idealism is a disease

Lucie 2022-12-28 13:03:59

At the end of the film, I think it is also the most central sentence of the whole film that the film wants to convey to the audience. The male protagonist's son said it flatly at the end of the film, "The only one who thinks about you is me, so who's opinion needs your attention? If it's mine, it's mine."

This film seems to be a joke on the protagonist alone, as if he is the only one in the world who is troubled by this. It is this embarrassing situation that makes the protagonist think.

As he said: his own Colosseum, someone else's amusement park

It is not so much: the authorities are obsessed, and bystanders are clear

It is better to say that the authorities are fans, and bystanders do not know at all.

Here we will mention this kind of narcissism similar to literati and idealists. Now I think of Xu Zhiyuan's embarrassed smile when Ma Dong mentioned narcissism.

Idealists think they are someone. Some of them are successful, but some are not. Just like the protagonist, he has been a non-profit organization for several years. He thinks he is very noble and deserves to be admired by others. care, the bamboo basket was empty, and even his son's tuition had to rely on loans.

A person who is always in the spotlight will be very concerned about the opinions of others, from the teacher's favorite student, the soul of the classmates, to the dejected person who is ignored by no one, and the classmates get married without notice. The inner gap is relatively large. of.

In fact, as Li Dan said, it is also an ideal to live the reality well. Every choice should be a combination of rationality and ideal, and it is always right to leave a way out for yourself.

On the road of life, there will be some people who will accompany you, perhaps for a while, or to the end. Their opinions on you are very valuable, because they know your past and want to participate in your future. people who really matter to you.

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