Many times in life, you will encounter a dilemma similar to Charlie or Susan, feel a kind of beauty, have a feeling of almost infatuation with the host of this kind of beauty, and have awe, even deny yourself, like a moth to a flame. I want to pursue this kind of beauty. But, as said in the movie, "it's full of temptation and makes people fall in love with it easily... but it's also a little illusory, fleeting, and hard to fathom". I think it's not that the things we pursue are a bit illusory, but the passion of infatuation is too short-lived. Just like "Ghost Orchid", Susan was curious and even obsessed with it because of John's description of Ghost Orchid, but when she found it after a lot of hard work, she found, "Oh, it's just a flower". Yes, that's just a flower, it's always been a flower, it's just that different people have given him different meanings, the passion has faded, and everything has returned to its original, lackluster appearance. So, Susan used the psychedelic drug John gave him, for a brief euphoria, and immersed herself in the dreams she wove. Charlie was lost in the dream woven by Susan. He was deeply impressed by the simplicity and sadness described in Susan's book. Had to turn to Donald. Under the guidance of Donald, Charlie slowly recognized the truth of the matter, and found that Susan turned out to be just a poor person who was tortured by loneliness and had nowhere to escape. They even kill people for fear that others will reveal the truth.
In fact, Susan and Charlie are both weak-hearted people, constantly denying themselves, Susan said "I want to be passionate about something too, I want to know what it feels like", she said "Why can someone not I can’t do it anymore to miss something I was deeply infatuated with.” She was so moved by John’s story that she even made those tragedies part of his charm. Susan tells the story of John to her friends, and her friend is surprised that all of John's life is out of tune with Susan's life, which is also deeply attracted to Susan. She longs for this change, for everything that is different from her life. So, she blindly yearns for change. Charlie's inner weakness is even more obvious. He is a talented screenwriter. He has mastered all the writing skills and can make up all kinds of novel stories, but he feels that he is bald and fat, and sees beautiful women with sweat on his face. He saw Susan's work and was bewildered. It's a different style, which Donald calls loosely organized and lacking in storytelling, just what Charlie needs, so he longs to be able to create something so simple and pure himself.
Whether or not Donald is the other side of Charlie's phantom personality in this story has always been confusing. However, I think everyone has both Charlie and Donald personalities. Donald seems simple-minded, vulgar, and doesn't care what other people think, but he's a very strong man at heart. He said "you are what you love, not what loves you". Therefore, he recognizes himself and is not swayed by others. In fact, everyone has a Charlie in their hearts and a Donald. Every day they are constantly fighting, "Oh, this dress really has character, I should buy it" "Oh, does it look too weird to wear"; "I don't really like this scheme, is it better that way? ", "But everyone likes this plan, I disagree whether it will not be very good, maybe it will be better." What is right and what is wrong, or what is good and what is bad, no one can tell. Like Susan said, the world is too big, and life has too many directions, we need to focus on one and shrink the world. You can appreciate others, don't deny yourself, everyone's experience is different, they will have their own wonderful, maybe when we feel that our life is bland, some people are envious of us.
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