Ah-sheng doesn't have the life of ease of the "Irrational Old Man," and he stubbornly resists the encroachment of his enemy, modern life. In this tragic story, Ah-sheng is ultimately steamrollered by the massive momentum of the new.
他被黃春明寫成是對現代式生活的入侵充滿敵意，堅決反對抵抗，卻終究被龐大新力量碾過淘汰的悲劇。