Bao Shungui, whom he hates most, again and again. In that era when everything was harmonious, the wolf was a symbol of unyielding soul in his heart, so he fell madly in love with the wolf. If he lived in the contemporary era and was a leisurely traveler to the grassland, he wouldn't have this kind of psychology.

Bao Shungui is on his opposite side, ignorant peasant psychology+arrogant so-called proletarian superiority. He hates wolves, because wolves have hindered his plan to turn grasslands into farmland. Wolves have humiliated him many times and even threatened his position. He doesn't listen to scientific advice, and thinks that wolves are the enemy of the "people" and should be completely eliminated. He thinks that grassland herders are superstitious about wolves. He is the representative of that crazy era, and his appearance is inevitable in the subverted world.

Yang Ke VS Lao Wangtou: Yang Ke, a secondary hero with a similar background to Stark Chan, was "transfused" more thoroughly than Stark Chan, from the inside out. Compared with Stark Chan, he pursues "beauty" more, and he likes swans living on the grassland. Grassland herders are afraid of the sky, and Mongols will not harm creatures that can fly to Tengger. Although the starting point is different, this idea is finally in tune with Yang Ke. In the eyes of Americans, the swan is a symbol of beauty, nobility, elegance and purity, a ray of light under the haze, just like the wolf is to Stark Chan, and the swan is the sustenance of the American soul.

Farmers, represented by Lao Wangtou, broke all this. They are not Mongolians, are not afraid of birds, and are not like educated Yang Keren. They can appreciate the beauty of swans, and survival is their first priority. In their view, swans are no different from chickens and ducks. They are ignorant, but how can this be hard on them? The beauty symbolized by the swan is beyond the ability of that era.

At the end of the book, decades have passed. The old man in Bi Lige died, the Mongolian wolf left, the swan left, and the grassland became a dusty wasteland. The wolf's den is still there, but Stark Chan's beloved little wolf has boarded Tengger. One day, the wolf's den will be full of dust. Time flies, things have changed, and nothing can make people cry more than time and fate. After the whole book is laid, it is enough to make people cry.