A young and lonely wild pear tree, no matter what choice it makes, it is just exhausting its youth on the barren land. Finally, I got a glimpse of my father's past in the dialogue. He used to be such a beautiful and simple person, and even the ants were his friends. Publishing books, digging wells, and more are things that the world disdains you to do. Hanging himself in despair in a well is no different from the back figure of desperately digging a well. Let the wild pear grow wildly and deformed.
In the middle of the dialogue with two friends, I talked about faith, which reminded me of the dialogue in "Hibernation". Contrary to what some people think, I don't think dialogue is optional. It is precisely in the dialogue that there are eternal and unsolved problems of mankind, and both sides are so reasonable and cannot be banned.
"Hibernation" is about whether or not to oppose evil, and how far we have to sell ourselves to be close to God and absolutely good? "Wild Pear Tree" discusses a higher-level topic: if we believe in It is useless for us, faith will not bring us economic, and even increase the crime rate, do we still have faith? Yes, this is very similar to Pascal's "bet" discussed in Rohmer's One Night at the Mauds.
- If I choose A, it is only 10% likely to be correct; if I choose B, the odds of being correct seem to be greater. But we can't tell which is correct. Even if it can be judged, it is like a bet. If A is right, I can get life. If B is right, I win the bet, but I lose my whole life.
Likewise, living in a Muslim country with a backward economy and high crime rate, but faith is trust in the unknown. Keep the unknown world, keep all the transcendent parts from which my life is built, and the happiness of that life has nothing to do with wealth. As they said in their conversation "In those countries the crime rate is lower but people are not happy".
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