Elegy of Youth

Terence 2022-04-06 09:01:07

The remorse and anger flashed on Marcus' face when he learned that Olivia had a mental breakdown and was sent to a mental hospital. I seemed to see the shadow of the end of the endless sad youth in "Norwegian Wood".

In the green years of trying to awaken and discover oneself, who has not experienced the lengthy, mean, intimidation and coercion in the principal's office? The conservative, rigid, and self-righteous violence that was full of love and kindness half a century ago has long since faded, but in fact, the shackles of social standards and morality have never disappeared. Skin so that the rebellious blood can dry up as soon as possible, and sensitive children have always been sacrifices to maintain the old world standards and continue to operate.

As far as youth is concerned, the most terrifying thing is not the suffocating dogma, but the fact that it has been subtly become a part of the dogma. Marcus hates faith, hates the hypocrisy of the adult world, hates being labelled to be defined, the anger inside him, like the comical March of the Volunteers on the record player, is so childish and cowardly that even the roommates who insult him and his lover face There is no strength to hit hard, not even the strength to support my mother who has endured silently for many years when my father wants to divorce my mother. At that moment he looked at his mother's face with the same surprise that he hated the most when an adult saw apostasy.

In the end, neither he nor she could become the selves they had hoped for indefinitely. They were destroyed or devoured by the times. This is the end of most youthful rebellions. The difference between us and Marcus and Olivia is that we have not been able to go as they did. far, we are far more cowardly and humble than them. Talking about the unspeakable dying love on the battlefield, and the long years of torture in the mental hospital, and still remembering that day when he praised him for how beautiful he was holding flowers, are all they can remember.

Looking at myself, I can understand their intentions and helplessness for those "good teachers" who "follow the good guidance" to help me avoid going down the wrong road, but I can't let go of their stifling youth, the so-called growth history, and more It's like a long torture of constantly strangling ourselves; we thought we used to sing and dance without worry, but we never knew it was a lament sung on the grave.

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  • Marcus Messner: I don't care what it suggests, Dean Caldwell, I will not be condemned on the basis of no evidence.

  • Marcus Messner: It is important to understand about dying, that even though in general you do not have a personal choice in the matter, it is going to happen to you when it happens to you. There are reasons you die. There are causes, a chain of events linked by causality, and those events include decisions that you have personally made. How did you end up here, on this exact day, at this exact time, with this specific event happening to you?