"If you can't live as a healthy person, you'd rather die after careful consideration"

Reggie 2022-10-14 14:42:18

I watched the movie first, then read the second half of the novel.
The first half of the movie feels average, a very ordinary romance drama. But at the end, Lou went to Paris alone according to Will's letter, tasted the coffee Will drank, bought Will and smelled the perfume. When he got up, he showed the exaggerated yellow and black leggings that Will gave him, and suddenly burst into tears. The tears are relatively low recently, I thought on the way home.
The next day, I felt a little uncomfortable. I was lying on the bed, and all I could think about was yesterday's movie. When I was half asleep, I seemed to be thinking uncontrollably about the male protagonist's state of mind. It was probably "Although I can be happy and laugh now. , but it is no longer the joy it once was. If you cannot live as a healthy person, then after careful consideration, you should choose to die.” The sadness at the end is not because of the joy in the front, but because the death of this rational choice makes people more desperate. Sam, the male protagonist, said that when he communicated with a person in a wheelchair, it took him two hours to get up, an hour to wear, and a 45-minute bath. He also went in and out of the hospital with endless medical examinations. Compared with this kind of heavy life, the light-hearted "there is hope if you persist in living" is so weak.
I can't relate to this "happy now but more willing to die" feeling, but I find myself trying to experience the desperation.

A few days ago, I picked up the novel and started reading it from the hero and heroine's last outing, and I was touched again by the end of the reading. Will's letter says, I'm not really telling you to jump off tall buildings, or swim with whales or anything, but to live boldly. Push yourself. Don't settle. Wear those stripy legs with pride. Knowing you still have possibilities is a luxury. Knowing I might have given them to you has alleviated something for me. The words in front of me seem to be in bold. Live boldly. Push yourself. Don't settle. Wear those stripy legs with pride. Seeing the handsome smile of the male protagonist, he said in the smile, do things that have not been done before, meet people who have not seen, create opportunities for those possible stories, embrace more possibilities, and become what you hoped to be when you were young. people.
Then I looked for the trailer again, and the scenes that were insensitive before watching the feature film now all make sense. Will said, You are pretty much the only thing that makes me wanna get up in the morning. It turns out that the subtitles Live Boldly, Just Live after that are the most condensed essence of the whole show in the letter at the end; it turns out that Lou walked through the window after the subtitles The scene is that after the person who just said to her, "You are the only reason I am willing to face life every day" passed away, she went alone to see the scenery he walked through when he was in high spirits.
You are the only reason I am willing to face life every day. Live Boldly, Just Live. I follow in the footsteps of the world you once saw. Tears just broke out.
You can do everything, and then Lou successfully challenges diving. Will on camera says that to Lou, but it feels so real to the audience offscreen. Now all kinds of chicken soup articles are popular, but they are not as real as a warm and delicate story.
I don’t know why I watch this first impression of this work over and over again. why cry.
I seem to believe that there is a place where Will and Lou really live, with Will's ancient castle and Lou's characteristic high heels. It seems that you can meet them when you walk on the street, and it seems that the girl standing alone in front of the window on the corner is the girl with a story. Then she will meet the next person, start the next story, and what makes her in the next story is her me before you.

-- You can't change who people are.
-- Then what can you do?
- - You love them.

Live boldly.
Just live.

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Me Before You quotes

  • Will Traynor: I have to tell you something.

    Lou Clark: I know. I know about Switzerland, I have known for months. Listen I know this is not how you would have chosen it, but I can make you happy.

    Will Traynor: No.

    Lou Clark: What?

    Will Traynor: No Clarke. This could be a good life, but it's not my life, it's not even close. You never saw me before. I loved my life. I really loved it. I can't be the kind of man who just accepts this.

    Lou Clark: You're not giving it a chance, you're not giving me a chance. I have become a whole new person these last six months because of you.

    Will Traynor: I know and that's why I can't have you tied to me. I don't want you to miss all the things that someone else can give you. And selfishly I don't what you to look at me one day and feel event the tiniest bit of regret or pity.

    Lou Clark: I would never think that!

    Will Traynor: You don't know that. I can't watch you wandering around the annex in your crazy dresses. Or see you naked and not be able to... oh Clarke if you have any idea what I want to do to you right now. I can't live like this.

    Lou Clark: Please Will! Please!

    Will Traynor: Shh. Listen, this, tonight being with you is the most wonderful thing you could have ever done for me. But I need it to end here. No more pain and exhaustion and waking up every morning already wishing it was over. It's not going to get better than this. The doctors know it and I know it. When we get back, I'm going to Switzerland so I'm asking you if you feel the things you say you feel. Come with me.

    Lou Clark: I thought I was changing your mind!

    Will Traynor: Nothing was ever going to change my mind. I promised my parents six months and that's what I have given them.

    Lou Clark: No! Don't say another word. You're so selfish. I tore my heart out in front of you and all you can say is no. And now you want me to come and watch the worst thing you could possibly imagine. Do you have any idea what you're asking? I wish I had never taken this stupid job. I wish I had never met you.

  • Lou Clark: You don't have to be an arse! Your friends got the shitty treatment. Fine *They* deserved it. *I'm* just trying to do my job as best I can. So it would be really nice if you didn't try and make my life as miserable as you apparently make everyone else's.

    Will Traynor: And what if I said I didn't want you here?

    Lou Clark: I'm not employed by you. I'm employed by your mother. So unless *she* says she doesn't want me here anymore, I'm staying. Not because I care about you, or particularly enjoy your company, but because I need the money. I *really* need the money.