No matter how bad life is sometimes, be sure to give yourself a chance to be born again.
In our country, there is a thief who is called the "Stealer Guevara".
Because of the sentence "It is impossible to work part-time, it is impossible to work part-time in this life." Jianghu left his name and became the object of many netizens' posts and banter. "Stealing Guevara" has no job and can only make a living by stealing electric cars. Then "Bob the Stray Cat" tells the legend of a British "Stealer Che Guevara".
They are like two parallel lines in different countries, creating different myths because of their respective adventures.
Many people are still ridiculing China’s "Stealing Che Guevara" speech and neglecting the fact that a habitual thief who has no education, no work experience and knows nothing but stealing is also good for them to find a decent job. Dongfang Ye talks.
The homeless in the UK are no exception. A homeless man reluctantly lives by singing (begging in the eyes of others) after being driven out of the house, getting addicted to drugs, taking drugs, rehabilitating drugs, stealing things, and being relieved. No one looks down on him.
But unexpectedly, he was completely changed by a stray cat. And this is the story of "The Stray Cat Bob".
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The movie "The Stray Cat Bob" is based on the novel of the same name. It tells the true story of a young British man living on the street who was saved by accidentally saving a stray cat.
Even the cat, Bob, in the film is also the deity himself. Of course, this once scrawny and injured cat has a bright and strong coat under the careful feeding of the owner, and there is no trace of wind and frost in nature. Because the encounter between Bob and his master was more than ten years ago.
If you have read a novel, you may have a clearer understanding of the background of the story-the male protagonist James Bowen left his mother living in Australia because of rebellion and a dispute with his mother, and came to the UK to live in the same father. Mother's sister's house. At that time he was working in a bar and dreamed of becoming a musician like Kurt Cobain in Nirvana. However, because he became addicted to heroin and was dismissed by the bar where he worked, he also lost his job and the eligibility for relief.
Because he was penniless, he was kicked out of the house by his sister. So dragging a sleeping bag, James began his wandering career.
James is not a peaceful young man. In addition to taking drugs, he has also formed a band, tried to open a record company with others, and released albums (but only sold two). And all of this was forced to stop because of his drug use-this part was not revealed too much in the movie.
Maybe it is not true to call him the British thief Guevara, after all, he is not a professional thief. James frankly confessed in his book that he had stolen high-end meat from the supermarket in exchange for drugs; he had lost his ideals and beliefs and spent a day in the street awkwardly; and he had almost gangstered on the street because of drug overdose.
Afterwards, just like in the movie, he was rescued by relevant British agencies as a street bum, got a shelter, and started a long career in drug rehabilitation. In order to pay for daily expenses, he would look for public places to sing every day-singing his favorite songs barely in exchange for rewards from passers-by to make a living. If he hadn't met his turmeric kitten, life might continue to live like this or even worse. Perhaps for this hopeless day for himself, he will relapse again to take drugs.
However, the appearance of an injured ginger kitten broke the peace of his life.
A homeless man is an existence abandoned and despised by society. They were dressed in sloppy and dirty clothes and gave off a peculiar smell. They may take drugs, steal, or even commit crimes. These groups that are not recognized by society gather in the shadow of the city to survive. Maybe they will die in the next second, no one shed tears for them, no one knows who they are.
As James said in the book: In the past, I was like a transparent person, no one looked at me more.
It was the appearance of a stray kitten that changed James' life.
Because of the arrival of Kitty Bob, he felt the sacrifice, the responsibility, and the needed. For society, he may be worthless, but for this injured cat, he has to rely on James to heal and survive. The latter is almost as the movie performed-James rescued the injured stray cat, but also saved himself.
A person who is struggling to live is willing to take in a homeless stray cat and use his little pitiful savings to get a chance to survive for those who seem to have nothing to do with him. Perhaps it was because James, who was hurt in his heart, saw this kitten as if he saw himself struggling.
Compassion awakens love, a little love in exchange for more love or even a completely different life. Accompanied by this kitten named Bob, James reconciled with his mother, successfully detoxified, turned from a tramp to a local celebrity, and published a novel.
When watching a movie, people will sigh that this cat is too smart. He seems to have brought everything to James and saved his life. It's just that if there is no assistance from James, there will be no subsequent stories. This wild cat named Bob may have died in the wild because of a wound fester.
They are the fulfillment and redemption of each other.
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In fact, the whole story is described in more detail and complete in the book. For example, James' parents are both alive and living well. For example, his mother, who was far away in Australia, was mad because of various trustees who had lost contact with him. In addition, his mother's living conditions are very good, and even owns her own estate in Australia.
James, who had just started wandering, also wanted to return to Australia, but he lost his visa because of his street-sleeping life. He is also unable to apply for a new visa due to drug abuse and lack of money. Besides yelling at him, his father didn't feel any hope of getting help at all.
In the novel of the same name. You can see James’ childhood full of bullying, as well as all the cold eyes and exclusion he suffered when he was struggling to obtain legal work qualifications.
The world is wonderful. Sometimes you will feel the coldness and distrust between people, and sometimes you will feel cute and warm people everywhere.
James used his sporadic savings to treat the kitten, and he planned to let him go wherever he came from. But the cat stayed by his side with determination. So when he kept the cat away again and again, the cat simply followed him on the bus and went to the street with him.
What James did not expect was that because of the arrival of cats, the income of performing arts was three times the usual. Therefore, James finally decided to adopt the cat, and from the beginning he named the kitten Bob based on the role of the killer Bob in his favorite TV series "Two Peaks". In just over a year, James’ cat, Bob, became an Internet celebrity in European and American countries. Good-hearted people will give Bob all kinds of small gifts. Some people even made a special trip to the Angel subway station where James and the cat usually appeared to take a look at them, and bought one or two copies of "The Big Event" magazine that James was forced to stop selling after he was forced to stop selling. .
James regained people's face, began to feel the hope of life, and regained people's respect. So I decided to get rid of drug addiction and restart my life. Accompanied by Bob, he spent the most difficult 48 hours of drug addiction withdrawal symptoms, met and reconciled with his mother who had been missing for many years, and even wrote his own story into a book with the help of his agent. The country tells the story of itself and Bob. Later, he also bought the first house that belonged to him and Bob.
I have to say that James is indeed an unfortunate and lucky person. His unfortunate childhood life made him lost and degenerate, and his kindness and his unwillingness to give up on himself allowed him to live a normal and even good life again.
Learning how to love and how to be responsible for ourselves and others is probably a problem that each of us must learn and solve in our lives, but James’ experience is even more fantastic and impressive.
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With regard to drug use, here is something to say.
Please stay away from drugs-because once you become addicted to drugs, detoxification will always be your opponent for life.
The book describes James’ rehab process in more detail than the movie.
For example, during the most intense 48 hours of withdrawal, he experienced hallucinations, nausea and vomiting, fluctuating cold and hot, body convulsions and other severe withdrawal symptoms. The sense of responsibility for Bob allows James to distract briefly while feeding the cat, and Bob's constant companionship and guards made him feel guarded and clenched his teeth.
In the end, James survived the withdrawal reaction and can live normally without relying on drugs. However, for a person with a history of drug abuse, the thought of "Take a bite and make yourself feel better" will repeatedly ring in his brain when facing every blow and setback in life.
This is one of the reasons why drugs cannot be quit forever. Because life is a process full of frustration and loss. The death of relatives, the breakdown of relationships, parent-child conflicts, even unemployment, business failures, business bankruptcies... Fortunate ones are a minority, most people will experience some of the above processes, and these processes are the fuse that causes drug addicts to relapse .
There is a plot in the book about Bob being frightened and lost. At that time, James had no owner and was extremely desperate. There were voices and desires in his mind to induce him to "take a bite." Fortunately, the cat found it in time.
With the help of Bob, James survived the withdrawal reaction, but his future life is full of unknowns. In his other fragile and helpless circumstances, even if Bob could save him this time, he would not be able to wait for him for the rest of his life.
It is not easy to be born. Learn to handle your negative emotions properly, and please stay away from drugs. After all, not everyone can meet a cat named Bob.
I like this video very much and I highly recommend this book of the same name. In the book, you can see more of the hardships and exclusion of James when he asks for life, and more details make people feel that this story is more true.
Perhaps this work is an opportunity to give us an extra perspective to look at the helplessness in the lives of those homeless people and the difficulty of getting back on track. It can also give us a more direct and specific understanding of drug abuse and detoxification. But especially in the winter when the cold wind is getting more and more bitter, looking at the true story of a homeless man and a stray cat redeeming and fulfilling each other will also give us more trust and love in the world, and we will taste it. The warm and cold world feels extra warmth.
No matter how bad life is sometimes, be sure to give yourself a chance to be born again. You know, even the Chinese "Pie Guevara" who threatened that "it is impossible to work in this life" finally got a formal job after he was released from prison-he started his new life.
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