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Pete
Oh Pete.
He was the one who never spoke ill of his family in this play. He obviously had the most reason to do so, but he didn't.
If it weren't for the account in the play, you wouldn't find out that this gentle, thin little old man has a mental illness. On the contrary, in this not very lively tavern, he is the only one who can still speak well and is still actively living and operating.
He will pay attention to the taste of coffee and buy better coffee beans from the Internet; he will suggest to scan the pub chairs at a low price while the next store is closed; he will remind Horace to discuss the price with the beer seller; he will ask students Friends of the times helped to try to make the tavern a landmark building through the mayor; he even proposed to Horace very excitedly in the early morning: He had spent too much time in a psychiatric hospital in the first half of his life, and his life experience was experienced when he was alive, So from now on, the earlier you start, the longer the second half of your life will be than the first.
Horace said it made sense, but he, contrary to Pete, wanted to sleep longer and live his life.
In this conversation, it seems that it is not Pete but Horace who is depressed.
But it's true that Pete is the one who has had an indescribably heart-wrenching experience.
Abandoned since he was a child, it’s okay to endure all kinds of domestic violence at his uncle’s house. He set himself up as the brother of Horace and s, the child of this family, but when he thought his mother fled with the other two children When his abusive father left him alone, his entire childhood should have collapsed.
Even with all this, in the rare warm description of his own father, Uncle Pete, the poisonous tongue, Pete is still a super good kid, "Good-looking, can talk to everyone, very handsome, can dance, and has That thing, courage, has a lot of fucking courage, is the most promising golfer, entered the school team in the first year of high school, has a girlfriend, and is all eugenics"...
And then. The darkness in which this eugenic student fought with all his courage still overwhelmed him. He collapsed at the age of 16, entered a mental hospital at the age of 25, and then went in and out of the mental hospital for 15 long and terrifying years. It was middle age when he returned to the tavern, and after that, he had to rely on drugs to get rid of the fearful hallucination of teeth growing on the floor.
The first episode explained that he often faced the problem of expired medical insurance or drugs, but even in such anxiety, he still returned the greatest kindness to the world. He has no hatred or conflict for S, who is going to sell the bar for money regardless of his feelings, and his own father who is being violent at his uncle's house; for people outside the family, he also uses his kindness and charm to win Friendship, such as the community police, such as his psychiatric patients. Yes, he even got a young girl as his girlfriend with his honesty, wit and gentlemanly style.
Almost his entire life was illuminated at that moment. And when he brought his sister back to see his cousins, and returned to the second floor of the tavern where he had accumulated a hundred years of twisted family relationships, all his efforts and goodwill were cut to blood by the sharp blades of one harsh word after another.
The girl could get away in time, but the window above poor Pete's head was instantly sealed with wooden boards, and the person who knocked the nails was the person closest to him.
S has always been mean, and what I can't understand is Horace, Pete's most reliable brother. Is he for the sake of the girl? Or is it to prevent Pete from getting more and more hurt? Even if he had the most well-intentioned starting point, he still used enough force and enough subjective intention to maximize the damage.
The second time I watched it, I thought, could it be because of Horace's jealousy? I feel like my life is a mess, and this crazy cousin even got a girlfriend, not a crazy friend, and still so young!
If this is the case, I express that I cannot understand it at all, and I can only watch Pete in the show return to gloom and despair, forced by the darkness and the ubiquitous monster Fang to protect himself with one hand.
In the last episode, when Pete, who was down and thin and curled up in his dirty oversized clothes, pushed open the door of the pub, I believe that most of the audience, like me, couldn't help but cry with joy. Pete said, it's not very Interesting life, but you go on living because there is always the possibility of getting better.
And then. This time, it didn't get better.
Fucking endings all come from fucking life.
Pete is a direct representative of a family completely enmeshed in the tragedy. His innate advantages were constantly being worn away in this family until they disappeared.
In the first episode, Pete, after taking the last pill, had a very wonderful rant against his biological father:
"This place has been open for a hundred years because before your generation Horace & Pete, they were good fathers, they held the family together, they beat the wives, but they also managed to raise their own sons. What are you? Dad. Yes, we may be the worst generation to mix, I have no ability, he has no will, but whose fault is it all?"
Whose fault is it? In this family, who can't speak well and is ashamed to express love, everyone is hurt, but it seems that only pulling out the sword and sticking it on others can make one feel better. And the more sensitive and kind souls, such as Pete, who have no way to insert others, will only be covered in bruises and cut into a desperate situation...
His knife was not aimed at Horace.
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