what should life be like

Mariela 2022-03-20 09:01:56

"Some people die in their twenties and are buried forty years later." How many people, day after day, repeat boring work, without any creativity at all, or even useless. Seal for the sake of stamping, and "read" for the sake of "reading". Life was originally short, but it was wasted on such useless things. What life should be like, peaceful or full of passion, is unknown, but at least it should be meaningful and rewarding, and life like a machine should not be what we should live.

Pushing things that should be done by oneself everywhere, obstructing in every possible way when others are trying to meet the needs of the people, and taking credit after things are successfully completed. When the oath that he swore to serve the people was fulfilled, he fled. From beginning to end, it is full of satire on the work of the city government and its staff. In the era of black-and-white films, there were such blatant doubts and criticisms of government work, and society has made progress in various fields as it should have.

There are countless expectations for a better life in the future, but when it's time to try and try, there are countless problems. Life is not as simple as a true-or-true problem, it's too difficult.

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Ikiru quotes

  • Toyo: [telling joke] "You've never had a day off, have you?" "No." "Why? Are you indispensable?" "No. I don't want them to find out they can do without me."

  • Kanji: Now I remember: I nearly drowned in a pond once when I was a child. I felt exactly the same way then. Everything's going black. I writhe and thrash around, but there's nothing to hold on to - except you.

    Toyo: What about your son?

    Kanji: Don't talk to me about him! I have no son. I'm all alone.

    Toyo: But...

    Kanji: No, you don't understand! My son is somewhere far away. Just as my mom and pop were when I was drowning in that pond. Remembering it now, it's even more painful than it was then.