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"Red and Black" has outstanding achievements in the shaping of typical characters in typical environments, symmetrical artistic structure and the use of line drawing techniques. The reason why Stendhal is called "the father of modern novels" by critics is because he showed outstanding psychological description genius in "Red and Black". Realist writers all emphasize the authenticity of details, but Stendhal is different from Balzac. What he focuses on depicting is not the objective environment, but the meticulousness and verisimilitude of the inner activities of the characters. The author often explains the characters' actions and surrounding environment in a few words, while the inner activities are eloquent, sparing no effort in pen and ink, and the psychological description of love is meticulous and touching. Julien, the protagonist of the novel, is the son of a carpenter. He is young, handsome, strong-willed, shrewd and capable. He has hoped to join the upper class society through personal efforts and struggle since he was a child, and has launched a series of actions to this end...