Most of the writers who were detained in mental hospitals described the devilish side of human nature, which was full of violence and pornography, which contradicted the mainstream values of the time. But as he himself said, "I didn't make the world, I just made records." These are all part of human nature, and even if no one writes it, it exists objectively. His love of writing is admirable, he said, "My writing is unconscious, like my breathing, the beating of my heart.". No matter the circumstances and conditions, he had to write. His ideas also represent a kind of democracy and freedom. This is not only a confrontation between culture and mainstream values, but also a contest between freedom and power.
"To seek truth, we must know sin. Only then can we fully understand human nature." Who said no? Everyone has a devilish side, no matter how great and noble people are, the key is to see how this person handles it, whether to suppress it desperately, or face its existence and find a balance, or let it spread wildly. Different people make different choices.
The laundress likes to read the erotic stories written by Sade, likes to read them to others, and does her best to send the stories to the booksellers and share them with the people of the whole country, and she is a virgin. "Reading has redeemed me. Having seen the monstrous world, it's hard for me to be tempted by anything. I'm a good girl because I like reading these novels. I experience everything I want to experience in the novels. If not That way, you can't be a good girl in reality." Undoubtedly, the laundry lady is the most sober, she understands her own desires, finds an appropriate outlet for it, and grasps the proportions.
Desire is tenacious and omnipresent, always waiting for an opportunity to invade and occupy the heart. Father Abby, the manager of the mental hospital, is pure, upright and kind. In the end, he is unable to face his own desires, and falls into confusion and shaking of his beliefs. It can be seen how fragile the pure integrity and morality that have not faced evil and temptation are. Orthodox morality cannot be considered infallible, and it also has its hypocritical and fragile side. Without experiencing evil and ugliness, it cannot be said to be truly righteous and good, because those are easily destroyed. Simple, no reason to believe, will eventually find their own naive.
The doctor is a staunch supporter of rights, and is also a typical example of a virtuous appearance and a dirty heart. On the one hand, he represents the government's suppression of writers' creation, and on the other hand, he is actually a devil, forcibly marrying an underage nun. , and vented on her the evil she had suppressed. And his petite wife, inspired by the writer's work, eloped with the young architect.
Since the doctor came to the mental hospital, bloody tragedies have been staged one after another, conflicts have gradually escalated, the insane asylum caught fire, and the laundress who "knows kinky and cleans herself" was killed by a lunatic, all of which were blamed on the writer Sade. So Thad died too. But just a year later, Sade's work was published in the asylum taken over by doctors to make money for doctors. The mental hospital was peaceful and quiet and orderly.
This shows what? Acknowledging the devil in human nature is not scary, and reason and the devil can coexist in harmony. What is truly scary is blindly suppressing human nature, which will only lead to a tragic outcome in the end. The culture that represents human nature is very dynamic, and the so-called morality is constantly changing with the development of society. Society is more and more tolerant of people with various sexual cultures and people who hold different sexual concepts.
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