Acceptance after questioning, return after escape

Tre 2022-04-19 09:01:57

When I was a teenager, I always liked to resist all arrangements, because I didn't know who I was, what I wanted, and what I could do. As a result, all arrangements have become shackles, and the instinctive stress response is to question and escape. However, there may be nothing wrong with this. You can only see what it looks like when you stay away from the center of a high-cyclone storm. You can only understand its direction when you deviate from the straight path under your feet, and so is life. It's like Homer's acceptance after questioning and return after escape in "There's Always a Hot Sun".

Homer was born in an orphanage, was adopted twice as a baby, and was sent back twice, as if to foreshadow his constant relationship with the orphanage. He grew up, like the other children in the orphanage, under the cherishing of the dean, Richie, such as "Prince of Maine", "Emperor of New England" and never absent bedtime stories; and unlike other children, Homer also grew up In the cultivation and expectation of another identity of Li Zhi.

The orphanage is also a medical institution covering pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology. Homer assists Dean Li Zhi to provide help for the frail children and girls in need of miscarriage or childbirth in the orphanage. The smart and talented Homer has done a great job, but only has his own resistance and persistence to abortion. Although he has to admit that this work can reduce the tragedies of constantly making orphans or poor girls dying of shame and ignorance of early pregnancy, he still can't convince himself to end a small life with his own hands.

Until one day, Lieutenant Wally, who was driving a sports car, brought his beautiful girlfriend Gandy to have an abortion. Homer was attracted by two people of his age, full of energy and freshness, and immediately decided to leave the orphanage and go with them wherever he wanted. all good. The desire to get out of the trivial and monotonous life of the orphanage is as obvious as the children in the orphanage show their most well-behaved eyes and purest smiles when their adopters come.

Even if the dean Li Zhi said: "You stupidly thought you would find a richer life? You will find that all people are like those who have been abandoned here, and they are not half as well taken care of as here. You can't take care of them either. They. There is no such thing as taking care of them outside." Homer was determined to see the world and do something useful. Different from Dean Li Zhi's worry that "in the outside world, he is still a child" and the reluctance of the orphans, Homer, Wally, and Gandy are running in the vast wilderness, the quiet forest, the beautiful sea By the side, Homer stretched out his hand to feel the wind hitting his palm, and everything came alive.

On Wally's suggestion, Homer worked apple picking with the immigrants led by Mr Ruth and his daughter Ruth. Soon Wally returned to the army to serve. Homer adapts to life in the orchard, experiences lobster, cigarettes, driving, being alone with Gandy, feeling the charm and torture of love, and a drive-in theater that is different from an orphanage that shows King Kong movies directly. Out of the enjoyment of free life and the love of Gandy, after the apple picking work, Homer still chose to stay and continue the work of catching lobsters.

Dean Li Zhi wrote to Homer and told Homer that the board of directors would transfer him and hope that Homer would return to the orphanage to replace him. Although Homer misses the characters in the orphanage and the time of telling stories to the children, he replies and rejects Rich's suggestion. Homer felt the pressure of being pinned on hope and responsibility, and he did not want to play the role of savior and God like President Li Zhi. Homer said: "I can't replace you, I'm sorry". Dean Li Zhi replied to him: "I regret that I will not regret it. I will never regret what I have done, including my love for you."

In the apple picking season again, Mr. Ruth and his daughter Ruth came back with the workers, but Ruth also had an unspeakable trouble. She was pregnant with a child she could not bear. Faced with Ruth's troubles and Ruth's irritable "it's none of your business", Homer replied: "It's about what I do, the doctor's business, and I can help." When Homer said this, he finally understood what being a doctor, or even an abortion, meant to someone in need. The value of life is not only about his own freedom, but also about the meaning to others. When he is needed and cannot be replaced, Homer no longer runs away, he realizes what he can do and what he should do.

At the same time, Homer received the news of the death of Li Zhiyuan, and he immediately set off back to the orphanage. Acceptance after questioning, and return after escaping, learn a willingness and responsibility. It turned out that I could refuse responsibility and avoid pressure because there were people like Li Zhi who were helping me carry the burden. Being someone else's God is not because of how attractive the image of the savior is, but because of the selfless love. Suddenly I remembered Li Zhi's original intention to go to this orphanage: "I came here as a doctor, for abandoned children and unfortunate pregnant women, I originally hoped to be a hero, but unfortunately Sheng Yunshi does not have this position, in this orphan's place There are no heroes in the world." Perhaps Li Zhi spent his life becoming the most beloved hero in the hearts of Homer and many children.

Homer succeeded Richie in telling the children bedtime stories: "I used a new name to start my new life, and everything about me is new. I seem to be living in a dream. Looking back, I am full of thirst for hope, whether I can live like this for a year or so, I don’t know, I just know that I will listen to God’s arrangement and everything will be fine.”

The so-called accommodating with the situation may mean that there is no need to deliberately force, struggle, or advance, and there is no need to rush to deny, give up, and refuse. Those answers you are eager to know are there. You must experience acceptance after questioning and return after escaping. get.

Child: "Is that so much?"

Homer: "There's more if the plot doesn't change."

There is no need to be afraid of the dark night, there is always a scorching sun, and life is worth looking forward to.

I like this film very much. The plot is only one aspect. The picture is so beautiful that I almost feel the surprise of the explorers when they discovered the Americas. The director's romantic feelings can be seen, and he is surrounded by fans.

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The Cider House Rules quotes

  • Fuzzy: Is your father dead?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: Cirrhosis. It's a disease of the liver.

    Fuzzy: What, a liver killed him?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: No, alcohol killed him. He drank himself to death.

    Fuzzy: But did you know him?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: Barely. But it hardly mattered that I knew him.

    Fuzzy: Did you know your mother better?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: Mm-hmm. She's dead now too. She was a nanny.

    Fuzzy: What's a nanny do?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: She looks after other people's children.

    Fuzzy: Did she grow up around here?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: No. She was an immigrant.

    Fuzzy: What's an immigrant?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: Someone not from Maine.

  • Homer Wells: I was wondering if you could give me a ride.

    Wally Worthington: Sure. I'd be glad to. A ride where?

    Homer Wells: Where you going?

    Wally Worthington: We're heading back to Cape Kenneth.

    Homer Wells: Cape Kenneth? That sounds fine.