Lupin the gentle thief

Arsene Lupin, a character created by a Franch writter Maurice Leblanc, is a thief who is great at imitating other's voice, disguising other's looks,and entering and bring out his target from the building which is guarded sternly by the police with ease. No one in the world knows his truly look and original voice. In short, Lupin is a figure covered by thick fog to the public.

What makes him an attractive gentle thief is that he always steal precious artistic production such as paintings, statuary, and sometimes dimonds or jewelry from politicians and nobles who get their money, authority and fame through illegal and ashame measures. He kept some of his captures in a secret storehouse for appreciating by himself. But most of the time, he usually sells the stolen items for money and donate it to orphanage and philanthropic institution. The reason that makes him to do that may be out of his compassion since he was also growing up from that kind of environment without complete love. That's why he is notorious to the police and authority people, though, being admired by the society.

As a patriot, he once had stolen the blueprint of submarine from Germany to Franch government. And then he joins the French army during World War Two as a doctor since he is also knowledgeable on medical science. Moreover, his courteous manner attracts almost every women who met him, that is how the title "gentle thief" comes from.

Although Sherlock Holmes is more well-known then Lupin in the world of dective, but for me, a character with such special disposition different from the stereotype we would have toward thief before, he is really out-standing.