2012-08-22 12:10 A sad and uplifting song of life

Shaina 2022-01-22 08:03:40

One thousand and one hundred years ago, Europe was the darkest time, and the light of God shrouded a chaos of ignorance. People are poor and suffering in the name of God, men are rude, and women are submissive. The two sexes seem to be two classes, separated by a huge gap. The peculiar views seem inconceivable now, but they have been repeated over and over again with such eloquence: a woman learns to read and write, which violates the laws of nature; the more knowledge a woman has, the smaller her uterus will become; Women are not suitable for learning, their brain structure is different from that of men. At that time, women were as silent as silhouettes in history. They were abused, foolishly ignorant, fiddling with flowers, and looking at their husbands. Their eyes were chaotic as water and emotions as cold as ice. They seemed to know that numbness would make them live. Better.

But there will always be some different girls who stand out. Even if they don't have bright hair accessories, they have bright eyes. They walk straight forward, not hurriedly or slowly, as if they know that no one can catch up with them.

No one can catch up.



How far can a woman go?



Even after a thousand years, there is still no answer to this question. Some women become prime ministers and some become prime ministers or queens, but is this the farthest way a woman can go? We won't know this answer. In fact, people are like this. Whenever we reach a destination, we will find that there is still farther ahead.



Johanna was born in the family of a rural priest. His father did not have the kindness of the legendary priest. Instead, he was full-time and irritable. When the mother gave birth to the child, he poured the herbs used for pain relief into the fire. "God Said that women must endure the pain of giving birth." He forgot that herbs are also a gift from God to mankind. When he learned that Johanna had learned to read and write, he told the enrolling teacher in shame and ferociousness, "I will punish her well." When he learned that he had been denied the opportunity to go to school, Johanna finally left home and went to school because she was a girl. , Was left in the cold again, and finally one day she cut off her hair, put on a robe, and bravely broke everything in the past, and she really became like a fish in the water.

"I have become accustomed to the life of a man. I can do whatever I like. I can think and move freely."

But in fact, it's still difficult. Behind the men who are stronger than men, there is still a woman's heart. When I saw Xiri's lover appear in front of me again, there will always be some changes.



If that person does not show up, maybe Johanna will go further, instead of becoming the pope and dying miscarriage on the parade after proposing a new system, but how can I say, maybe, this is a woman .



No matter how strong the appearance is, the heart is still delicate, flexible, sweet and soft, like water, or other intangible things. Even if it is a thirst for truth, it also contains kindness, and it is meticulously moistened to every corner.



Suddenly I remembered all the previous legends. I received the fairy in the box with Yuyi, the mermaid who begged the witch to cut his tail with a knife, and the story of the recently watched "White Queen", the god of water, Melusina Out of the water, I am willing to be an ordinary wife and suffer the sufferings of women in the world. I only hope that one day every month, I can become myself and play in the water freely, but this is the only day after my husband sees it. , He still felt surprised and incomprehensible, he could not accept that they were two different creatures.



The author said at this time, “Men and women are indeed different creatures.”



How far a woman can go is not determined by how brave and combative she is, but by how strong and kind-hearted she is.



How beautiful can wisdom be?



To be honest, the girl who played Johanna when she grew up was not pretty, (when she was a child and when she was a girl, she was very cute), she changed into a monk's robe, shaved a kappa's head (...), and started walking freely , Studying eagerly, but she looks so beautiful at this time.

I like a fragment of the article very much. The principal of Johanna proudly said that women are not suitable for learning. This is a natural law. Women's brains are not the same structure and can't think without logic. This girl spoke in a low voice, neither humble nor arrogant. Eve ate the apples on the tree of wisdom because of curiosity, and Adam ate the apples because Eve let him eat it." At this moment, people in my movie burst out laughing together, and when others said, "The more knowledge a woman has, the more the womb The smaller it is, it’s common sense.” When she opposed her establishment of a girls’ school as a reason, she said, “If there is no child in Rome after 20 years, then I will cancel the school.”

Her face is pale, her body is thin, and she rarely smiles, but she knows what she is doing, knows what she is going to do, and knows what she can do. The immense energy formed by such a powerful perception makes her gestures. The kind of calm and unhurried manner is really wonderful.



When I was young, I would think that simplicity is beauty, such as no moles on the face, or a pure white dress; when I was young, I felt that youth was beauty, vigorous vitality, and elasticity of the skin; now I gradually understand more beautiful things, the true connotation of beauty needs Time is refined, wisdom is polished, and ordinary people will show amazing beauty because of some extraordinary things. Maybe in the future you will think that simplicity is beauty, or that ordinaryness is beauty in itself. This kind of thinking is like a river, gradually becoming broader, but in fact beauty is life itself.



How strong can faith be?



The background of the story is like an oil painting, dark green forest, colorful city, golden church, everyone kneels down religiously and accepts the Lord's call.

But what is faith actually?

Johanna’s father believed in God devoutly and beat his wife in the name of God; Johanna’s brother also believed in God. He secretly taught Johanna to read and write, and the people behind the murder of the Pope also believed in God. They Going up the high steps under the banner of God; and Johanna herself, a woman disguised as a man, doing things that the church did not allow, but spreading the light of love far.



Doing good is God's call, and doing evil is also God's call; not learning is God's requirement, and learning is also God's arrangement; no one knows how God's mind is, but in fact the road is still up to you. Although in the dark, that big hand will push you and push you to the way you should go. And God's instructions are actually just an excuse for one's own behavior.



But the paradox is that from this movie I seem to really feel the existence of God. He treats Johanna tenderly, arranges various angels for him, teaches her to read, teaches her love, gives her wisdom, and protects her safety. Of course, I prefer to believe that this is the kindness and gratitude in Johanna's heart that allows her to achieve such a point, and to live spiritually, she can naturally get hints from the gods. (What is this?) So I started to think about the question that I have been thinking about recently, whether the world is conscious or material.



When I was in politics class, I was a serious materialist. I simply felt that even if the political books were written outrageously, the world is definitely not wrong. Look at the stones around us, and then look at it. The writing table, the world is like this; now it’s getting a little trance, because many things are starting to become difficult to explain. After reading some brainwashing books, what do you think the world is like, what the world is like, and so on; I began to think it was a series of nonsense. Now it gradually feels as if it is indeed the case. For example, if you treat a task as a burden, then it is a burden, and when you treat it as an opportunity, it is an opportunity; if something happens, you think it is a good thing, then it is a good thing, and you think it is terrible. It must be too bad, and this little consciousness will guide us to make the next decision, and then make the next decision. A little bit of sand accumulates a pyramid of growth, and all of this is because of you. One choice after another.



Not only I want to ask, if there is a god or a god, where will he lead me? What kind of box will he give me, and what kind of gift can I take out of the box? Will I be like Johanna, when each box is opened, gently accept and sincerely thank you?



At the end, Johanna died of a miscarriage. I looked through the history. If there is such a person, it seems that she actually gave birth to a child. This is different from the movie, which is great.


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Pope Joan quotes

  • House Steward: Pardon me, Eminence. The girl has arrived. You had her fetched from Ingelheim.

    Fulgentius: Oh yes, now I remember. That Greek scholar's idea. But am I seeing double?

    House Steward: The boy is her brother. Their father, a Priest, insists that he too be allowed to attend the Scola.

    Fulgentius: What do you know? I send for one and get two! If only the Emperor were as generous as these holy men from the countryside!

  • Johanna von Ingelheim: As for strength of will, women can be viewed as superior to man. Eve ate from the apple out of love of knowledge and learning. Adam ate it only because Eve asked him to.