[Analysis of the similarity between Gatsby and Chester]
The two characters Gatsby and Chester are so similar that their ups and downs and the destined and inevitable tragedy that they ultimately point to together are surprisingly the same.
They were all born at the bottom and had dreams and were unable to achieve them. In order to realize the stride and climb upward, they had to choose an adventurous, frothy, fragile and very deceptive "success" avenue. Their so-called success is actually just meticulously wrapped in sugar. A scam below deceives others and also deceives oneself. Everything is a phantom of self-beautification. Their success is always so shaky, so they can't really get rid of the extreme low self-esteem in their bones, which makes them sensitive and suspicious of everything for fear of losing. Under the skin of worldly success, the personality is actually weak and weak, but the more things in the world, the more you suffer from gains and losses, the more you lose.
Gatsby and the girl he chased all his life, Chester, and his wives he feared to lose. That was the only real hope they tried to grasp in the illusory bubble, the only thing that could truly belong to them, the only strong desires that remained. That in itself has become no longer important. They are just chasing something to ensure that they have something to grasp to prove their existence.
For Chester, it’s hard to say how much he really loves his wife (obviously he loves himself more than Camelot). It’s better to say that she is just some kind of psychological sustenance and comfort from him, but it is also because he is not completely towards Camelot. No feelings (regardless of whether the guilt after he missed and killed his wife was too short or not, perhaps it was more panic, but at that moment at least it could be seen that he did have real heartache) so that he would not be reduced to a total evil and let him People can't completely hate him.
Chester’s numerous crimes are hateful and pitiful.
【About Chester】
Chester is undoubtedly a sensitive and suspicious one. The more he hates himself for his inability to change the status quo, the more he is jealous and hates everything around him. His psychology is becoming increasingly distorted and unbalanced as the things around him gradually fall out of his control. Unable to treat all his so-called love for his wife with a normal mind, it has become a kind of self-moving, self-deceptive superficial love. He is extremely sensitive to everything about his wife, just because he is afraid of the last point after his own world collapses one after another. The control part is lost. He wants to confirm possession.
He thinks he loves Camelot very much. In fact, what he loves is that he cares about money (the most obvious is the brown suitcase with money that he keeps from beginning to end. It also shows that he manslaughtered his wife and got a new identity. When he absconded, the original two suitcases in his hand were changed into one, which has quietly laid the groundwork for him to frame Ludal later) and he himself has already lost control amidst the chaos, panic and madness caused by this series of subsequent accidents. Falling into the abyss step by step.
I am not sympathetic to Chester, just trying to analyze why he is like this. There is no evil for no reason. There is always a reason for everything. In the end, Chester had such a bleak ending. Although he deserved it, it was still embarrassing.
【About Ludal】
Rudal is out of a certain Electra complex with Chester Because of his own liar nature, Sturt didn’t believe in it.) He helped Chester to cross the bottom line again and again, even after he committed so many crimes to refresh the bottom line of human nature, Rudal still maintained a trace of kindness to Chester. The expectation is that Chester gave Rudal the last straw to crush the camel. Not only did Chester miss his innocent wife and kill the innocent wife by mistake, he had no conscience and self-blame. On the contrary, he also framed the blame. This made Ludal completely lose his last expectation of Chester’s humanity, and he began to reflect and regret everything he had done for him out of selfishness or pure goodwill, and finally decided to completely withdraw from this endless fall. Report Chester, a selfish, cowardly, and downright scumbag.
However, in the end, Chester's confession and disregard of him before his death made him unable to hate him completely. So after everything was over, Ludal buried the golden snake bracelet in front of his tomb as a tragedy for the stranger who accidentally broke into his life. A footnote to life (that bracelet is the starting point of his secret love for Camelot, the starting point for the three of them to formally intersect, and it is also the introduction and end of his involvement in this series of events. Let's start with his possible new start).
After all, he still couldn't separate him from his father's face completely when he thought of Chester, so he always had the last sigh and pity for him. In fact, the act of burying the gold bracelet is already very subtle, and he has no reason to do more for Chester, but probably he didn't know why he couldn't help crying in front of the dying Chester at the time. There is no reason or standpoint to sigh for his death.
【About Camelot】
The most pitiful thing in the whole film is that no one really loves Camelot. She wants to escape from the quagmire situation but suffers from being unable to support herself. She can only hope to be attached to another man. Besides, she can’t really leave her husband but it’s not how much she is. Love Chester does not say that she loves him as much as she can't find a better choice than Chester. Although being with him is like being in a quagmire, she feels nervous and uneasy at all times, but at the same time she can't abandon Chester. Relying on the great wealth from engaging in illegal activities to bring her a good life, this worry has become the price she is willing to bear and the reality that she must accept.
And her enthusiasm for Lydal is closer to the suspension bridge effect. He is like a long-lost wisp of fresh air that suddenly penetrated in her nervous and unexported life, which aroused her desire for the outside world, no matter who appeared at this moment. She just hoped unrealistically that as long as she could take her out of all this, she didn't expect that what she was waiting for was not liberation but sudden death.
And how firm Rudal was towards her, and how deep his admiration was. He could see the fragility of that love only when he discovered that she was shocked and distressed after she died but only took her coat away and fled in panic. Perhaps she had a good impression, perhaps because she was not worth it, but it was limited to this. Camelot's death caused him to have a deeper disappointment in Chester, but it was a greater emotional blow to him.
[A textual research on the entanglement of pseudo-"father and son"]
Ludal projected his guilt towards his father on Chester, trying to relieve his guilt to a certain extent by providing help for Chester who was similar to his father’s description, seeking peace of mind; while Chester’s repentance during his death The conscience of the moment of confession found that disregarding Ludal was like a self-salvation that he had no chance to carry out too late. At this moment, perhaps he suddenly remembered the honesty that he once had but has long forgotten, facing up to the lies and defeats of his life, suddenly and strong. I hope that the young man in front of him who regards himself as a part of his father can start afresh when he has the opportunity to turn his head back.
Chester is not a good person, almost equivalent to being a scumbag, but Rudal probably will never forget this person in his life.
Remember without any identity position.
The conversation about the father-son relationship at the ps airport is still quite interesting. Those puns and metaphors are back and forth~
The last sentence before Chester died, "Sorry I disappointed you." also echoed that conversation (…they disappoint you a little more every day.)
【end】
In this story, everyone went against their wishes and ultimately failed to get what they wanted. As accidental stacking of crimes accumulates, the situation expands and things gradually develop in the direction they did not expect... And they can’t help rushing all the way to the complete out of control disorder and madness. I can't get inner peace.
However, to a certain extent, it is precisely because each of them essentially loves themselves for all the experiences they have experienced, and they are willing to sink into the quagmire and self-trapped barriers instead of withdrawing and choosing when they can turn their heads back. Continuing to surrender to desire and be determined to make mistakes without hesitation... Thus, they also personally laid out their respective tragic endings.
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