to flee

Cassandre 2022-04-22 07:01:05

Eily's bloodlust is a metaphor for a socially unacceptable appeal. And this demand is necessary. So eily is not in the society, just as Oscar gets only bullying and indifference in the society. They don't fit into society. Ordinary people have nowhere to go but society, but to accept it. The cruelty of society is that only willing to be a screw can have a place to live. The age of 12 is a critical period for "growing up", when children come out of their own world and go to society. This process from paramecia to somatic cells is extremely painful for some people. If he didn't meet eily, Oscar could only be a marginal person, silently suppressing his whole life, but eily's super power gave him the possibility of escaping from the society and surviving for a long time. When the two children meet at the node of 12, another option is provided, that is, to escape from the society together, and let the two lonely hearts embrace and warm in the cold and difficult life.
Don't judge them by virtue of morality. Those rules are only consensus within society, not objective truth. Not applicable to those who have fled society.
Life is an escape, stopping only to meet death.
There are many philosophical words, we always feel that life is a pursuit, but from another angle, it is also an escape. Those who are chased by negative things such as hunger and loneliness run away, and death is like a poisonous snake, unhurried and sleepless chasing a bitten rabbit (a metaphor for a fugitive). At first, the rabbit can run faster than the snake, But the toxicity comes on gradually, like aging, slowing the rabbit down and eventually being devoured by death. A vampire is a rabbit that has not been bitten and can keep running away. But no matter how far it escapes, the shadow of death will always shroud it, and it will always be chased by pain and desolation.
why life is always so hard,both when you are a kid or not?
because to flee is life,life is to flee.

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  • Oskar: How old are you?

    Eli: Twelve... more or less.

    Eli: What about you?

    Oskar: Twelve years, eight months and nine days. What do you mean, "more or less"?

    Oskar: When's your birthday?

    Eli: I don't know.

    Oskar: Don't you celebrate your birthday? Your parents... they've got to know.

    Eli: [Eli looks down on the ground]

    Oskar: Then you don't get any birthday presents, do you?

    Eli: No.

  • Eli: [standing outside the door] You have to invite me in.

    Oskar: What happens if I don't? What happens if you walk in anyway?

    [feels the air between himself and Eli]

    Oskar: Is there something in the way?