Mario and Nicola, Light and Shadow

Adeline 2022-04-22 07:01:46

When he was young, Mario was the proud son of the heavens and the genius that the whole family was proud of. Nicola had always lived under the light of his brother. At that time, Mario was the light and Nicola was just a shadow.

Later, Mario became more and more cynical. He tried to eliminate the injustice and darkness of society, but every time he punched, it was like hitting a hard slate, hurting his head and blood, while the society remained motionless. Nikolai does not have such lofty aspirations, he has a gentle and firm temperament, just warms everyone around him with his empathy, and he becomes Mario's light. Mario became a shadow. He did not meet his parents, lived in isolation, and closed himself up. Rather than saying his death was a disappointment to the world, it was better that he gave up on himself. Pushing aside Mario's anger, there was a sense of powerlessness inside. His world does not allow a shred of impurities, and he is doomed to die. Mario's simple persistence, anger and powerlessness are also our simple persistence, anger and powerlessness, but most of them have accepted their ordinary ordinary and powerless to society, and learned to endure pain slowly while maintaining their own pace, like Nicola.

We were all Mario when we were young, then we all became Nicolas, learning to reconcile with the world and ourselves. Mario envies Nikolai's gentleness and mellowness, but Nikolai doesn't admire Mario's purity and angularity, otherwise he would not marry Julia, who is as extreme and strong in love and hate as Mario. Life is all about losing and gaining

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