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The oldest and strongest human emotion is fear, and the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of the unknown. --Howard Phillips Lovecraft
This is an endless sea. Above the sea is an isolated island with few traces of human beings. The isolated island is a lighthouse that guides navigation. Whether it is the sea or an isolated island, the existence of a lighthouse is to illuminate a world and create a direction. Or, all to eliminate the fear of the unknown, but when the lighthouse itself becomes an unknown symbol, who can escape the fear? Beyond the unknown is a deeper unknown, and after fear is a stronger fear-until everything is left with the sound of devouring it, and it becomes a pleading soul.
Until finally calm, it became a deadly darkness. Winslow opened the lid leading to the lighthouse at the last moment, and then climbed up the lighthouse. It was a light that could shine into the distance. It was bright and dazzling, but in the bright world, what he saw was painted by himself. The oily face, in the world of the lighthouse, he saw himself as nothing but a mirror image. He stretched out his hand to touch the mirror image, but everything is empty, just like the meaning of the lighthouse itself, it is nothingness, a void, yes The darkness itself trembled, then screamed, and then fell—the seagull stopped on him, pecking at his body, a physical death, like the souls of sailors, no longer able to mirror As a whole. When Winslow finally broke through the lid and climbed up the lighthouse, at the last moment he came to this island, he completed the possession of power, but it was the real beginning of a tragedy, and the tragedy was long after he killed the chief Thomas. It has already issued a prophecy: "If the pale death of fear can cause the ocean to erode our bed, will God condescend to save the pleading soul when he hears the waves rolling?"
Where is God? God is high, and God is light. The lighthouse is a symbol of God. The cover separates the upper part of the lighthouse and the lower part of the lighthouse into two worlds, just like God is separated from the mortal world, so for Winslow , Here is the darkness, here is the huge wave, here is the depression, here is the fear. To get rid of all of this, you can only lift the lid, climb to the top, and become the guardian of the lighthouse, as if you have become a god. Will save the begging soul. "The lighthouse belongs to me." When Winslow buried Thomas deep, he shouted like a victor, a declaration that if you possess the lighthouse, you become God and drive away all fears. But when he saw himself in the mirror covered with oil, when the lighthouse itself was the entrance to temptation, he not only couldn't find the power of salvation, but let himself fall into deeper darkness.
Thomas’ death is a hint, who actually buried him? He who has always guarded the lighthouse, who has always issued orders, and who has always been high above, is in a sense a God in the sense of rules, but this rule seems to be set by Thomas himself, so this is the first God to fight fear. The sea has set off huge waves, and darkness has enveloped everything. Only this lighthouse is calm and bright. So when Thomas and Winslow began to guard for four weeks, Thomas, as the chief, became the supreme of power. Become the rule-making God: only he can lead to the lighthouse, and only he can give the command. The appearance of a god must be accompanied by a pleading soul. Thomas let him go on duty after the fog cleared, let him scrub the floor, let him clean the water tank, let him repair the roof, let him keep the light of the lighthouse-these are all Part of Winslow's own work, but in Thomas, it has become absolute obedience, "You better listen to me." "I say you like it if you like it." "You better learn to enjoy it."... …He scolded Winslow for not scrubbing the floor. He completely ignored Winslow's feelings and even beat him.
On the one hand, as an experienced veteran, Thomas has a good understanding of the rules of guarding the lighthouse. He must say a congratulatory message before every meal, always reminding Winslow not to mess with the seagulls, because they will take away the soul of the sailor. To create bad luck, he warned him to pay attention to the mermaid, that is the power of evil... Winslow, who came to the lighthouse for the first time, obeyed. Despite the resistance in his heart, he still did not dare to act rashly. For Winslow, not only this The lighthouse, this sea area is unknown, and the old man in front of him is even more synonymous with fear. But on the other hand, when Thomas became the absolute authority in the two-person world, he was breaking the rules. He said to Winslow: "Tired makes people evil, and the only antidote is wine." But the lighthouse guard's. The manual stipulates that alcohol is not allowed, so Thomas only poured water into the glass at first and toasted Thomas; when four weeks had passed, they waited for the supply ship, but a storm came and destroyed the whole trip. They could not return, and Thomas He also dug up the buried items in the ground, ignoring the regulations of the code.
Whether it is Thomas' observance of the rules or the destruction of the rules, he maintains the rulership in the two-person world like a god, and the only symbol of maintaining authority is to guard the lighthouse. "The lighthouse belongs to me." This is what Thomas said. When they first arrived, Winslow was in charge of daily work, and Thomas climbed up to the lighthouse, complaining that his partner was inexperienced. The young man said, "The lighthouse belongs to me." After two weeks had passed, the two of them had dinner together. Thomas talked about his own experience and talked about women he hadn't seen in the monastery. He sighed: "I entrusted the rest of my life to the lighthouse." When the time for four weeks is up, and the supply ship will come tomorrow, Thomas commented on Winslow: "You are very suitable to guard the lighthouse." But when Winslow asked, "Then you Why don't you let me go to the lighthouse?" Thomas roared angrily: "This is my site. The lighthouse is mine. You can only go to another lighthouse." When the last two people clashed, Winslow buried him alive and was dying. Thomas again emphasized: "The lighthouse is mine."
"The lighthouse is mine." This is the only existence, the only proof that belongs to me. When rules are made, when laws are issued, when threats are driven away, the existence of the lighthouse is Thomas Sanctuary. He is in this high lighthouse. In order to prove their existence, can they be like a god. So in the end he was buried alive. In a sense, Thomas himself buried himself: if he doesn’t tell Winslow, if he allows Winslow to board the lighthouse, if he doesn’t threaten his subordinates with his authority, is it all? Will never happen? But when Thomas himself created the phantom of God and caused the tragedy of backlash, is there another unknown force beyond his control? Outside of Thomas is Winslow, this seemingly conformist person, in fact, deep in his heart is a greater world of desires. When he comes to this deserted island, when he guards this lighthouse, that kind of fear of ignorance is activated. Once the desire is awakened, the soul seems to have created greater fear in an unredeemed world.
This seems to be an ongoing process. The desert island itself provides too much ignorance: Why is there a mermaid statue hidden under the pillow? Did the former lighthouse guard die for no reason? Why can't you provoke seagulls but seagulls always show up in front of him? ...What happened here? Why is Thomas secretive about all this? For all these unknowns, Thomas still has wine and the power to guard the lighthouse, but to Winslow, it seems that there is nothing. As a lumberjack, Winslow chose to come to the lighthouse because it seems to be able to settle down. Come down, "I will live in the country someday soon." Is this Winslow's ideal? Or is he a way to escape reality? But when he came to this lighthouse, what he saw and heard was a deeper unknown and a stronger fear: once the lighthouse guards died, but there was still a breath of death; the souls of the sailors were taken away by seagulls , But there are dead seagulls floating in the water tank; looking up, mysterious animals have climbed on the lid leading to the lighthouse...Mysterious power always controls this lighthouse, once death, once nightmare, time and time again Once appeared in Winslow's world, and at a loss, he seemed to be slowly dragged into this vortex of fear.
The storm came like never stopping, the sound of the sea opened a huge mouth, and the shadow of death enveloped everything. When the time around was full, the supply ship that symbolized escape did not appear, "Pick us up." It may have been here, we missed it." This is the beginning of the real nightmare, it has no chance to leave, it is trapped in a crazy world. When a deeper unknown struck, when controlled by a stronger fear, Winslow wanted to resist, wanted to erupt, wanted to destroy, he severely threw the seagull that was parked on the edge of the water tank to death, and he stroked the mermaid statue. To satisfy his desire, he began to replace water with wine, and he even hid a dagger-looking for a chance to kill Thomas who ruled it all. And with his resistance to all of this, the real Winslow showed his true shape: Why did he no longer engage in logging work? "It was so tired that day. I saw him slipping and yelled at me. I just stood quietly, without a word, watching the stupid being swallowed by wood. I took his tools to myself, and now Ifo Lime Winslow can live again." The man in the lumberyard died. Winslow did not save him. He was not indifferent, but he wanted to watch him die and then take his place. When Winslow I started to talk about my own experience after drinking, and undoubtedly another murder was brewing, and undoubtedly another replacement was being implemented.
The supply ship did not show up. Two people were trapped on the lighthouse. Winslow said that he used to be like a dog. Thomas laughed at him as "not alone". Winslow scolded him "without teeth, you can't eat grass." Thomas said he was drunk, "Let Aquaman kill you." Winslow hid the knife secretly, and Thomas cursed the sea. Finally, after being drunk, Winslow sneaked up to Thomas’ bed, and was about to attack Thomas, but Thomas opened his eyes and asked him to go to work; after Winslow’s first failure, he went to work again. He chopped off the oil tank with an axe, smashed the lifeboat, and broke the carved mermaid. Thomas said he was crazy, "Hand over the knife, the government property at that time, otherwise it will be deducted from your salary." The second failed. Afterwards, Winslow peeed into the wine glass, and then scolded Thomas harshly: "You are not my father, I am fed up with you, you are a damn alcoholic." But Thomas said: "You are fired." At this moment Winslow knelt before him, begging: "Please let me into the lighthouse."
The first failure, the second failure, and the third failure. All Winslow’s efforts seemed to be just for this sentence, to become the true guardian of the lighthouse. "Please let me into the lighthouse" is undoubtedly for Thomas’ response to “the lighthouse is mine”, but it is also a kind of opposition. At this time Winslow has actually seen what he really wants, that is, another kind of authority, another lighthouse, and another God, Thomas asked him back: "Will you kill me, just like killing that seagull?" Winslow didn't return. He threw Thomas into the pit. Thomas' body was gradually buried in the mud. When there was one head left outside, he cursed: "Finally, people who were thrown into hell but could see the divine grace were sent to heaven, where there is no desire or hard work, but they are like the Virgin that surrounds the earth. The same, ancient, changeable and eternal." And when Winslow heard this, he dug up Thomas again, then cut him with a knife, and finally killed him.
I buried Thomas deeply, but heard the ending of his "being sent to heaven", cut it off with a knife, and finally killed it, as if only in this way could Thomas be thrown into hell. This is Winslow’s self-woven death rule. And when Thomas’s absolute authority was wiped out, did Thomas really become God? Killing Thomas looks more like a repetition of killing that person in a lumber yard. It is the beginning of Winslow’s new life. It is replaced and named as Winslow’s only way to escape depression and fear, but all of this is Isn't it just an illusion after that death in Winslow's lumber yard? Do desert islands really exist? Does the lighthouse really exist? Does Thomas really exist? Living in the unknown world, you actually need to use more unknowns to resist. Winslow uses violent ways to talk to the unknown, and undoubtedly will eventually fall into more difficult fears. He is never a god, a kind of destruction, from defeating others. The illusion begins, and finally is the death of annihilating the self.
This may be the greatest cycle of destiny. There is no way to escape, no way to resist. Only the creation of hallucinations is salvation, and only the illusory God can eliminate fear, and such destiny never ends: when the seagull finally pecked on his dead body Eat, the story seems to be back to the beginning-he is the dead lighthouse guard, he is the sailor who lost his soul, and when everything is calm, the distant supply ship slowly comes, and the two people on the ship will start for a period of four weeks. In the lighthouse guard mission, new gods will appear, and of course, new unknowns and fears will follow.
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