The content of this novel is very complicated, but there are still some clues. The first is an "educational novel". Bernard is a middle school student who is about to graduate. He ran away from home after accidentally discovering that he was an illegitimate child. He worked in two professions, loved two women, experienced a mental crisis, gradually got to know himself through a series of events he heard, witnessed and experienced personally, received education, and finally returned home.

The second clue is a "love novel". Edward is a writer. He fell in love with his nephew Olivier, but he hired Olivier's friend Bernard as a secretary, and Olivier worked for Passavant, a writer he didn't like. After a series of events, Olivier returned to Edward. In contrast, Lola's love is very unfortunate. After her love for Edward was rejected, she married a man she didn't like, Dogwell, and had sex with Olivier's brother Vincent. After being abandoned by Vinson, she maintained a Platonic love with Bernard for a period of time, and finally returned to her husband against her will. In addition, Vincent fell in love with Mrs. Griffith, Bernard and Lola's sister.

The third is "black novels": a group of counterfeiters, led by Stowe Road, use some students of Fortelle tutorial school to use counterfeit money. Olivier's brother is one of them. After the police found out, in order to avoid involving the children of decent families, the investigating judge asked Edward to persuade George to wash his hands quickly After these students had to give up selling counterfeit money, they had nowhere to vent their energy. On the contrary, they used the opportunity of establishing a "strong alliance" to torture Xiao Boli, a boarding student at the same school, which eventually led to Xiao Boli's suicide.

Writing background of counterfeit currency makers

Gide lived from the end of 65438 to the end of 2009 and the first half of the 20th century, which was the period when French literature was in transition to modernism after romanticism, realism and naturalism prevailed. During this period, there appeared productivity crisis, definition crisis, competition crisis and value crisis in French novels. Combined with Gide's life experience and diary, this is obvious. Pastor Alegre's family is the prototype of Foutel's family; The priest's son, Gide's gay boyfriend Mark, is the prototype of Olivier; The Count of Barcelona is a cartoon created by French writer Cocteau. Saroniska's prototype is Dr. Sokolnitzka; Reberuz's prototype is Kidd's piano teacher Reberuz. Therefore, The Forger is an autobiographical novel and a summary of Gide's thoughts and experiences.