When he was in college, he caught up with Ba Jin’s 100-year-old birthday. When holding a newspaper with a picture of Mr. Ba Jin on the front page and walking into the classroom, and everyone was discussing excitedly, the teacher of modern and contemporary literature said with a gloomy expression: "It may not be his own wish to live like this." Speaking is not intended to be devastating. After all, longevity is a goal that people have pursued and fantasized about since ancient times, and centenarians are also a name full of praise.
The teacher said: "When Ba Jin was in his nineties, a few friends and I visited him in the hospital. At that time, he almost had to rely on respirators and infusions to maintain his life, and he could not speak at all. I just looked at him from across the ward. He was clearly alive, but he was unable to express his wishes. No one could say whether he had chosen to live to this day or not."
Frankly speaking, the teacher’s remarks are not very interesting, but But it makes us truly feel the desolation and helplessness of our consciousness being unable to express freely and controlling our own lives. As a result, a year later, when I heard that Mr. Ba Jin had passed away forever, I even felt a little bit relieved.
And "Awakening" talks about a group of "such" people, all of them are infected by the virus, their bodies have lost all the functions of movement, they can't move, eat, or even move their eyes. When everyone treats them as vegetatives with rigid bodies, Doctor Searle discovered by accident that these patients did not lose their consciousness, the calling of their names, and their favorite music during the long "coma". , Will cause changes in their brains, and even through some kind of magical "stress response" (other doctors think those are just stress responses), they can make amazing behaviors like receiving a tennis ball flying in the air. Searle firmly believes that this is a way for patients to express their consciousness, and thus carried out a series of bold and meticulous treatments.
The "miracle" happened under Searle's efforts, and the patients gradually woke up from their lethargy. They are infinitely delighted with the life they have regained. Although they may have lost a long period of their lives, having a free life and life is the supreme joy.
But no one expected that such happiness is so short-lived. After a few weeks, the patient developed side effects and antibodies to the drug, and gradually returned to the initial stiff sleep state.
In fact, I have been looking forward to a happy ending to the film. However, it ended just like that, and a line of text appeared at the end of the film: Dr.sayer and his staff kept working with the post-encephalitic patients, trying new drug treatmenrs as they became available. leonard and many of the patients experienced brief Awakening of periods, But they Never AS Dramatically AS DID in at the Summer of 1969.
Dr.sayer Continues Work in RO a chronic hostipal in at the Bronx.
the doctor Searle and his entire staff have been trying to treat those patients with chronic meningitis, They tried all kinds of new medicines and treatments that were available.
Leonard and many other patients have experienced short-term awakenings, but there is no such legend as in 1969.
Currently, Dr. Searle still works in a chronic disease hospital in the Bronx.
But in the end I found that I like this ending better than a happy ending. Because those patients who fall asleep again know that there are responsible people like Dr. Searle who will work tirelessly. They will not feel helpless and lonely in the dark drowsiness. I believe that some of them will be able to Wake up again. And those of us who are healthy will wake up from the numbness of life after seeing the joy and joy of those patients. What is more exciting than being alive?
We are busy with finding the significance of our lives every day, but we forget that just living is significant.
PS: I don’t know why most Chinese have adopted the translation of "Wuyu Asking Cangtian", but I don’t like that kind of helplessness and despair. So the original title of the novel "Awakening" was adopted.
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