Geissler is a shoemaker and Lao Wang is a rickshaw puller. From a secular point of view, they all belong to the "bottom" figures. Combined with the content of the work,

When John Galsworthy was writing Godzilla the Shoemaker, he showed strong admiration for his skills and was full of respect for his professionalism and honesty. Through the contact with Lao Wang before and during the Cultural Revolution, Jiang Yang wrote about Lao Wang's simplicity and hard work, as well as his care and help for others as always, showing respect for Lao Wang's personality.

"Lucky" and "unlucky" are relative. From his own understanding, the author will think that Godzilla and Lao Wang are "unfortunate people". Godzilla, who has the best boots making skills, starved to death. He has noticed the degeneration of society, and he is unfortunate. But he abides by his own code of conduct, so he is not "unfortunate". Judging from the quality of Lao Wang's life, his fate is actually unfortunate, but Lao Wang didn't realize his misfortune at all. Under such circumstances, it is very rare for him to take care of others and keep his true colors.