During the daytime, I watched the Genius starring Qiu Hua and Uncle Colin last year, and I was deeply moved. Those beautiful sentences came out of Uncle Colin's mouth, and I followed them, thinking of the scene where I stood on the podium and read the sentences when my presentation was Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
I read a lot this holiday season, magazines, novels, essays and reference books. Yesterday, I chatted with a certain gentleman about the joy of reading, and I said: "The book you have read, one day you will understand the profound meaning of it, and you will be able to perceive your own growth and invisible changes. This is the ultimate pleasure of reading." Yuan. The words are said by the father in "The Love of the Sages". I had the mentality of watching that show casually, but when I heard this sentence, it was like a slap in the face, and I watched it seriously later. I also don't know if a certain Jun, as a person who has not studied seriously for several years, can understand it.
I had a barbecue with a colleague a few years ago, and she said that I was "the only person she knew who wouldn't be surprised if she married an old man." I thought about it and nodded seriously. It's like I have more friends than my peers. Compared with vitality, I prefer rich experiences. The colleagues with the best relationship in the company are at least one round older than me, but they communicate very well.
Going far, back to Genius, which describes Fitzgerald's life sideways. I actually kind of forgot his life story, so I looked it up and thought about it, and suddenly I remembered what one of my teachers told me before, his favorite book is Tender is the Night by Fitzgerald. At that time, I also joked a playful rhyme: Tender is the night; healing is the time. The teacher smiled wryly after hearing this. Looking back now, thinking of his situation at the time, I suddenly understand something, why he liked this book. It's like I dug out and re-read the DH Lawrence novel that an old friend gave me that year from last year, and suddenly understood why there were so many books in his home, why he put this book on me when I left, saying This is his favorite book. The books I love to read are mostly the portrayal of the mood at that time, but I couldn’t understand it when I didn’t have these experiences. As I get older, I've come to understand that that's one of the reasons why I like hanging out with older friends. It's a wonderful feeling of sudden realization. It's like pushing open doors that were closed before. , or open the kit they shoved into you before, and you know where to look for the answer to your question.
So Tom is lucky to have such a year-old friend as Max. Max found the stars in him and took him all the way, giving him space to himself when he was at his worst. Max's youngest daughter asked him, "Daddy, why doesn't Tom come to our home any more?" Max said, "Oh, Nancy, Tom needs some time for himself."
- "Is he coming back?"
- "I don't think so."
- "See, Tom is the kind of fellow who needs to make his own way through life."
- "Is he mad at us?"
- "No, honey. Sometimes people just go away. They have to grow up, leaving home. This will happen to you too."
- "Poor daddy, I missed him too."
Then he asked his daughter to take a copy of Tom's book and began to read it to her, reading the language of the poem as seriously as they had done when they first discussed the manuscript of Of the Time and the River. The most touching scene was when Max's train was about to leave. Tom stood on the platform and read aloud to him the manuscript that he had revised under his inspiration. Then he waved his arms excitedly and watched the train leave, shouting loudly. : "I love you, Perkins". I haven't read Thomas Wolfe, and being big is always daunting. (Suddenly remembered that when I was in elementary school, I found a copy of Hardy's "Homecoming" that my dad was reading on the bedside table at home. OS: How old do I have to be to read it?) But after watching the movie, I think I should be able to read it this year. Try to read one.
Speaking of reading, the 16-year-old protagonist Errol in the latest episode of one of my favorite British dramas, Uncle, wants to travel around Europe. His dad asked him to make his own money. He retorted that you left me alone. How does the little boy who binds the chicken make money by himself, his dad refuted him and said: "I'm not ordering you down the mines. What century are you living in? Why don't you just ... blog for money or something. He jokingly said: "Ha! You think writing pays money? What century are YOU living in?" As an English-speaking person, every time he thinks of this, he feels quite sad. A few years ago when I was attending a graduation ceremony in London, I met a female professor who taught literature from New York to London. We chatted about romanticism, and she said something like "Poor romanticism! You see, I have to share my house with a young Spanish guy to save some rent. "My teacher, my friend, and this female professor are all people who have learned to be rich. In the end, they all feel that they are living in the cracks in this business society. Although my reading volume has dropped by more than a little in the past two years, my career has grown by leaps and bounds, which is ironic.
---- Log from February 5, 2017
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