Everybody's Fine

Karl 2022-04-21 09:02:44

The father Frank in the play experienced the death of his wife 8 months ago. His four children have their own lives in different cities. He said that he would go home on the weekend, but all of them missed the appointment. The father decided to take the train. Going to see every child, wanting to surprise them, but every child hides something from his father, in order not to let him down, in order to make him feel that he lives as his father expects.

The four children all love their father. They just told white lies casually, so they used constant lies to make up for the initial lie. God, but can only use another lie to hurriedly send away his father.

The smart Frank saw the flaws in it, but he didn't reveal it face to face. On this trip, he only saw 3 of them. When he left them, he would seriously ask: "Are you happy?", "You Are you happy?" The child was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a smile, "I'm fine", "I'm very happy", how many times have we used such white lies to answer our parents, just to not make them worry, They are disappointed with our current state.

During the trip, I met another old man. The old man said that he had 3 children and 6 grandchildren. The children were too busy. The old man had to make an appointment to meet them. Of course, this was a joke. The old man also said that now life has changed, and people have also changed. You shake hands with others. After shaking hands, you have to count whether your fingers are complete. People have become indifferent, and the relationship between people has become tense and unfamiliar. Inside the train station, Frank met a young man in ragged clothes sitting on the ground, resembling a beggar. Out of good intentions, Frank gave him money for the meal, but he didn't even say thank you, instead he wanted to rob Frank's wallet and even smashed his medicine bottle in a frenzy. Well-intentioned alms give us big trouble, not because we're indifferent to pain, but because we've all had the "farmer and snake" experience.

Sitting on the return flight, Frank suffered a heart attack and was in a coma. The truth of all the facts emerged. The four grown-up children turned into their childhood appearances. In a dream, the father asked them why they were right. Hide the truth yourself? The 4 children said plausibly, in order not to disappoint their father. When I was young, my father was too strict with every child, hoping that they would grow up to be successful and become artists, music conductors, dancers, and white-collar elites. The father is distressed about why the children can speak freely to their mothers without hiding anything, but lie to themselves that "everything goes well, everything goes well".

Mom is a good listener and Dad always teaches. This film not only makes us understand as children, we should be honest with our parents and friends, but also let adults as parents know that we should not impose all our expectations on our children, they can do the best when they grow up. Well, if not, just hope they are happy! Children have their own dreams, and they can find the most suitable way of life for them. Not everyone can be a great person or a great person.

What kind of life is family happiness? A job that you like, a person you really love, a warm home, both parents and children and grandchildren, you won’t be too busy to get together on weekends, the family can talk and laugh, and it’s fun, and you don’t need to “everyone is very good.” "Okay" to prevaricate parents, occasionally talk to parents about their recent life, talk about their mood, this is more important than anything else. When you are old, even if you are not any enviable big person, you are just an ordinary electric wire worker. During the journey, you can still proudly tell strangers about your occupation, your children, your family, full of The appearance of happiness gives the scenery of Lu Yu a different sunshine!

Don't let your white lies make us the most familiar strangers. Even if you are broke one day, you are still my friend, my family, my beloved.

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Everybody's Fine quotes

  • [last lines]

    Frank Goode: If you would ask me I would have to say in all honesty, Everybody's fine. Everybody's fine.

  • Young Man in Diner #1: I'm 94. I keep away from the doctors.

    Frank Goode: Boy.

    Young Man in Diner #1: I have three children, six grandchildren. They're busy. They're too busy to talk to me. I gotta make an appointment. They got lost some place. They don't need anybody. People changed, life is changed. Today, you shake hands with somebody, you gotta count your fingers to make sure you got five fingers back.