I re-watched the movie "Gone with the Wind" not long ago, and this sentence came up again in my heart.
At the end of the movie, Brad left Scarlett and wanted to return to her hometown to find "good things". Scarlett rushed out to find Brad.
However, when she rushed to the yard, she was stunned for a moment, because the scene at this time had appeared in her dreams time and time again. That dream, she said to Brad: "I am looking for something in the mist, but no one can find it."
Excellent novels are always easy to read fatalistic. However, if there is a fate, who will decide it?
In the summer vacation of 1993, I was just a freshman. I was very confused about English. I spent the whole summer reading the English version of Gone with the Wind. Many things seemed to understand but I was still attracted. So after the summer vacation, I was in Beijing again. The university library read "Gone with the Wind" in Chinese.
At that time, I didn’t understand the autobiographical flavor implied in this novel, and I looked down on the fatalism created by the author Margaret Mitchell in the novel, and even unconsciously included this novel in the second-rate. Among the novels.
But 16 years later, when I watch the movie "Gone with the Wind", my comprehension is completely different. With just a few details, I already understand that this is indeed destined. The only question is, what is the fate.
At the beginning of the movie, Scarlett's father ran across the manor on a horse, and his fate had begun.
At that moment, I seemed to fully understand all the truth in this famous story. Scarlett's father is a rather rude but tenacious Irishman. So, what about Brad, isn't he just a tough and strong man? Look at Ashley again. He is on the contrary, a gentleman like a gentleman from England.
From this, it can be immediately understood why Scarlett is obsessed with Ashley. Because Ashley and her father are completely opposite men.
To apply my theory, it can be said that because of her dissatisfaction with her father, Scarlett developed an "ideal father" prototype in her mind, and this is also the prototype of her "ideal man" when she grows up. Her father is rude, and her ideal Prince Charming is elegant.
Scarlett finally understood that she did not love Ashley, she found that Ashley was a weak man, lacking vitality. At this time, she also understood that she still loved Brad, this man who always satirized her, teased her, and cared for her in every possible way while possessing aggressive vitality.
However, in my opinion, "She doesn't love Ashley", this is only one aspect of the problem, I am afraid that no matter how you wake up, a man like Ashley will still have a special attraction to Scarlett, because Being close to such a man makes her feel that her life seems to be fulfilled.
But further speaking, she can't really live with Ashley. Because, in fact, she has never learned to get along with such men. What she learned is how to get along with men like Barrett, that is, her father. She can be as rude and rude as them, as cruel and ruthless, but on this premise. Find ways to appreciate each other and live together.
However, how do you get along with Ashley? Scarlett didn't know, she had never seen Ashley's real existence. Ashley’s wife, Melanie, knew Ashley’s true appearance from the beginning, and respected and loved him. But Scarlett is different. She likes his gentleness, but does she like his lack of vitality? Can she accept that Ashley can't rely on it at all?
Therefore, even though Scarlett is obsessed with Ashley, if she were to live with him, she would soon be disappointed and could not bear it. At that time, she would miss the goodness of a man like her father.
On the contrary, although she has always hated Bryder in her consciousness, they are actually a match made in heaven. They all know how to stimulate each other, if they tease each other, and how to get along with each other at the same time, there is a lot of tacit understanding in this kind of getting along. There is no need to study anymore, because she has already learned from getting along with her father. Of course, a considerable part of the learning is due to her black nanny Margaret.
Similar stories, I have repeatedly found around me that many people look forward to a certain type of opposite sex, but when the other party really wants to accept themselves, they start to withdraw inexplicably, and finally choose a opposite sex that they don’t seem to like. Next, they and their spouses continued to fight in their marriage, and at the same time they continued to miss the beauty of the lover in their dreams. But this is always the moon in the mirror in the water, and they don't dare to really get close, it will disillusionment.
This is not just Scarlett’s fate, it is also the fate of Brad, Ashley and Melanie in the story.
Scarlett is obsessed with Ashley because Ashley is the opposite of her father. This principle can also be applied to Melanie's love for Scarlett-the reason she loves Scarlett so much is because Scarlett is the opposite of her. Yes, Scarlett is a bit cruel, and some does what she wants, but she is extremely kind and considerate.
However, in the heart of Melanie, who seems to be totally beautiful, is there a longing hidden in her heart, the longing of a woman who wants to be Scarlett's free and unfettered?
Human nature is contradictory, which makes us sometimes seem to be extreme in one aspect. For example, Melanie’s kindness has reached an extreme. But human nature also desires harmony and balance. If there is only one extreme, a person will lose balance. Therefore, those who reach the extreme in this aspect will be inexplicably entangled with those who achieve the extreme in the opposite direction. . Therefore, Melanie will like Scarlett. This can be answered from the first time she met Scarlett. At that time, she said sincerely, Scarlett, how I like your vitality.
Ashley is the same. He and the woman he loves most in life are both elegant and weak. Then, how can Scarlett not constitute a fatal temptation to him? But he is so kind, and he is so inseparable from Melanie, so he can only kiss Scarlett at best.
After the kiss, Melanie didn't seem to have any jealousy towards Scarlett. On the surface, she said that she believes in Ashley and Scarlett. Deep down, does she also have a desire for Scarlett?
In the same way, we will see that Brad has great respect for Melanie, calling Melanie the "only real good person" he has ever met. Such a "only truly good person" will balance the world in which he and Scarlett do whatever they want.
In fact, it can be speculated that Brad's mother is either like Scarlett or Melanie, and it is more likely to be like Scarlett. It seems that his fate is his entanglement with Scarlett as an adult, but this fate is first of all the fate of him and his mother.
Moreover, the fate of Brad and Scarlett can be seen from their first encounter, which will be a tragedy.
This is determined by the way they interact. Bryder is very irritating to Scarlett. He said, I know what kind of woman you are. Stop playing games. You are as selfish as I am. We are a group. However, he said again, I would love a woman like you.
This is true. In movies and novels, we see that Brad is willing to give everything for Scarlett.
But this is only part of his heart. The other answer hidden in his heart is that a woman like you, if I give everything for you, can you really fall in love with me?
This is an unfulfilled wish. He had played with his mother first. If his mother was as selfish, willful and cruel as Scarlett, then this wish could not be realized.
The unfulfilled wish is a curse, so he is not reconciled. Therefore, when he grows up, he will find another woman like his mother and play a similar game again, hoping to realize this unfinished one this time. desire.
This time, fundamentally speaking, he was done, because Scarlett finally understood that she didn't love Ashley but Bryder.
However, no matter how Melanie clarified, Brad did not believe it, he still believed that she loved Ashley more.
This is a self-fulfilling prophecy, perhaps Barred is inferior to a man like Ashley. Is there such a man in his original family, such as a father or a brother? In competing with this man for his mother's love, did he succeed or fail?
If it fails, then in Bai Ruide's view, this is a repetition of fate.
In fact, this is also his pursuit. When he came back from Europe and saw Scarlett’s first sentence, he was full of ridicule. As a result, Scarlett, who wanted to express his love to him, immediately became a hedgehog. They started hurting each other again and playing. This kind of game they don’t need to learn.
In the end, the completely beautiful Melanie died. Although she was weak, she was the backbone of the four people. Without her, this complicated relationship collapsed immediately.
That's why Bryder said that he would leave Scarlett and return to his hometown in search of beauty. Melanie is a beauty, then, who is the beauty of his hometown? What will happen to his search, will it be a mist like Scarlett?
The novels and movies of "Gone with the Wind" have become legends and touched countless people. Is it because we all live in this fate? We can't clear the fog of our own life.
In fact, "Gone with the Wind" is also the autobiography of the author Margaret Mitchell. When she was a child, she was a considerate woman like Melanie, and when she was an adult, she became Scarlett. Her first husband was a man like Ashley, and her second husband was like Barrett, and his name was also Rhett.
Moreover, she predicted that she would die in a car accident, and she died in a car accident later. But did the car accident happen by accident, or was it what she was after?
If Margaret Mitchell has the style of Kafka, the father of modern fiction, I believe her novels will not only rely on stories to impress people, but will also have a lot of philosophical thinking and fatalism.
This kind of philosophical thinking, I often see, is actually just an exaltation of one's life, or an escape.
A man told me that he has a deep belief. He feels that everything is doomed. No matter how hard he struggles, the ending will not change.
It sounds philosophical, it sounds fateful, and if it is debated, he is also very convincing. But I know that the fundamental reason is that his parents have a strong desire to control, and everything has been arranged for him. He can only accept but cannot resist.
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