It's also quite interesting. The first time I heard about the thorn bird was when I was in elementary school. I read it in a magazine. The article that I can't remember for a long time quoted the thorn bird. Since then, the thorn bird has been The story of the bird has never been forgotten.
I rarely watch American TV dramas, and I haven't read the original books. In the process of watching the drama, I occasionally think of "Han Jun Mingzhu is in tears, I wish I could meet when I was not married", "I was born before you, I am old when I gave birth to you." Such overused sentences.
The story begins with a warm encounter. Mary, a rich old woman, asks her younger brother's family to come to her own site to work for her, promising to give them all the inheritance when she dies. The priest went to the station to greet the family. After introducing the family, a thin and lovely figure peeked out from behind the father, raised his head and smiled at the priest. From then on, the priest sank into these eyes and could not extricate himself. This girl named Meggie Thus began a life of love and hate with Father Ralph.
I don't think there are many people who don't like this part of childhood, Ralph is all about climbing up, no one understands him, and the only one who understands her is Mary who wants to seduce him with money and power. As the youngest child, Meggie is also the only girl. Her father does not love her mother. She only has a few sons in her eyes, especially her eldest brother Frank. Two people become the only existence in each other's life.
Ralph sends Meggie to school to get her educated. Meggie confides in Ralph. When Meggie begins her period and thinks she's going to die, Ralph patiently explains the union to her, embarrassed. Meggie asked him innocently, can I do the same with you? These bridges form the beautiful memories of Meggie's childhood and the emotional foundation between Meggie and Ralph. I think the reason why I don't like the story of growing up is not only that there are too many realistic factors in the entanglement of the two people, but also because the past of the two is too beautiful. I still remember a lyric sung on Mayday: Is growing up a must-have fester? And in "Killer Leon", Martina asked Leon whether it was only childhood that was so painful or was it all the time, and Leon's answer was yes.
On Aunt Mary's last birthday, Meggie made a stunning appearance. The priest was absent-minded when talking to others. She was amazed not only by this moment, but by his whole life. After her birthday, Mary died, but left behind the last killer, a new will was made on the original will, leaving all the property to the church, under the control of Ralph. Forcing Ralph to choose between property status and Meggie. The lawyers all begged Ralph to tear up the new will and give the Meggies everything they deserved, but Ralph didn't. He chose fame and status as Mary hoped. Ralph is pious, but this does not mean that he does not have human nature. This is what is interesting about this character. He has both the kindness and devotion that is loyal to God, and the greed and thirst for love. Humanity and divinity are contradictory and perfectly united in Ralph. This is also the reason why he struggled many times in his heart. If Ralph were a downright bad guy, the story wouldn't be so great.
Ralph, who took the money, succeeded in becoming a bishop. In order to forget that Ralph chose to marry O'Neill, a worker who pursued him, Meggie left the homeland where he grew up and has fond memories of Ralph and went to Queensland. The post-life is not as beautiful as Meggie imagined. O'Neal is immersed in work all day long and rarely accompanies Meggie and doesn't care about her, as if he is still living a bachelor's life. Meggie works as a maid at the kind-hearted Paddy's house and is looked after by the couple. In order to save O'Neal's heart, Meggie tried to get herself pregnant, thinking that O'Neal would buy a house and settle down. Unexpectedly, O'Neal was furious, thinking that the upcoming child was a drag, and left after a big quarrel with Meggie. The overwhelmed Meggie collapsed to the ground. The child was about to be born, but faced the risk of giving birth. At the critical moment, Ralph arrived to give Meggie great comfort. In the end, the mother and daughter were safe.
Ralph has always treasured the rose that Meggie held in her hand when she parted ways with Meggie. He made it into a dried flower and pressed it in a book, but his superiors saw where his inner demon was and persuaded him to go back and end the matter. The rose in the book reminded me of the white rose that Florentino gave Fermina in her twilight in Love in the Time of Cholera. A simple white rose, a lifetime of love and obsession are in it.
I watched it at station B. Although it is a good drama, the bullet screen is very poor. When Meggie and O'Neal got married, I saw someone complaining in the bullet screen that Meggie was still wearing the pink dress she had worn several times at the wedding. Rather than speculating that the crew was too poor to buy a wedding dress for the heroine, I would rather believe that it was intentional. That long dress was the first time Meggie appeared in Lara as a "woman" rather than a "child" as an adult. In front of Ralph, wearing this long dress at the wedding is not only to start a new life and say goodbye to this dress that symbolizes the girlhood, but also to finally commemorate the past with Ralph.
When Meggie was alone because of a difficult childbirth and her husband was not by her side, Ralph inadvertently pushed in the door and I almost cried when I saw it. A person with a whole life who marries someone else just to avoid him and tries to forget this person, at this moment, it is also this person who appears.
I believe many people have heard that there are eight sufferings in life, birth, old age, sickness and death, resentment and hatred, love and separation, and the five yin are in full bloom, which cannot be sought. But in my opinion, the hardest thing is not being able to get what you want, because all of the above can be explained in terms of not being able to live, not wanting longevity, not wanting youth, not wanting health, not wanting eternity, not wanting to stay with your lover, not wanting A confidant, seeking complete enlightenment. For the two of them, each other is the other's "can't ask" and the source of all suffering. What you can't get is always expensive, and you can get something from the pursuit of your own life.
Meggie, who gave birth, was out on a trip with the advice and arrangements of the Paddys and still misses Ralph. Ralph couldn't stand his demons coming to find Meggie, and the two spent a sweet few days. For them, the thorn bird is not another explanation for the moth to the fire, just like the thorn bird will still stab the sharp thorns into the chest just to sing a song, just like it knows it will die. To the flame that will burn it to the bone, there is only a glimmer of fire, they clearly know that this is forbidden love and still love it without hesitation.
Sometimes I also want to complain that Ralph and Meggie committed suicide and suffered by themselves. Ralph couldn't allow himself to get stuck so he let Meggie get married. Meggie wanted to forget that Ralph married his suitor, where did he know so much At the beginning, there were not so many right choices at all, all we could do was to make the choices right. When I saw Ralph was sad for Meggie and asked O'Neal why he didn't treat Meggie well, I wanted to punch him and knock the priest to the ground and tell her that you have a big responsibility for Meggie's today.
Meggie also won't die if she doesn't do it. In essence, Meggie is still too naive. First, she is naive to believe that Ralph will abandon being a priest and herself, and then she is naive to believe that marrying O'Neal will forget about Ralph. Children can make O'Neal calm down.
Whether there is a destiny in the world, there should be. The essence of a person remains unchanged. Even if he is given a hundred chances to go back to the past, he will still make the same choice and walk on the same path. You tell some people that it is not good for you not to do this, but it seems to you that it is easy and simple, but because of various limitations, people cannot do it and cannot understand it. Maybe we should swear sometimes: fuck it. Then make a choice happily and do happy things with a lover, don't ask if it's calamity or fate.
After a short period of joy, Ralph left Meggie again and returned to the embrace of God he had chosen, or to the red path of power. Meggie, who returned to Queensland, wore a floral dress with red flowers on her head, and went to O'Neal with her child. O'Neal was surprised and annoyed by Meggie's arrival. Meggie scolded O'Neal fiercely. I have to say that although I have always loved It was the little angel Meggie when she was a child, but at this moment Meggie was the most beautiful moment after her marriage, even more beautiful than she was at the wedding. She had no scruples and bravely expressed her truest thoughts in her heart. Marrying O'Neal was the bitter fruit that Meggie chose to eat, so she bravely took up her responsibility and brought the child back to her hometown. At the same time, she found out that she was pregnant with Ralph's child. Meggie concealed it with sweetness and pain. Except for the mother, who has seen through everything, knows.
In the second half of the show, such subtitles appear from time to time after X years, except that time flies by Ralph's graying hair and Meggie's aging face, as if everything is still very slow.
Meggie raised her eldest daughter, Zhu Siting, and her second son, Dane, who is also her favorite child. As if it was fate, Ralph and Dane, who returned to their hometown after many years, hit it off together, and prompted Dane to say that he also wanted to be a priest. Meggie was hit again but had to accept the fact and let Ralph take Meggie away. .
One of the interesting things about this show is that Ralph is a complete religious believer and a believer in God. Most of the women in the play, represented by Meggie and Meggie's mother, don't believe in God, and insist on fighting against the destiny arranged by God. From the beginning to the end, most of them suffered. Could it be that they really angered God and brought painful arrangements and retribution to their fate.
It seems that Ralph is the winner, but he is the most honorable loser. Dain studied with Ralph and got his wish and passed the test officially and approached Ralph, but in an accident, Ralph unfortunately drowned in order to save people. Meggie, who missed her son every day and waited for his son to come home for Christmas, reacted calmly than everyone else when she received the news, as if she had expected it.
At the funeral, Ralph prayed for Dane. At this moment, he did not know that the deceased, who had closed his eyes, was both his proud student and his most beloved child.
After the funeral, Meggie chatted with Ralph privately, Meggie told Ralph the secret she had kept for many years, "I can't get everything from you, I can only use stealing, but this stolen part is the best. , that's Dane. Dane, you and my child." As she said this, Meggie stood on the high steps and said these words condescendingly, more joyful and proud of revenge than sadness. But I am not at all disgusted with her arrogance at the moment. Ralph, grief-stricken in great shock, stretches out his hand to Meggie, who leaves resolutely. At this moment, the song in my head is "You were going to be separated at first, and you are separated when you are separated, and now you are going to use true love to find me back~~~."
Writing this, like Meggie, there is no such thing as God, no victory or defeat. Because, too tired, too tired.
The eldest daughter, Zhu Siting, who has never been loved by Meji, thinks that she killed Dane and wants to give up her career and lover to stay here to accompany her mother to atone for her sins. clap clap. I remember when I was a child, Meggie was crying in the grass because she couldn't get her mother's love. When Ralph came to comfort her, she said firmly: "If I had my own children, I would love each of them absolutely and equally." But Meggie is How did she do it? She gave her love to Dan without hesitation, but she was too lazy to give her daughter Zhu Siting, and repeated the old way of her mother.
In the play, the mother enlightened Meggie in this part is also very exciting, opened the daughter's heart for many years, the mother and daughter forgive and understand each other. Because of this, Meggie bravely told Zhu Siting about the past, so that Zhu Siting was cheerful and pursued her career and love.
Finally, Zhu Siting's lover came to tell Meghi that Ralph was in poor health. Megie found Ralph in the garden, and the two talked ramble. No one knew him better than the other, and no one loved him more than the other. Meggie chooses to forgive Ralph, and for them, they never actually hated each other. Meggie is probably the incarnation of the thorny bird in Ralph's heart, exchanging her life for a song and then giving birth to the most beautiful bird singing on this song, using a lifetime of youth and beauty to love a person and then exchanging it on the ashes of time No regrets in this life. What do you say at the last moment of your life, just chat, just say whatever you want, as long as you are by your side, which one of those beautiful love words can compare to you here, and I am here. Meggie squatted down, resting her head on Ralph's lap, as if everything was back to square one, she was still his little girl, he was her world, Ralph gently put his hand on Meggie's head, and the two spoke slowly , but chatting and chatting, Ralph's head fell slowly, his hands fell, Meggie's tears flowed, and she stood up and hugged Ralph in her arms, resting her head on his shoulder, her face against his shoulders. He rubbed his neck, rubbing lingeringly.
The story is over, the story is wonderful.
In the vast expanse of whiteness, let the love and madness wash away the resentment. If you don't have the right to think about it in this world, you will see you later in the sky.
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