death of the good

Ottilie 2022-04-19 09:03:16

This is a fable about "the saint died". When the happy Lazaro was "beaten to death" by modern civilization, the doubts in the clear eyes were the long-term restless eyes after despair? Or is Shi then ready to be reborn? The first half of the story is like an ordinary country story. The wolf's fable hides the dark thread of "class oppression". This is a "big deception" about the nobility, so that oppression can continue in this isolated village. . As for the tenant farmer Lazaro, he is so simple and loving... When he became friends with the Marquis, he had unreserved trust. His always clean eyes were the embodiment of "perfect goodness". In the second half of the story, from Lazaro's awakening, he jumped into magical surrealism. Lazaro, who did not leave any traces of the years, was regarded as a "devil" for a while, and a "saint" for a while, as long as "I" need! Used by friends, abandoned by friends... It turned out that he walked out of "Underground" in a flash and entered modern society from agricultural society, but everything has not changed in the slightest. A saint or a devil? Lazaro's final death was like Jesus Christ who was nailed to the cross. He carried all the sins of mankind, but could not wash away any sin in this world. It's not that the supreme good has not come to the world, and Christ has never abandoned human beings. It's just that the stupid "we" don't know it, and even treat it as a demon. In the end, Lazaro is dead and my heart is broken! Oppression, class, injustice... These sins in the bones of human society will never be absent from our lives, and we will never be healed. PS: The male protagonist is too perfect, and the sculpted outline is sure not to grow up according to Michelangelo's "David"? ? ? !

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Happy as Lazzaro quotes

  • Marchesa Alfonsina De Luna: Human beings are like animals. Set them free and they realize they are slaves locked in their own misery. Right now, they suffer, but they don't know. I exploit them, they exploit that poor man. It's a chain reaction that can't be stopped.

  • Marchesa Alfonsina De Luna: He who knows himself well is humbled in his own presence. And the praise of other men provokes no pleasure. If I were to know everything in the universe and scorned the charity who would bring me the grace of God? Who would judge my actions? One should go beyond the thirst for knowledge that is the root of distraction and disappointment.