North and south, Home is where you are

Ida 2022-03-23 09:03:19

The film starts on the train with Margaret looking out the window somberly, and ends on the train, which is a long journey. From south to north, from north to south, Margaret has been drifting. Her home is in the south, the beautiful Houston, the sky is very blue, the breeze, the green grass, the beautiful flowers, and the gentle air. But because of his father's belief, the family moved north to this Milton, which the southerners called the forgotten by God. The skies in Milton always looked gloomy, with dirty air, the noise of machines running and the locals looking dirty and grumpy. The Margaret family has suffered many people's puzzled and even malicious speculation, but Margaret is a strong and assertive woman, she can evaluate the city calmly, so she became friends with the local Nicolas family, giving them While the family helps, they are constantly learning new things unique to Milton.
I always feel that the name Margaret is destined for a woman with this name to be extraordinary, just like the person named Molly in "Beautiful Beauty", who is as gentle and tranquil as the name, like a girl next door. Margaret is actually the spiritual pillar of their family. Her father, full of idealism, lives in his own Plato world. Her mother is seriously ill because of homesickness and is not used to Milton's life. The misjudgment made him go far away and wandered to Spain, so only Margaret could think normally in the family. Fortunately, Margaret lived up to the name, she was a woman of thought.
But a thoughtful woman doesn't necessarily mean happiness in her love life. Her relationship with Mr. Thornton was tortuous. People who are too calm can easily lose their ability to grasp happiness. Margaret is one of them. Thornton's feelings for Margaret almost melted me, but Margaret couldn't. I'm powerless against old English men like Thornton because I'm not cool and sane enough. Fortunately, Margaret finally understood his love for Thornton. Returning to the south again, she has become unaccustomed, and her hometown has become a foreign land. The people of Houston live a dull life, they are happy to enjoy life and pursue spiritual enjoyment, like a nobleman who is about to decline, clinging to a pale life. And Margaret, who had lived in Milton for a while, obviously couldn't accept such numbness. Milton's people are brave, dare to pursue, and have a wild and uninhibited breath in their bones. Apparently she's a northern fit, even though she's a southerner.
The meeting at the station at the end was amazing. How cleverly the author chose to meet the two at the transfer station. Both are trying to find some traces of their sweethearts in the other's hometown, what a coincidence and fate. Thornton went to Houston, Margaret went to Milton, and then the two met in a wonderful way where the South and North trains stopped. Margaret finally expressed his heart, and Thornton finally got the reward after so much for his feelings. Thornton waited anxiously, not even daring to look in Margaret's direction, when the whistle sounding south of London remembered that Margaret stood up and walked towards Henry. When the window glass of the northbound train showed Margaret's figure, Thornton finally calmed down, turned his head and said to Margaret with a smile, "Would you like to go home with me?" This is obviously not a question, but a fact, as long as there is you That is home, of course, to go home.
At the end of the film, Margaret is no longer alone on the train looking out the window, because this journey is for two people.

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North & South quotes

  • Hannah Thornton: A mother's love holds fast and forever. A girl's love is like a puff of smoke - it changes with every wind.

  • Margaret Hale: I wish I could tell you how lonely I am. How cold and harsh it is here. Everywhere there is conflict and unkindness. I think God has forsaken this place. I believe I have seen hell and it's white, it's snow-white.