The fate of an individual is never insignificant. Although you and I are just a drop of water in the vast sea of people, they can reflect the changes of the entire era.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles, I have read this original book when I was a junior high school student before I was eighteen years old. disjointed.
At that time, I didn’t know that the society outside was going through great changes of the times: farmers and children who have been farming in the countryside for hundreds of thousands of years are entering unfamiliar cities through various means, either by working, by doing business, or by changing their fate through education. After experiencing the ups and downs of life, I have seen the ruthless side of society. Some of them have successfully gained a firm foothold and significantly improved the economic and social status of themselves and their families.
What I didn't know at the time was that in a few years, I would also step into the vast world outside, stumbling and climbing, working under a ruthless boss and a mercenary businessman, and also experiencing the warmth of humanity, my friend. With the help of , we have to move forward in this world with twists and turns.
After all these years, when I look at Tess of the D'Urbervilles, I will have a completely different feeling, and now I can fully understand Tess's plight. And the plight of their generation, and our own.
At that time, Britain (around 1891) was already the most powerful country in the world, with colonies all over the world, and the sun never sets an empire. However, as an ordinary Englishman, Tess, who was born in a peasant family, had an alcoholic father and still lived a hard life. , In the movie, Tess can be seen coming home, in the winter fields, digging radishes with a shovel with her mother, after Claire left her to Brazil, she had to do heavy physical work such as picking hay in order to make a living, Income will also be meager.
Our generation, fortunately, can change their destiny through learning, more of which is to enter the factory, twelve hours a day, only four days off a month, or even only two days off-----Japanese clothing that I have represented The workers of the company are like this. No matter how good the potential is, there is no time to study and develop. In fact, for a considerable number of them, life is hopeless repetitive and simple labor, and there is no hope of changing their fate. Unless they have extraordinary will and vision, it is difficult to change. In the past five or six years, labor conditions have improved. It should have been since the promulgation of the new labor law. I remember that there were still complaints at that time, all from private enterprises. There were also economists who came out and said that the minimum wage should not be set up, and the economic The academic argument is that this is not good for workers (meaning that if there is no minimum wage, employers can hire more workers, which can solve employment), if there is no minimum wage, there will be a monthly income of 600 yuan. people.
Besides, Claire, he heard his wife's confession on his wedding night that he had been seduced and had a child, and the child died. Claire accepted the prevailing morality of the time, that women must maintain chastity for their husbands before marriage. He felt a huge blow, and even thought that Tess had only one body left. He forgot that he had just confessed to Tess that he had been in a relationship with an older woman in London. Typical double standard.
In desperation, Claire leaves Tess behind and goes to Brazil.
Tess waited hopelessly, and then met Alexander, who had seduced her. Tess's father died and her younger siblings dropped out of school. The family was about to live on the streets, and Tess was unable to support the family by doing heavy physical work. Helpless, Tess accepted Alexander's pursuit and lived with him.
A few years later, Claire returned from Brazil. During this period, she experienced a serious illness, and also experienced the cold and warm feelings of the world. She had a reflection on her behavior of leaving Tess, and decided to find Tess again, only to find that Tess had become Alexander's mistress. .
Tess was in grief, thinking that Alexander had ruined her life. Impulsively, she killed Alexander and fled with Claire. Five days later, she was arrested at Stonehenge in northern England, and was later tried and hanged to death.
This is a tragedy.
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