Happiness, where is she wrong?

Stephan 2022-04-21 09:03:37

London is different in "Another Year", no longer rainy, but sunny. Not all Brits are self-deprecating, at least not Mary. She chattered endlessly, and always started with "When you need me, I can be your listener", crying and confiding in her various "miserable" experiences to the other party, with a fast pace of speech and Strong detailed description ability.
Unlike Mary, Jerry is peaceful, calm, and has a happy family. During the gathering of friends, Jerry would turn her face to look at her husband Tom from time to time, without speaking, just smiling. Jerry's son, gentle and gentle, is 30 years old and still happily accompanies his parents to work in the suburban vegetable garden on weekends.
From spring to winter, the carefree Mary often rushed to Jerry's house without saying hello, probably because she wanted to feel the happiness of her family. But what about Mary's own happiness?
Mary bought herself a small red car, hoping to drive it to many, far away places. But, in fact, not only did she never do it, but the car brought her more troubles than happiness. Theft, breakdown, scrapping, all kinds of trivial life troubled Mary. The saddest thing is that the chattering to others didn't bring relief to Mary, but made her seem more annoying.
Joe's girlfriend Kate is likable, that's obvious. Don't say why Joe chose Kate instead of Mary, because they are not comparable at all. If you compare the two women's characters purely, maybe you can start with the theft of Mary's car. In the face of Mary's chatter, Kate only said: "Aren't you covered by insurance? You can ask for a claim." See, how plain and simple, life is far less rough than Mary's chatter. Have a problem, fix it, That's all.
Happiness, you can only rely on yourself to strive for it. No matter how close you are to the happiness of others, his happiness cannot become yours. Jerry and Tom's happiness is not without reason. They took control of their lives, trying to arrange every happy moment: food, parties, gardening, reading... Poor Mary never understood this, and in the end, she could only sit with the Jerry family, in a lively family In conversation, let go.

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Another Year quotes

  • Gerri: Life's not always kind, is it?

    Mary: No, it isn't Gerri.

  • Ken: Young people, young people. Everything's for young people. Those bars, you know, they're full of young people shouting about nothing.

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