“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby
In the English countryside, Oliver Tester was sold to a family where he ate the dog's leftover cold food, and fell asleep beside the coffin. He was abused by his master, but his eyes remained quiet; when he came to London, behind the bustling surface , is an alley of mice, a dark street where drunkards fight. When the old man Fagin took in Oliver, a sausage and a little poison could still arouse the gratitude and kindness in his heart. The pickpockets and children around him bullied him cunningly. , but with a little kindness you can hear his sincere "Thank you"; the bookstore owner Blanger rescued him in court, and he would rather die in the field than join the thieves in harming Gentleman Blanger; Fagin a little Being treated kindly can still make Oliver remember going to prison to visit in the end.
Children who have suffered from hell since childhood, still choose kindness after encountering wicked people all the way. It's hard to imagine that in a child's young mind, full of wicked faces, he can still recklessly go to the old man who took him in and say thank you at the end. In the darkness and danger, Oliver's eyes are extremely clear and clean; in the filth of human nature, he is always well-behaved and quiet, remembering to be grateful and kind.
It seems that many people have become extremely adaptable to the surrounding environment because of the unbearable world around them. The complexity of human nature makes kindness questionable. Friends of the bookstore owner Blange question Oliver's kindness disguise. The gap between the rich and the poor caused by the industrial revolution has been infinitely enlarged in London. However, the numbness that is used to it feels that this is the way the world is. Just like the rats scurrying around in the alley and the oily ground, people pass by it, and they are accustomed to it.
Oliver's eyes moved the judge of the orphanage, so that he was not sentenced to a bad person; moved the old lady on the road, let him drink a hot soup; inspired Nancy's inner courage, willing to protect him with death He warmed the heart of the old bad guy Fagin, smeared him with ancestral plaster, and made his humanity full of goodwill again; awakened the bookstore owner Blange, and made the gentleman owner believe in kindness again... Some souls still haven't completely fallen. Because of meeting Oliver, he chooses to believe in kindness and beauty; because of meeting these people, Oliver also knows that there is still goodwill in the world. It seems that in the story, they become the redemption of each other's souls. A person who has never been treated kindly can remember the preciousness of being treated well, and a person who has always been in a numb and depraved environment is also most touched by kindness. Because of this foggy encounter, they have become people in each other's lives worthy of saying "Thank you".
My favorite story is the scenery on Oliver's way to London, the large fields and the wet soil. He wore a pair of shoes and walked for 7 days until the shoes broke. There is no end to the long road, he never complained, and he has never been influenced by the people around him to get worse. Just like at the end of the story, London has been cloudy and rainy and foggy all day long, and the sun rarely appears, and the golden sun spots hit the villa of the Blange family who adopted Oliver in the suburbs. Every audience, from Oliver, finds some right Our own thoughts in the future, these thoughts may be questioned by future life experiences, but when we think of this story again, we will not forget the tenderness and trust that those eyes brought us.
Fitzgerald's quotations may be understood again in this story. One is the United States and the other is the United Kingdom. Similarly, when material civilization is developing rapidly and human nature is indifferent, we can still believe in some things. Knowing the world and not being worldly, not being embarrassed after encountering dangers, knowing the existence of good and evil and the choices of others, and still knowing how to go on your own path/
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