The courage to leave home for a foreign country, the vulnerability when homesickness strikes, the low self-esteem when first arriving, the self-confidence when meeting a lover, the simplicity and diligence in Brooklyn, and the pride and vanity when returning to Scotland. These contradictory characteristics are concentrated in the heroine alone. I watch her make choices again and again. Maybe I don't agree with it, but at the same time I can't bear to blame. Because these contradictory qualities are also present in my body, and possibly in every female soul, we can understand.
I especially like the part after the heroine returned to Brooklyn. This part of the heroine's inner contradiction is the strongest. Before leaving, the future that I dreamed of but did not dare to hope for was actually offered to me with both hands after returning, and it was easy to get it. She walked proudly on the streets of her hometown with her head held high, receiving people's attention and praise. Looking at the playboy who had been dismissive of him, he showed humility and even low self-esteem in front of him. She began to be respected, needed, and retained, which greatly satisfied her vanity. Therefore, in the face of such a big temptation, the original firm heart of the heroine also began to shake. I am convinced that she had the idea of staying and picking up this future. Until the mean grocery store owner gave her a blow in the head and completely shattered its dreams.
Alice said "I forgot what kind of place this is". Yes, the town that kept her "not even a pretty young girl like this" hasn't changed, hasn't changed with her. Those she feels kindness are more like an illusion, making
her mistakenly think that because she is good enough now, she deserves to be treated kindly. And the reality is cruel, whether you are beautiful or not, this place will bind you with its rules of the game, suffocating.
I read some of the short reviews and thought that Alice's choice might have been very different had it not been for the mean proprietress. I have no objection to this view, but I feel that even if she survives smoothly and has the life of her dreams, there will be a day when the residents of the town reduce the freshness of Alice, and when life resumes It's business as usual, and Alice will find herself out of place again and be in pain again. So from a certain point of view, the intervention of the mean proprietress may not be a bad thing for Alice. After all, the sooner you recognize it, the more likely it is to avoid repeated mistakes.
There are also many bean friends who think that Alice's "adventure" in the second half of the movie ruined the love story of the whole play, and in my opinion, the relationship between Alice and Jim is not actually love, Yu Ellie As far as she was concerned, it was just one of the many illusions that would satisfy her vanity. It is also this "adventure" that allows the heroine to recognize the reality and herself, and clearly know what she wants. Is it true love or an upper-class life mixed with vanity.
In this story, there is love, nostalgia, and the growth and transformation of a woman, and this kind of standing without fear of the future and not thinking of the past is the attitude that women should show to the world.
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