I have always wondered why Taiwan translated Zu Yuzhan as Summer Love, and also wondered why it was Zu Yuzhan. The second half of the original book is almost all about the love-hate entanglement between Zhan and Cates, Zu turned into a Buddha, he has lost his passion for loving Cates, and loves her by accepting everything about Cates, he seems to disappear, and in In the movie, Zu is placed in a prominent position. I have a vague feeling that this great love was achieved by him, and his martyrdom achieved the love of the three.
Both the book and the movie are included.
Katherine/Kats
Cates starts to appear in the middle of the book, just like her first appearance in the movie, all the focus is unconsciously focused on her. She is like summer, hot and aggressive, and ever-changing.
Zu Yuzhan followed her for her sculptural smile, which was hard and not arrogant, elegant and wishful. This must not only attract Zu and Zhan, but if they get a treasure, only the two of them will treat her like a queen.
Catherine's life principle is to pursue the most passionate and free life without any constraints. She said: Life is a leisurely vacation. She has to live by her own rules and arrange her lovers. Her love must be strong, and her hatred is equally turbulent. The betrayal will be splashed with acid in the eyes, and the one she must resist must win. Maybe all the people who watch the movie for the first time will be as shocked by Katherine's jump as Zu and Zhan, and she will smile like a sculpture and say: then resist. Jumping straight into the river is like a stone statue falling into the water, causing a huge splash. Zu was so frightened that her face turned pale, but Zhan gave her a blowing kiss in his mind, what an extraordinary woman! She has to win at any time, and she can't beat it. There was nothing Zu could do, Zhan understood.
In the book, she has two such "deviance" behaviors later, once on the rails, and was injured, and once when she went swimming, she was harassed.
Perhaps the middle point of the story is the coffee shop appointment, accounting for 10 minutes late, 40 minutes waiting, and Catherine an hour late. She had carefully done her hair, wore an elegant hat, and wore a tight skirt to her appointment. What was she supposed to ask?
She married Zu, but she was not happy. She still adhered to the principle of balance and pursued the concept of life and vacation. Zu's mother angered her, so she had to make out with her ex-boyfriend to offset Zu's fault. She originally wanted to use His own enthusiasm to change Zu's pessimism, but found to be ineffective. She couldn't stand everything being plain, so she made it not plain, she left at will, and Zu would wait for her.
Catherine repeated the old trick to Zhan, taking Abel and Ahoud to offset her doubts about Zhan, time and time again, Catherine and Zhan were biting each other like two beasts, again and again, endless, no long-term peace , One day, it will be exhausted. Catherine becomes hysterical when she finds out that Zhan intends to give up on herself completely, she becomes a sick person, she does not get the source of her life, she will have a thin, tall child with occasional headaches. But if she does have a child, how long can she be content with the status quo? Maybe she will never be satisfied. Occupy already knew.
She is a real woman, like a statue, like a summer day, like a spider, hard, hot, and dangerous. She is obsessed with accounting, if the world can't do it, then go to other places to get it. It's a pity that her wish to throw the ashes in the air could not come true, but Zhan's bones blended with her. Accounting may or may not want to.
Take up
Zhan was not a hateful meddler, he loved Catherine, and at the same time he loved Zu, Zu said to him, "Don't touch this." He obeyed, and he looked at the back of Catherine's neck from a distance. With Zu's permission, even after pleading, he and Katherine were together, they had endless sweetness, went to many places together, sometimes Zu and the children also went, but the center of the story revolved around the two of them, it seemed that Zu and Katherine Or the story of Zu and Zhan is over.
Accounting has similarities with Katherine, they are affectionate. It also makes the relationship between the two buried in crisis everywhere. Catherine always sees what she thought happened as a betrayal, and starts over with her own theory of zeroing. But he didn't know that Zhan was not Zu, he also loved Catherine, but he couldn't love her like Zu. Sometimes he takes a blow from Catherine, heals himself, takes another blow, when Catherine's love for him goes from zero to one hundred, he also becomes one hundred, and when Catherine clears, he also becomes zero . It's like climbing a mountain.
In the book, the fantasy is that Catherine can accept Kibette (Jiaobei in the movie), he thinks that waiting for him, Kibette, who wants nothing, is just like Zu, and the four of them can live together, but Catherine won't admit it , and sees Kibette as Abel, so he fights with Zhan. But every time, their second day seems to be new, they stop looking for something to beat each other, but love each other deeply. Those Catherine's imagination and Zhan's imagination and confirmation made the two of them go farther and farther, and it was too tiring to climb the mountain, so it would be better for Qi Bait to settle down at the foot of the mountain. Like Catherine, who had been away from home for half a year, he missed Zu's generous embrace, and he wanted to return to Kibette (Jiaobei). But he failed to do so.
Ancestor
Zu and Zhan are like Don Quixote's master and servant. Whether it is a book or a movie, Zhan's appreciation and friendship for Zu is hard to hide. Zu was generous and talkative, and they hardly had any quarrels and conflicts. Zu introduced his girlfriend in his hometown to Zhan, two photos and a portrait on the round table, Zhan wanted to buy this table (must be out of appreciation for Zu), restaurant owner: Unless you buy all 12 .
In the book, Zu's love is repeatedly frustrated. Either the woman rejects him, or the girls lose their love for a while. Even if they fall in love with Zhan, Zu doesn't care very much. Before meeting Catherine, the only thing he loved deeply was Green. Xi, he asked Lu Xi for marriage many times, but none of them got his wish, and he did not give up because of it.
Zu was a martyr, his way was that he could give everything for those he really loved, even if that kind of dedication would jeopardize the orthodox position that the world gave him (such as the role of boyfriend or husband), his martyrdom was heroic, he dedication is worthy of respect. He doesn't even need Luxi to love him, he appreciates Luxi's persistence. All he wants is that he loves her. Zu did not think highly of himself, and he believed that no woman would ever fall in love with the person he knew. He said he wanted Luxi to be sick, disfigured, and abandoned so I could house him. So why can't he expect a healthy, complete, normal Green West, he has only mild acceptance of everything. All this may give a glimpse, that is why he committed suicide when he was a teenager?
Zu devotes himself to work in the hut, works and rests in the study, Catherine and the children are still under the same roof, then Zu is happy, whether he still loves Catherine so much is not so important, because he has nearly depleted. Catherine is like a rushing waterfall, Zu is the calm and wide lake below, accepting all of Catherine. When Catherine's flow changed, Zu slowly dried up. He was tired of it too, looking forward to a peaceful life, the wars of the country, and the wars that Catherine kept waging over the years, and he wanted to go back to the days when he was just two people, talking about literature, talking about women. But Catherine held them firmly.
In the end, it seemed that there was only one old ancestor left.
If Luxi compromised, or not compromised, but really loved Zu so earnestly and generously, then how peaceful and beautiful the days would be. Even if Lu Xi and Zhan are together, they don't have to struggle to find the source of life, and Zu will be respected and peaceful there. He was previously attracted to the fiery Catherine, whom he called a real woman. Now all he wants is green west and tranquility.
Endless summers can be tiresome, but mild and vibrant springs are exciting.
Zu and Zhan both want peace. Twenty years have passed, and there may still be many things that have not been made clear, but Catherine will not change. Betrayal requires a price, not acid, then death. Life should be as hot as summer and last until the last minute!
She kissed Zu hard and made him look at them. The generous, kind, and foolish Zu was still alive. He watched helplessly as the car fell into the water, exploded a huge splash, and then sank. Every time Zu watched Catherine's prank, he would get nervous, calling her next to him, for fear that she would be hurt in the slightest, and this time it was really over. He used to be afraid that Catherine would lie to him, that Catherine would leave him, but now he doesn't have to be afraid anymore. But he still couldn't get the peace that Luxi gave him, and he also lost an important friend, Zhan, and was left alone.
Zu will spend the rest of his life thinking about Katherine and Zhan.
Dedicated to: Oscar Wernell
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