disqualify as a person

Robb 2022-12-04 17:44:06

Eve and Van were both musicians in the symphony orchestra, and since the orchestra went out of business, they moved to the island (it's been four years). They all have their own little secrets, and both have been unfaithful to each other. They sleep in separate beds. Van has heart disease and is sentimental. Eve was stronger instead. They quarrel every day in plainness, Eve loves Van, but longs to leave Van.

When the war broke out, Eve and Van threatened both sides of the war, and were even tricked by the enemy into recording a video. In the end their good friend Philip rescued them. Philip was injured in his foot and lived alone at home. He was rarely visited by people on weekdays. The only one who could accompany him was his cleaning lady, who occasionally had sex with her.
After Philip helped Eve and Van, Philip often came to their house and gave them small gifts. Philip wants Eve to accompany him. Van was jealous. Facing the destruction of everyone's life by the war, Eve lost his desire for a better life and was eager to get rid of Van and this ruin, but Eve was incompetent. Faced with the army coming to Philip and wanting to get Philip's property, Van put Philip's money in his pants pocket. No one thought that Van really didn't hide the money, just put it in his pocket. The army is just an excuse to destroy everything in Eve and Van and kill Philip. The destruction of all this caused Eve and Van to lose the basic self-esteem of being a human being, and they just wanted to survive. But knowing that Eve still retains his humanity. When Van picked up the gun for the first time, his hands were shaking, and he couldn't pick up the weapon to shoot Philip, but once the evil and violence in the human heart was stimulated, it was out of control. He killed a young child, John, who was running for his life. Even seeing an old man on the boat commit suicide by jumping into the sea, he was not moved.
So, is it still love between Eve and Van? They quarreled all the year round, married for seven years but never divorced. Occasionally there will be little sweetness. Eve said to Van: "You don't know what love is". maybe.
After all their destruction, they are still dependent on each other. Eve said to Van, "What if we stopped talking?". It will probably separate automatically. If there is no communication between two souls, there will be no feelings, not to mention that they are already together in order to survive?

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Shame quotes

  • Eva Rosenberg: Sometimes everything seems just like a dream. It's not my dream, it's somebody else's. But I have to participate in it. How do you think someone who dreams about us would feel when he wakes up. Feeling ashamed?

  • Eva Rosenberg: I had a dream. I was walking down a very beautiful street... and on one side there were white houses, with high arches and pillars. On the other side, there was a shady park. Under the trees which were growing near the street. there was a stream of dark green water. And then I came to a high wall, and it was overgrown with roses. And then came an airplane and set the roses on fire. But it wasn't too awful since it was so beautiful. I watched the reflections in the water, and saw how the roses burned. And I had a little child in my arms. It was our daughter. She clung to me... and I felt her lips touching my cheek. And the whole time I knew that I should remember something... something someone had said... but I had forgotten what it was.