May you have a violinist in your heart

Liana 2022-10-04 12:35:14

May you have a violinist in your heart who can play the happiest notes for you in any time of distress, so that you can be on the most desperate path and believe that some things will last forever.

I was moved by the innocence and cuteness of the inhabitants of the small town of Antlanca. Although I know that life may not be like the movie, my father’s efforts to persuade him to change the tradition may be shattered by the fact that his married daughter is not happy. Telling yourself that there is a fantasy of hope may also be nothing but nothing, just like the heroine of "Out of Africa", after so much hardship, he crashed when he was finally able to be with the male protagonist. This is adapted from a true story, and life is much crueler than a story.
But Antlanca is not describing a utopia. There are also poverty here. There are times when there is starvation and hunger, when the matchmaker pulls the inexplicable red line. Taivi sang the song "If I'm a Rich Man", just like many nowadays. Like people, they imagine that having money can solve the problem of lack of happiness. Tai Wei initially promised to marry his daughter to a butcher, thinking like this, "He is very rich, he treats my daughter very well, and my daughter will be happy." In fact, sometimes we often accuse utilitarian parents, they can’t follow us. Most of them just want us to have a better life. It’s not right for them to impose what they think is good on us, but they shouldn’t be ridiculed by us. Now that there are not many parents who can hold their children, Tai Wei has not finally fulfilled his daughter’s wish, "Although it is not good, it will not be bad." To reality, it is often the case. In order to make myself feel at ease.
It was one of the crying points when sending the second daughter away at the train station. This story is full of beauty and tolerance. Taivi ran when he watched the train moving away and said to God, "take care of her". . I still want to say that many ideal marriages mentioned in the movie are too risky, but the love of parents for their children is real. But then again. . The part where Tai Wei asked his wife if he loved him after returning home was also very interesting. After twenty-five years of marriage, it was so beautiful to know and say that he loved each other in the end.
In the end, the inhabitants of Antlanca still have to be expelled, and the Jews are still waiting for the Messiah in their displaced lives. In fact, they are all their own saviors. If tragedy is to destroy good things for others to see, this movie is not a tragedy. Even "Out of Africa" ​​is not a tragedy, things are destroyed, the old place is left, and the relatives are separated from life and death, but in this ending, there is still full of cheerful violin music, reminding you of the muddy road. Some people have gone through, no matter how sad things have happened, no matter how big the test is, some people have gone through it. There will be injustice and suffering in this world, and there will be people who have not done any bad things, but get into one. There will be troubles, there will be unreasonable disasters, there will be kindness to be wronged, but you can still have faith and you can still choose how to live.

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Fiddler on the Roof quotes

  • Tevye: And until your golden day comes, Rev. Perchik, How will you live?

    Perchik: By giving lessons to children, Do you have any children?

    Tevye: I have five daughters.

    Perchik: [Looking to Tevye in disbelief] Five?

    Tevye: Daughters...

    Perchik: Girls can learn too, girls are .

    Mendel: A radical!

    Tevye: Oh, go away!

  • Tevye: [after seeing Chava and Fyedka talking] What were you and he talking about?

    Chava: Nothing. We were just talking.

    Tevye: Good.

    [walks away]

    Chava: [chasing after Teyve] Papa! Fyedka and I... We've known each other for a long time...

    Tevye: Chaveleh, I would be much happier if you remained friends from a distance. You must not forget who you are and who that man is.

    Chava: He has a name, Papa.

    Tevye: Of course. All creatures on Earth have a name.

    Chava: Fyedka is not a creature, Papa. Fyedka is a man!

    Tevye: Who says he isn't? It's just that he's a different kind of man. As the Good Book says, "Each shall seek his own kind." In other words, a bird may love a fish, but where would they build a home together?

    Chava: The world is changing, Papa!

    Tevye: [rounding on her] No!

    [calmly]

    Tevye: No. Some things do not change for us. Some things will never change.

    Chava: We don't feel that way.

    Tevye: We?

    Chava: Fyedka and I... We want to be married.

    Tevye: What? Are you out of your mind? Don't you understand what that means, marrying outside of the faith?

    Chava: But, Papa...

    Tevye: I said no! Never talk about it again. Never mention his name again. Never see him again. Do you understand me?

    Chava: [quietly] Yes, Papa. I understand you.