what love can do

Yessenia 2022-03-15 08:01:02

Very early film. I watched it once many years ago, and I was not impressed. This time I caught up with the HBO rerun and watched it again. The heroine is very good-looking, with watery eyes reflecting the waves, a face as clear as marble, and the mockery of doing nothing on the top makes people feel uncomfortable, but that's what it is. As usual, you still can't hate her. Because of her beauty, or maybe because we, like the male protagonist, can clearly see the thumping heart under the tenacious resistance.

Deaf Sarah not only can't hear the world, she can't feel the world's love. How many years would it take to lose the ability to feel even in the heart? Sarah decided not to make any more sound, to cut a clean break with the world of sound -- as long as it wasn't rare, the world couldn't hurt me. But she encounters James who is more tenacious than her, not giving up time and time again to get close to the world she's never heard of. No amount of words are enough for me to explain that I love you, so I can only let you see. The confident and natural James speaks over and over again in sign language, gentle, depressed, angry, James keeps saying all kinds of love words to Sarah with his hands, and Sarah is always angry most of the time, or else It's just mindful smoking. It was a arduous journey. James quietly buried the fire of love in Sarah's heart, so that Sarah could brighten her own path and come out of her dark self-cocoon.

But communication is always so difficult. When language can be used by people, it is often difficult to overcome obstacles, not to mention losing language. If we don't know how the other person feels, how do we know what he needs? So James sank himself into the dim pool and let his ears hear the silence.
Solo dance requires courage, but duet dance tests the degree of wisdom and spiritual connection.

Baja's beauty, like a thread, swept people up into the clouds. But Sarah couldn't hear. James turned off the radio in frustration, but he didn't give up. He used more and more love to let Sarah understand that the way not to get hurt is not to wrap himself up, but to learn to treat himself and others more sincerely. Sarah was happy with James, and Sarah finally heard those words of love.

Only love can open another love. Because of love, the impossible seems to be possible.

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Children of a Lesser God quotes

  • James Leeds: [at the end of the school year, James encounters deaf student William who has a tendency to use his newly-developed speech skills for profanity] Language skills can be dangerous, so use a little common sense. So long, William.

    William: So long, fuck-face!

  • James Leeds: Speak to me!

    Sarah Norman: [screams] Here you go! Hear my words! Hear my voice! Ah, you want more than that? I'm gonna scream!