Now we are the protagonists

Although I haven't read the original book, I already knew something about the story before watching the movie. I remember when I was in high school and college, I often devoured the literature of Europe around the 19th century, forgetting to eat and sleep, and often weeping with the joys and sorrows of those characters. Maybe it's because I read too much and I'm influenced by that culture, which makes me like writing letters and classical music... When I was studying foreign literature in college, my teacher once mentioned in his lecture that he liked Austen's works very much, although they were all A description of ordinary daily life, but that kind of life is really aspirational: the characters in the story don't have to work hard, and have a lot of free time to participate in dances and tea parties, young and beautiful boys and girls strolling in beautiful farms or forests, Talking about art and literature...but the hidden nature of society that is really revealed in the story is not romantic at all, it is completely cruel reality.
Sometimes it feels like a rare blessing to be able to read a lot of literature before the age of 20. I remember seeing it in a book similar to "Revolution of Learning" before. I read a lot of literature books in high school, and I was easily infected by them. That is the age when the mind is untouched by the world, and the pure soul is always full of compassion and fiery passion. Even if we don't know much about why the protagonist has such a fate, it does not prevent us from feeling the joys, sorrows and sorrows of their lives and fully integrating ourselves into the story of another time and space. That feeling is intoxicating, a joy, and a lifetime treasure. Now that I have learned literature knowledge, and my experience has been accumulated with age, I can't help but analyze any works according to social background, character, ideological content, and artistic characteristics. I really sigh at the "great power" of education. The way of thinking has completely changed - perhaps a deeper and more comprehensive understanding, and a clearer understanding of what the author wants to express, but the romance and passion of youth has become less and less.
Before watching it, I always thought that "Vanity Fair" was a story that would make me cry, but the tears did not flow in the end. I like the heroine's strong character, cheerful and optimistic, and brave to face the unknown of life, but unfortunately she was born at an untimely time. She is smart and extremely talented, but because of her bad background, she cannot enter the life of high society. She tried hard to change her fate, but failed; she tried hard to survive, but she didn't have the right to a decent life. Her mother is a famous actress. In order to get rid of the shadow of her background, she used her intelligence to seize every opportunity to pursue a better life, but in the end she was forced back to the starting point by the cruel world and re-interpreted her mother's fate. Because of this she lost her husband, and when his husband abandoned her, she gave a heart-breaking cry, which impressed me - like all those who want to seek a better life and are struggling in the swing of fate. Like the person who lost everything in the end, she issued a complaint against society and anger at fate, but even if there is anger, what can be changed? Some people were destroyed by the social system machine, some people collapsed, and some people were finally exhausted and unable to resist any more, and she finally accepted the reality, hiding the scars in her heart behind her giggling life. Her good friend Amelia, the kind-hearted and pure-hearted girl who is willing to sacrifice everything for love is actually unfortunate. Her husband, George, is selfish and only loves himself in the world. responsibility. George's father was a businessman, and he always hoped that his son's marriage would bring wealth, but he didn't care whether his son really loved his bride, and almost broke the marriage of George and Emilia. Although Amelia finally inherited the property she deserved and brought up her son, the rough and torment of family life has always made her life full of misery... Two women with scars in their hearts, for a better life Yearning for love, he did not hesitate to burn himself to ashes, but in the end they all became victims.
The ending is not a cruel tragedy. Both women have found someone who truly cares and loves them and has a good home. I think this is the sustenance of the author's expectations. We all hope that the ending is good, and that good people can have a good ending. No matter how cold the world we know is, at least what we hope to feel will be warm in the end.
A few months ago, I found an original English-language magazine in the book market, the title is Vanity Fair. A very thick fashion magazine, when you open it, you see the silhouettes of colorful and flashy life... I feel that I can't avoid the vulgarity at last...
Time has flown for hundreds of years. In different time and space, what kind of story is the world we live in telling?
Now that we are the protagonists, we know in our hearts...

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