Postman = media
metaphor (speech) = media
Neruda = Mario's media
island = isolated
fisherman = drifting on the vast surface of meaning, salvaging
no fresh water = strengthening the image of loneliness without media communication
father taciturn = closed individual
wedding = The boundary between the outside world, the closed individual splits the small mouth, the father talks a lot for the first time
When Neruda left the island, Mario lost his job as a postman, lost Neruda, but finally gained the ability to speak, Establish connections with the outside world. He said: I thought you took away all the good, but in the end I found you left me a lot-"
verse =media
Neruda, in the face of Mario's request for an explanation of the words in his poem, said "I can't Interpret my poetry with something other than my poetry". Poetry cannot be deciphered, only heart to heart, I can only explain my heart and your heart, and what is there to explain in the middle of the medium? If you do not understand, it proves that the medium cannot reach you.
The postman and the word overlap in meaning. Think of The Postman as a poem dedicated to language. (Language refers to human expressions, and words to symbols.)
This brings to mind that the earliest form of human emotional expression was poetry.
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