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I admit I like donkeys
Kolby 2022-03-24 09:03:48
It feels like there is a secret connection between Bassat the Donkey and The Horse of Turin. Donkeys and horses are similar creatures, but they are treated differently. Horses are always looked up to. They are noble, free, and spiritual; donkeys are small, stupid, and screeching loudly, as if they should be tamed by humans to perform heavy labor. Horses have their own independent will and dignity, and Nietzsche also cried for it. The horse that refuses to eat in "The Horse of Turin" is glorious, and compared with horses, those who live in harsh environments seem to be more Expose the numbness and pain of life itself. Horses will choose to die in the face of the embarrassment of life, while people can only choose to continue to live silently. So, these people are more like Bassat the donkey, living patiently and silently. Whether Bassat is abused, used or pityed, it can only bear it, there is no room for choice, and of course it will not choose, just like the people in the play, most of them are insulted and damaged. The poor people walk like donkeys with heavy loads. Mary is carrying her cowardice and confusion; Mary's father is carrying his dignity and principles; In the end the donkey died peacefully among the sheep, but where is God the shepherd?
Extended Reading
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Marie's mother: He is in despair. Comfort him.
[Marie's father turns away]
Priest: You must forgive. Everyone. Much will be forgiven you. You have suffered.
Marie's father: I may suffer less than you think.
Priest: [Reading] God does not foresake forever. He may punish, yet he will have compassion. H does not willingly afflict the children of men.
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Marie: Don't you believe in anything?
Merchant: I believe in what I own. I love money. I hate death.
Marie: You'll die like everyone else.
Merchant: I will bury them all.