He persuaded both of them that life was worth living.Both characters could not "see" him or recognize him for what he was.However, the Tramp functioned as a savior and wish-fulfiller for both of them.For the blind flower girl, he masqueraded as a wealthy duke in her mind, and for the drunk millionaire, the Tramp repeatedly saved the man""s life and provided a congenial friend.He urges his friends to take a ride down the river before a man-made lake will forever flood it:...because they""re buildin"" a dam across the Cahulawassee River.They""re gonna flood a whole valley, Bobby, that""s why.Dammit, hey""re drownin"" the river...Just about the last wild, untamed, unpolluted, unf--ked up river in the South.Don""t you understand what I""m sayin""?...They""re gonna stop the river up.There ain""t gonna be no more river.There""s just gonna be a big, dead lake...You just push a little more power into Atlanta, a little more air-conditioners for your smug little suburb, and you know what""s gonna happen? We""re gonna rape this whole god-damned landscape.He asked: "How did everything that was so good get so bad?...I wrecked everything by not thinking for myself." He still felt that his previous fights (before Lang""s challenge) were Mickey""s set-ups that deceived him about how good he was ("I never fought anybody who was in their prime"), although Mickey was only protecting him from harm ("You wake up after a few years thinking you""re a winner, but you""re not.You do it in the streets..."Plot SynopsisThe noirish crime film opened with a classic voice-over under a black screen (the voice of director Scorsese himself):You don""t make up for your sins in a church." Gardner approached Chris with a picture of his girlfriend Lucy Jean: "She""s he one for me, all right.