The confusion of student Torres/学生托乐思的迷惘

This story takes place in the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the eve of its collapse at the turn of the 20th century. Sixteen-year-old Toles, a boarding student at a military academy, comes from a high-ranking family. Introverted and prone to contemplation, he witnesses the abuse of a classmate for petty theft, experiencing firsthand the distortion and darkness of humanity, and begins to question hypocritical moral principles. His old values gradually crumble within him, and he ultimately drops out of the prison-like school.

本故事发生在十九世纪末二十世纪初崩溃前夜的奥匈帝国。十六岁的军校寄宿生托乐思出身高官家庭, 性格内向, 爱沉思默想。他目睹了个别同学对小偷小摸的同学的虐待, 见证了人性的扭曲与黑暗, 开始质疑种种虚伪的道德原则。旧有的价值观在他心中渐次崩塌, 他最终退学, 离开了囚笼般的学校。