Confused at first, why tell the story of two protagonists who seem so unkind. Looking at it step by step, I gradually understand the reasons for their growth.
James witnessed his mother's suicide when he was a child. He didn't get the correct guidance when he was growing up. When he grew up, he felt that he had no feelings and sought stimulation by killing animals. In fact, in my opinion, his indifference is just self-hypnosis, a disguise built up after being unable to confront the world and being at a loss for what to do. During this journey with Alyssa, he gradually released himself. Although the road stumbled and the ending was not very satisfactory, he finally said "I've just turned 18. And I think I understand what people mean to each other. " He had come to appreciate what meant the most to him and had come to terms with himself.
There were a few scenes in the play that left a deep impression on me. One is that after Alyssa left James, he was sitting alone in the woods feeling "the silent silence is really noisy". Another is that Alyssa's father ran over the puppy's neck with his car. The puppy was dying. They had to let the puppy die to reduce the pain. When the puppy was stoned, James, who has always been self-proclaimed indifferent, was hesitant to start. . This all confirms that James has been able to truly experience emotion.
The fragmentation of the original family, the reorganization of the family that cannot be integrated, the neglect of the mother, and the harassment of the stepfather make Alyssa, who is eager for love, finally can't help but escape and embark on a journey to find her father. On the road, Alyssa has always shown more poise and maturity than James. She stood up to defend James when he encountered lewdness, and made James, who was bored and noisy, realize for the first time that "silent silence is really noisy", and let James who was dumbfounded learn to shake his head and dance, and calmly gave orders after James missed a murder. Tell James, who has been feeling guilty about his mother's suicide, "it's not your fault".
Alyssa looks forward to finding her father, only to find herself a product of abandonment. She cried: "You shouldn't have children, if you plan to abandon them, because they feel that they have done something wrong all their lives." Just in time for the recent news of a female star's surrogacy abandonment, it was really deafening and thought-provoking.
I thought it was a love drama before I watched it, but it actually focuses on family education and adolescent psychology, which is very educational and has room for reflection, good.
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