The girl who looked down at a glance had a pair of lake-blue eyes, indifferent and firm. She held the most beautiful girl in the town and said, You are so beautiful, but you can only find it in a small town with few outstanding men, and the dust settles. And she, going to the United States, to a big city, there are high-rise buildings, there are crowded people, she wants to find a decent job there. She wants to leave her hometown where the economic depression is bleak, and regardless of other people's gossip, she leaves her mother and her gentle sister to embark on a journey of dreaming in a foreign country.
This journey was difficult from the beginning. She has never left home with diarrhea and vomiting on the precarious boat. She is locked out of the bathroom by a selfish person. She is ashamed to talk to strangers, her face is pale, her image is sloppy, and she is at a loss. Fortunately, there is a warm and beautiful female companion who advises and helps her. "When entering the customs, keep your eyes open, don't be tough or show weakness, think like an American, calm down, as if you know where you are going." After passing the customs, the sunlight penetrated the blue door and she walked through the door. Walk in and enter the battlefield where she is the only one.
She came to Brooklyn, where Irish immigrants gathered. The priest settled her in the house of an old lady who was mean-speaking but kind-hearted, and enrolled her to study accounting at night school, and she became a salesperson in a department store. She is like a taut bow. She hasn't learned to smile and talk about receiving guests, and her homesickness has flooded. Surrounded by the flirty and lively girls with butterflies and flowers, they shuttled through the various dances, trying their best to find a reliable, wishful man. She was facing the sky, straight and stiff like a small tree, but at a dance party, when the handsome man looked at her, there was a smile on her face.
He is Italian, but the first time he saw her, he said that he fell in love with Irish girls. He is a plumber, loves to laugh, and has a warm family. He waited at the gate of the night school just to accompany her on the way home. They don't talk much about love, but their eyes are full of love. His sunshine made her cheerful, and her work, study, and life gradually improved. Her letters cross the Atlantic Ocean, bringing new news to the sister at home, and the frequent letters all tell about homesickness. But the bad news came that my sister suddenly passed away due to illness. The bond between her and home is broken, and she must go back.
He took her to the grassy clearing on Long Island and said that he would build five houses here and set up a construction company with his brother. He assured her comfortingly that the surrounding land had already been sold, and that there would be neighborhoods everywhere in the future, and life would get better and better. Before she returned home, they secretly obtained the certificate and got married.
But everything is different after returning home. Faced with the grieving mother who lost her beloved daughter, she seemed to have new responsibilities; the soon-to-marry friend introduced high-quality young people to her, and life seemed to have new joys; the company where her sister worked before her death also asked her for help, and her career seemed There is also new hope. The high-quality young Jim family is rich, successful, humble and considerate. There is a little inferiority in front of Elise, who has traveled to the United States, and they enjoy playing together. On the other side of the ocean, the affectionate husband begged his naughty brother to help him polish a letter full of thoughts. She was recognized and praised in the small town she used to despise, and a bright and beautiful new life was gradually unfolding in front of her eyes. Reading his letter, she didn't know what to do and couldn't find a suitable sentence to express her feelings. She hesitated, half-hearted, standing at both ends of the balance, she did not directly refuse Jim's courtship, on the other hand, when she was the loneliest and helpless, she was waiting for her, guarding her, making her laugh, and fulfilling her remoteness in a foreign country. Her husband; on one side is Jim, who is polite, gentle and delicate, and has a wealth of family. She hesitated.
Until the former proprietress found her again, she told her in a lofty and mocking tone that she had already received letters from relatives telling her that her husband had met Elise and her secret Italian husband in the Civil Affairs Bureau. She suddenly understood that this small town had not changed, and she still looked like she was contemptuous when she left. People coveted and ridiculed each other. Gossip and rumors are the spice of life. Busy and lifeless, this is no longer in her heart. Hometown. She proudly bid farewell to the proprietress. Tearfully bid farewell to my mother, and set foot on the ship back to the United States.
Everything in the movie is beautiful, plain but beautiful. It's easy to think of yourself.
At the age of 18, he left his hometown in the northwest and came to Beijing to study. When looking for a job, I never considered my hometown as the final place to stay. There are the best memories of childhood and youth, family members with close relatives, and delicious delicacies that I can’t help but miss when I am alone. However, the economy is sluggish and there are acquaintances everywhere. His shadow, the single-mindedness of values, and the slow pace. After seeing the outside world, I always find a place that seems out of place when I go back. So working outside alone, with no relatives around, it always seems to be less confident. Although serious, hard-working, meticulous, and never discouraged, she always looks like Elise in the play, so hard that it seems unsatisfactory and hard-working that seems alienated. Indifferent and rigorous, it seems that I don’t know how to work. Although getting better and better, there is always the cautiousness that no one protects when making mistakes, the loneliness that no one applauds when successful, the self-examination that is inappropriate and inviting people to ridicule, and occasionally seems to not understand the market, An outsider who doesn't know the rules and can't let go of his hands and feet.
Finally one day, such a person appeared. He also fights on his own, listening to and relying on each other, and each other shines into each other's lives like sunshine. We know that there are people when we are happy, when we are sad, and when we are frustrated, we can take the place of relatives to accompany us, laugh and cry together, and experience many things together. We form a small warm world, and then we are more brave and mellow into the larger world outside. We, who have no hometown anymore, create a second hometown in the smile and embrace of our lover. Leaving one's hometown is always painful, but what is even more painful is that there is no hometown to return. We still have to be strong to find a second hometown on a more prosperous land.
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