ordinary majority

Nikolas 2022-03-20 09:01:28

80% of it is because my class consciousness is not high, so I can't see through the description of the middle class problem reflected in this film, such as those in many film critics. I just saw an empty, desperate, unwilling housewife who didn't want to see her life as dull and unchanging as most people. She tried her best to change this template-style life status. She wanted to tell her That fragrant and jade-worn youth fulfilled the ambition of the young man who had been diluted by a stable life. She instigated her husband, a salesman who obeyed others, to join her in fulfilling their youthful dreams and starting a new life in Paris, so as to say goodbye to this part of life that was as poor as her acting skills.

Her husband, of course, also wants this to be a fresh start, as he "does a job he doesn't like for more than ten hours a day". She vowed to outline their future beautiful life in Paris "can do what they like to do". They came to a consensus, excited about the extraordinary life that was about to begin. However, at this time, an unintentional encounter made her husband hesitate, and he, who was about to be promoted, made the new life in Paris a choice. Starting a new life in his heart may be more beneficial than not moving up, so he said, "We can have a bigger house, travel around, and don't have to get Paris to live well. ". She was completely lost in front of her husband's erratic words. So she had sex with her neighbor's husband in the car, and she was indifferent when she heard her husband confessed that he had had an affair, because "I don't love you anymore", her indifferent eyes that had nothing to do with her had made her feel about marriage in her heart. The numbness and disgust of life are revealed.

For most people, however, the Wheelers' lives are even somewhat enviable—nice houses, cars, regular vacations, and lovely children. Even if such a bland life can look into the future at a glance, it will be countless A lifelong pursuit. Maybe after living in Paris for a few years, they also find that life there is boring and helpless, and they are not free enough to abandon the rules of survival and do whatever they want. After all, after exhausting their passion, they return to the track of their former life. Wandering in the "endless emptiness" for a day, until one day this ordinary life journey ends because of old age.

In fact, most of us are destined to be ordinary at birth, and some fortunes have been doomed since the day we were born, such as region, which directly affects whether you can make your tongue quickly; such as family background, which directly affects whether you can Become a turtle at your own expense; another example is your appearance, which can also affect your eligibility to abide by unspoken rules. If the zodiac signs are also counted, then it means that the personality characteristics of life have actually been doomed. Most of us are not famous, most of us are not CEOs, most of us have an EQIQ of 85-105, most of us have no reviews, most of us don't work because of hobbies, most of us are not rich, most of us don't Married into a wealthy family, most of the talented people are still unknown, most of them have dreams but can't realize them, and most of them are ordinary but still live peacefully.

Zhou Guoping wrote, "There are thousands of tastes in life, and in the end, there is only one taste left, which is helplessness. We have to accept all the shortcomings of life along with life. When we realize this, we feel in our hearts. There will be a kind of calmness. Helplessness itself contains the element of unwillingness, but when we are willing to be unwilling, calm with helplessness, and learn to be indifferent to things that are powerless, helplessness becomes a realm." I think this kind of The realm is learning to accept that we are all ordinary majority.

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Revolutionary Road quotes

  • Frank Wheeler: Sweetheart, what are you talking about? Where are we going to live?

    April Wheeler: Paris!

    Frank Wheeler: What?

    April Wheeler: You always said it was the only place you'd ever been that you wanted to go back to. The only place that was worth living. So, why don't we go there?

    Frank Wheeler: You're serious?

    April Wheeler: Yes! What's stopping us?

    Frank Wheeler: What's stopping us? Well, I can think of a number of different things.

  • April Wheeler: When I first met you, there was nothing in the world you couldn't do or be.

    Frank Wheeler: When you first met me, I was a little wise guy with a big mouth.

    April Wheeler: You were not! How can you even say that?