the cage of life

Kevin 2022-04-21 09:01:45

Every time I look at Hepburn's work, I am impressed by her beauty. Those eyes, only one glance. It will make girls fascinated by it, and the fluttering eyelashes make people feel that she is an innocent little girl, harmless to humans and animals. But every time she plays the role, she is so personal, so people can't hate it. In the play, she was forced to take a road of no return at the beginning, it seemed that it was for her brother, maybe it was the original intention at the beginning. But later, she even lost herself, lost in the melody every night, lost in the powerful, lost in the rotten money. She uses her beauty as capital to make men fascinated by her, and she wants to use the gimmick of love to tie men to herself. She kept seeking solace, seeking protection under money, and over time, she no longer believed in everyone, and they all became villains. When "Fett" approached her, in fact, he approached her not only in the name of her brother, but also in a life completely different from those of the powerful. I think this is also the reason why he can get close to her a lot later. Before she knew it, she was actually willing to open a door for him.

I think it is very rare that Wei Paulo can give up his previous life with rich women for her. Their circumstances are similar, but their hearts are different. Maybe it's the reason why Paul is a writer, able to have the determination and the courage to give up that kind of life, so he decided to give up that kind of life after he fell in love with Holly. But I think Holly is different. Although her brother has left, it seems that she really has no so-called reason to live like that again, but she herself is a little unwilling. At the same time, she is unwilling to believe in love, go to I believe in the kind of intimate relationship between people, and I am very reluctant to leave this cage that is "incomparably safe" although it is full of money.

At the end of the film, Paul's outburst pushes the film to a climax. He described the reason for Holly's paranoia very vividly, and built a cage for himself, thinking that he could no longer escape, but in fact he was bound.

In fact, a lot of times I have been like this. I have been complaining about my school, my family, why I still have a boyfriend, and I rarely complain about myself. Even if I realize that I am wrong, I don’t think about changing it right away. Thinking that this is not bad, and then continue to live in the cage, timid and cowardly.

I'm always looking forward to what kind of huge changes the outside world will bring, or the big luck hits my head, but when I draw all the numbers at the end of the lottery are 4, I win the lottery, only 44 is not, I just got 44 in the draw Girl~ luck or something is really hard to favor me. So why don't you just do it this time, no matter how lucky you are?

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Breakfast at Tiffany's quotes

  • Holly Golightly: He's all right! Aren't you, cat? Poor cat! Poor slob! Poor slob without a name! The way I see it I haven't got the right to give him one. We don't belong to each other. We just took up one day by the river. I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's.

    Paul Varjak: Tiffany's? You mean the jewelry store?

    Holly Golightly: That's right. I'm just CRAZY about Tiffany's!

  • Holly Golightly: I'm like cat here, a no-name slob. We belong to nobody and nobody belongs to us. We don't even belong to each other.