I really like stories with the theme of "change". For a story, of course, not only for a story, if you can't bring changes to each other, the encounter will be disappointed. Change is very interesting and wonderful. In a story, if the protagonist holds all his beliefs, states, and habits from beginning to end, even if it is perfect, it is very disappointing. (Of course you don’t need to make a 180-degree turn.)
Just like those written by the smiling cat, I like the language style very much. It is clean, clear, and very humorous. I also admire the characters, smart, sensible, upright, knowledgeable, and love life. But in terms of works, I think none of her works can be regarded as a good novel. Because there is no structure, no hierarchy, no ups and downs. Similarly, the relationship and emotions between the two protagonists have not progressed or changed. The theme is not alienation, despair, other people are hell, life is meaningless, etc. It is obviously a popular love novel, why should the protagonist be like a dead fish? Even a dead fish with wisdom, integrity, wit and humor.
Pulling away.
The narration is written in the first person. The protagonist X’s profession is a male prostitute. This is of course a common gimmick in best-selling books, but it is also the so-called "characterization". The audience assumes that male prostitutes must be very casual in dealing with feelings, but soon we learned that X is in addition to work. Never messing around, he thinks it's a boring thing to waste time and emotions.
The foreshadowing of the change was buried right from the beginning. X's fixed 12 guests died. He needed a new guest to make up for the 12 apostles (I think religion is just a gimmick in this story). The new guest is a wealthy and interesting reclusive old man. The old man just chats with him and tells his own story. The old man said that he has a lover who has been together for 50 years. When they first met, he hid on the stairs and watched his lover secretly. My lover suddenly appeared in front of him and asked, what are you doing here? "At that time, self-protection made me want to say that it has nothing to do with you, but when the words came to my lips, it became, I was waiting for you, so he took me." Later, my lover died and I never went out again...
The camera followed X back to where he lived, so that the audience saw his two roommates. The narrator introduced: This is Andrew, a good personality, a good personality, a good candidate for a boyfriend, a good candidate. This is Joey, a lovely boy.
X and Andrew have a crush on each other, but when Andrew wants to develop further with X, X refuses because of fear of change. X has always said that love is unreliable, "I only accept transactions, because I pay and get clearly, when I receive money, I feel at ease." This is the so-called "essence" of X. After being rejected several times, Andrew also began to feel a little discouraged.
X continued to chat with the old man, and began to talk about his own affairs. When X was a child, his first love relationship was frustrated, and he was hurt in his first love. This is why X is afraid of love. This has become an old routine since Freud became popular. The old man appeared as a psychiatrist to explain X: "Maybe the other party is just timid."
Jianbing X began to waver, he promised to go home with Andrew to see his parents... Well, it was actually to attend the wedding of Andrew's ex-girlfriend. X was warmly welcomed at Andrew's house, and at the wedding of his ex-girlfriend, the man Andrew had previously had a crush on came to confess to him. Andrew wanted to explain to X, but X habitually said that he didn't care. Andrew was completely disappointed. He said: "Well, you won."
X went back to the city alone, very upset and sad all the way, he found that he still wanted to love, he went to the old man and tore off the check. This is an important change. For the first time, he wanted love, not a deal. When X left, he met the dead lover in the old man's mouth. The man told X that they had indeed been together for 50 years (probably as friends), but the old man was a coward who did not dare to admit his feelings. This should give X a lot of excitement. Although the film did not clearly explain it, I understand that X reflects on himself and whether he has to live in lies and regrets all his life because of fear of injury. In fact, the change of the elderly is involved at the back of the film, so I don't care about it here.
X returned to his residence and heard that Andrew was going to move. He stayed in the rain desperately and met another guy who was awkwardly abandoned by Joey, and Joey was abandoned by his last boyfriend. , X realizes that this is a vicious circle.
X decided to end this vicious circle of you hurting me—I hurt him—he hurting the dog. He ran back to his residence, but suddenly became timid, and sat down on the dark corridor. Andrew moved downstairs and was hitting X. Andrew asked, what are you doing here? Narrator: At that time, self-protection made me want to say that it has nothing to do with you, and then put it all over, hide in the dark and lick the wound, let him move away, and get rid of his problem, but when it comes to my mouth, it turns into, I was waiting for you, so he occupied me, almost.
In the end, X finally changed his career as Andrew wanted, and Andrew's compromise was to pay him a penny like a game. Finally, Andrew called him: Erics.
X becomes Erics, which means that he becomes his true self.
I finally did the retelling of the plot, and I changed... uh, vomiting.
The rhythm of the film is very comfortable, and I like the language style very much, "Really enough D·H Lawrence", "You are sensitive to the Snow Queen", "I collect copperplate engravings, and the presidents of the United States are printed on them"...
Then I I like one of the sections very much. The old man made up his own story to tell X, but X practiced the story in real life. I think this is the meaning of writing.
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