The road to suicide depicts. 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War, people fled here. A French carriage was detained by a Prussian officer when it left the enemy station. The police officer insisted that the woman nicknamed boule de suif spend the night with him, otherwise the carriage would not pass. Boule de suif refused his request immediately out of patriotism, but the people in his car forced her to sacrifice herself for everyone for their own selfish interests. Under the threat of many people, boule de suif made a concession out of desperation? Sacrificed himself. However, when the carriage set off the next morning, the nobles who were still demanding changed their faces. They all alienated her, spurned her, disdained to talk to her, and were full of disdain and arrogance. She felt despised by these bastards. After they sacrificed her, they threw her away as dirty waste. Boule de suif has a kind heart. In the carriage, although the nobles despised and insulted him, boule de suif shared her own food when they were hungry, so that they could survive the hunger. These nobles always stare at what is in their pockets, even their benefactors. When their own interests are threatened, they will all become wolves. Boule de suif is worthy of a noble person and a patriotic heart, and she has a strong sense of national pride. The so-called aristocrats are losers with ugly souls and selfish interests at the expense of others.
This novel makes a sharp contrast between boule de suif and these aristocrats, which makes those who have aristocratic status pretend to be hypocritical and have ugly souls. The protagonist boule de suif is a humble woman who doesn't want to give herself to the invaders. She loves her country and has strong national pride. The two are in sharp contrast, attacking the greed of those nobles and giving deep sympathy to boule de suif at the same time.
No matter when and where, we should be patriotic, have strong national self-esteem and stick to ourselves.