What do you live for?

Laurine 2022-03-24 09:02:02

"I cling to them, but like everything they fade"

George expressed the outlook on life that I have always agreed with in my heart, but never expressed clearly.

What keeps you going in this troubled world?

"Some people live for the fortune. Some people live for the fame. Some people live for the power. Some people live just to play the game."

And I live for the few fresh, clear and clear things in my life Always live. At such a moment, everything is silent, everything is placed in such a harmonious state, including myself, feeling replaces thinking, everything makes you feel so comfortable, you seem to see the world of bliss in the world in an instant. Or we might call these moments "happiness."

For George, moments like this are the time with Jim, the joy of dancing at night with his friend Shirley, the joy that the student Potter understands and cares about...and the soul of a person , and Jim's mind, which reminds me of the plot of Lieutenant General Avatar's hair and dragon's tail docking, it is really magical, the fit between people does not require any physical link, that is A pure heartfelt bond. For me, what brings such a moment can be a song that hits the soul, a text that shocks the heart, a sunny morning, a lover's sincere eyes, a friend's loyalty to go through fire and water... Most of my life is so hard, and it is for the moments, the little bits of happiness, that I live.

Yet despite our attempts to hold on to these moments, they, like all things, are gone forever, and we can never hold them back. Such bliss can only be experienced in a few seconds. Time and space are the factors of flow, which are constantly changing. "They pull me back to the present."

The reality is that we live in the shell of the body, people are almost incomprehensible to each other, we only see each other as we think each other, and even we can't understand ourselves. We are already good at being the socially expected version of ourselves we wake up every morning. If things go on like this, I forget to talk to my true self, my soul exists alone, and only a gorgeous body is left to walk in the cold world.

And death, death will be our common end.

When I first saw the ending, I felt a little abrupt. George died of a heart attack at this time, are u kidding me? But looking back on it later, I thought it was more appropriate. Owl's omen, full moon's hint, the moment of silence comes, George's life is complete, no ceremony, no preparation, no violent bullet, the moment of life, come, it's here. This ending fits the tone of the whole story. The author is telling us that somewhere, there is destiny.

And such a beautiful film also brought me a moment of instant clarity.

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Extended Reading
  • Richmond 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    The brightly lit supermarket is not a safe haven, because ambush between the bottle and the carton is a shocking past. He and Jim used to buy ingredients here and cook and share at home. In the past, George attacked him with a knife as he passed by with a shopping cart. Can we experience true loneliness if we never dine alone?

  • Oma 2021-12-17 08:01:06

    The color change is quite interesting.

A Single Man quotes

  • George: There's no such thing as old anymore. The other day, one of my students called me a senior citizen.

    Charley: I wouldn't mind if old didn't exist. But I'm not sure that senior is what I'm aiming for, either.

  • George: It's all becoming so bland. That's not why I came to America. It's like a complete breakdown of culture and manners.

    Charley: The young ones have no manners. The other day at the car wash, a young man looked me up and down and asked me if I was a natural blonde.

    George: What did you say?

    Charley: I looked him straight in the eye and said, "Let's just say, if I stood on my head, I would be a natural brunette with lovely breath."