Guilt and class sarcasm (confused feelings)

Ambrose 2022-10-13 08:35:21

This is the story of a man with nowhere to go who keeps numbing himself. He said that the reason for marriage is easy, the company only needs to make profits, and the whole house is shiny. If you ask him what he cares about the most, he said that he was running a race when he was a child. He hasn't cared about anything for a long time, he is numb, he mocks this class, he feels that this class numbs him. At the end, he ran like a kid again, trying his best and caring about winning or losing. One of the things growing up is that there is no real winning or losing, the lines are blurred and you have to adjust to all the grey areas.

His wife is a sign that ties him to the middle class. He loves his wife a little, but also hates his wife. To be precise, his wife made him so numb. After losing his wife, he suddenly changed. He has to be able to see all the things he doesn't care about, and he has a so-called feeling, so he is a little excited and wants to pay attention to the essence of things that he didn't notice before. In action, it is to tear things down, and in psychology, it is masochistic tendencies and self-destruction. And smashing the whole house is to get rid of the class, to get rid of his guilt, to get rid of his wife.

The little boy is another of his free spirits. That child is part of Davis. He represents the indulgence that Davis' character has always suppressed, or the free soul that he pursues.

In the second half, his wife's derailment was an outlet for his guilt. He finally showed his emotions. He began to reconcile, seeking a satisfactory way of doing things like a normal adult, going to the cemetery to cherish his wife, opening his heart to his father-in-law, and forgiving the person who knocked his wife off. driver. Might as well speculate on his thoughts with the greatest malice, he thought - so she betrayed me, so she didn't love me, I'm finally a victim, dead people can make mistakes, my guilt and her betrayal What does it compare to.

So he was relieved, he was upright and bright, he had the courage to face it, and his wife's betrayal was a relief to him, it turned out that he was not the heinous one. He even built a merry-go-round for her, for the deceased child? For his own peace of mind.

From the beginning to the end, I don't think there is love. He misses her just misses himself, just fulfills himself.

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Demolition quotes

  • Davis: Dear Champion Vending Company: I put five quarters in your machine and proceeded to push B2, which should have given me peanut M&M's. Regrettably, it did not. I found this upsetting, as I was very hungry, and also my wife had died ten minutes earlier.

  • Davis: You must be Chris.

    Chris: You fucking my mom?

    Davis: No, I'm not. We were just sleeping...

    Chris: [interrupts] She's fucking crazy. If you haven't noticed, she's a fucking pothead. She calls it cannabis 'cause it makes her feel like less of a fucking pothead.

    Davis: You say fuck a lot.

    Chris: So?

    Davis: So you're just not using it properly.

    Chris: The fuck does that mean?

    Davis: That's what I mean. Fuck is a great word, but if you use it too much then it just loses its value and you sound stupid.

    Chris: Fuck you.

    Davis: Exactly. I feel nothing and you sound like an idiot. Have a good one.

    [Davis leaves]

    Chris: Who the f...

    [thinks about it]