There are always some details that are difficult to logically self-consistent in my cognition

Lonzo 2022-04-22 07:01:05

The creativity is good, but the routine is too obvious. It is also amazing that female writers and characters can be in the same dimension. Everything the writer is supposed to be able to manipulate the character - including Harold's thoughts, consciousness, decisions, actions, such as his interest in the baker's first meeting, is the result of the author's description. But some details are contradictory. If you can control your thoughts, how can the characters have a sense of self-help and resistance? When the character decides to stay in the apartment and not come out, the author also designs a forced demolition plot to force him to come out. Wouldn't it be enough to simply describe "he suddenly wanted to go out again"? This also proves that the author can only partially control the characters, and the characters can still have autonomy, which seems to conflict with the image of God in the whole author. I really don't understand. It would be better to change the plot in the book written by a female writer to take care of Harold, the person with the same name in reality, and the story that happened in the book will also happen to Harold. The question that the second half wants to ask is something like "Are you saving a cat or a painting when the museum is on fire." The female writer finally gave up the chance to finish a great work and spared Harold. But to be honest, I didn't see any greatness and poetry in the ending that she planned to design "the hero was killed by a bus trying to save people". Exposing the absurd is not about inserting a coincidence (a watch).

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  • Gabe 2022-03-26 09:01:03

    The story is very interesting, a bit like every moment, very philosophical. When I saw the second half, I was thinking, if the male protagonist didn't die vigorously enough, it would be really unfinished. As a result, he still didn't die, and the ending was unconvincing.

Stranger Than Fiction quotes

  • Harold Crick: Big flag-burning to get to?

    Ana Pascal: Actually, it's my weekly evil-conspiracy and needlepoint group. You wanna come?

    Harold Crick: I left my thimbles and socialist reading material at home.

    [Ana laughs]

  • Harold Crick: What do these questions have to do with anything?

    Professor Jules Hilbert: Nothing. The only way to find out what story you're in is to determine what stories you're not in. Odd as it may seem, I've just ruled out half of Greek literature, seven fairy tales, ten Chinese fables, and determined conclusively that you are not King Hamlet, Scout Finch, Miss Marple, Frankenstein's monster, or a golem. Hmm? Aren't you relieved to know you're not a golem?

    Harold Crick: Yes, I am relieved to know that I am not a golem.