We don't know what Freddy experienced in the war, but the madness and loneliness exuded by the images of his violent behavior on the beach and the images of being alone with the sand sculptures are obvious to all. The mental trauma after the war, the emptiness of the meaning of life, the collapse of values, the return and estrangement of modern civilization, these are the predicaments that every individual returning from the battlefield will face. Psychiatrist, faith, love, family, these very saving words will always surface at this time. Freddy is addicted to homemade alcohol. He is rough, unreasonable, crazy, withdrawn, indulged in self-emotion all day long, and doesn't care about anyone except the girl who used to be a wonderful love, but it's far away. Until he met "Master" Lancaster on the boat, he revealed his darkest secrets under Lancaster's "Original Teaching" language game, had incest with his aunt, didn't care about anyone, and loved a girl ,that is it. It was like a conversation with a psychiatrist and a confession before God. Then Freddie attended Lancaster's daughter's wedding. He felt the atmosphere of love and family. It was wonderful, warm and healing. It's a strange and fascinating atmosphere, especially for someone who is withdrawn, so he becomes a follower of the "Master", throwing fruit at those who question the teachings of the "Master", and even fights to help "Master" promotes the teaching of origin, and is a cow and a horse. But he is not a true spiritual follower. He is more like protecting a family he never owns. He is filling the vacancy of family and love in his heart by following the "Master", thus giving birth to the meaning of life. to fight against nothingness. Because the beginning of the story is too good, the charm of Lancaster is too strong, and the daughter's wedding is too romantic. But "beautiful" seems to have always been a word to describe a moment, so it is accompanied by a beautiful dissolution.
At the internal sharing meeting of Yuanyuan Sect, the newly married "Master" daughter secretly stroked Freddy's genitals with her hands. The wedding scene has not yet disappeared, and the dirty desire of human nature has been unbearable. At this time, the "Master" was singing and dancing with a group of naked girls in front of the crowd, a promiscuous scene. The "Master"'s wife is strong, controlling, aggressive, and scheming. The son of the "Master" did not care and did not believe in his father's teaching of origin. When the "Master" was arrested, Freddie frantically yelled at "The Master" "Your family doesn't like you!" in prison. The master is eager to prove the scientificity of Originism by treating Freddy's nothingness, but Freddy's problem is not about belief, but about existence. So they are doomed to be unable to reach an agreement, their need for each other is based on the cognitive biases of each other, and neither can help the other. Everything was moving towards Freddy's initial state of nothingness, and the light he saw at first was slowly dimming, like the fire that went out on the fifth day in "The Horse of Turin." When Freddy rode a motorcycle to the end of the world in front of the "Master", it was the most poetic nothingness. There was no sand in the deserted Gobi, but there was no hope. He once again embarked on the journey of salvation and returned to the girl in his heart. She tried to save herself with love, but got the news that the girl was married to a wife. He received an invitation from the "Master" and saw the "Master" again. At this time, Freddy's self-awareness became clear and clear after a series of beautiful dissolution: accepting nothingness, embracing nothingness, and escaping into nothingness. That's why there is the "Master" sentence: "If you can find a way to live without following any "Master" in the world, you must tell us, because you will become the first in history. One person. If we meet in the next life, you will be my mortal enemy."
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