Always be prepared to lose

Joannie 2022-09-14 13:04:26

At the beginning of the movie, Connor's life felt depressing. At home, his parents divorced, his mother was seriously ill, he had to live with a grandmother he didn't like, he couldn't concentrate on his lectures at school, and he was bullied by his classmates. It seems that only one piece of life can make people feel hopeless, but it focuses on Connor alone. Every person whose life is not going well seems to have a world of his own for him to vent his emotions.
So that "monster" appeared, with a frightening face tasked with letting him help Connor, it was really hard for "him". Perhaps it is precisely because Connor has experienced too much pain, so when he saw this monster, he didn't seem to be so afraid, but he bravely stood up to protect his mother. This is the "hero" who grew up under adversity. "Bar.
In the first story, the reversal and reversal of the plot, let us realize that what you thought you thought was what you thought it was not. Everyone has a reason for doing one thing. They are all doing what they think is right in order to achieve their own goals. On the premise that you cannot fully understand the situation, no one is qualified to absolutely evaluate a person. Or is it bad, just like I don’t know whether the begging on the side of the road is true or false, and the old man who fell may be touching porcelain. All of these have caused the complexity of human society. Perhaps the ideal in the Three-Body Problem is unconcealed. Trisolarans are also a way of life. In the story of Connor's world, maybe it's just because the grandmother wants to separate him from his mother that he simply hates his grandmother.
In the second story, the first time I saw the story of the priest and the pharmacist made me a little messy. The pharmacist wanted to get the priest's yew tree because he wanted to be recognized by others. The priest refused at first and then later tried to save his own. The daughter went to the pharmacist for help, as long as he was willing to sacrifice everything to save his daughter, the dryad let the priest lose even his own daughter, and destroyed the priest's house, and by the way, let Connor also destroy the grandmother's ancestral wall clock . The attitude of the dryad may be on the side of the pharmacist. The priest is selfish because he believes that the yew tree cannot be destroyed, but he abandoned his belief when his daughter was seriously ill. The pharmacist is also selfish and wants to be recognized for himself Going to plan on the yew tree, maybe their gap is only because the pharmacist can use the yew tree to save people, and the priest can only give spiritual power? That night, he realized how much trouble he had caused his grandmother, and how serious his selfishness might bring to others.
The third story is the story of the invisible man. Although the invisible man was invisible, he wanted others to notice him, so he beat up the classmate who bullied him. This time the tree spirit appeared in the school. Maybe the first two stories helped Connor solves the problem at home, let's solve Connor's problem at school this time. Is it because Connor always chooses to forbear, so he implicitly tells the story of an invisible man? When Connor chose to face these problems head-on, maybe the problem was really solved. It is estimated that no one will dare to bully him in the future. Although the process of solving it is a bit extreme, maybe this is what a child should do.
Finally, at the end of the story, the dryad threatened with death to let Connor really stand up to face his mother's problems. Even though he had thought countless times in his heart that his mother was about to leave, once he woke up, he would force himself to think that his mother would be gone right away. almost done.
Every story is making Connor grow up, allowing Connor to continue to live a healthy and healthy life. At the end of the movie, Connor walked into the locked door of his grandmother's house and saw the little girl in the picture book. When it came to this dryad, I think Connor's mother asked the dryad to help him solve Connor's problems, or it was just a self-redemption in Connor's subconscious. The final time is fixed at 12:07, the time when the mother is gone, and the time when the dryad appears every night. A well-meaning mother, a boy who was psychologically prepared before his mother left, a fierce and gentle tree spirit, a sad farewell.
No one likes to lose. I wish I could be by my side forever. My parents, family members, friends, my favorite books, and my favorite flowers, but time will always make us lose them constantly, although we can't stop them, But I still hope everything is fine, at least there are so many people who love ourselves in our life, and so many things we like have appeared.

--Beijing

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A Monster Calls quotes

  • The Monster: What shall I destroy next?

    Conor: Break the windows!

    The Monster: Break them yourself.

  • Mum: I wish I had 100 years, 100 years I could give to you.