If you fall into the seven-day cycle of life and death, should you fight for a chance to survive or give up your life to save others?

Hailey 2022-12-22 08:24:07

Sam fell into a strange cycle in a car accident, and after he died, he went back to the days before his death and repeated it for seven days. The first contact with death, the impact of the car crash, the fear of death, the end of life, and the desire for life deeply shocked her soul. Reborn again, careful Sam finds that it's not over. She felt scared, angry, and helpless about this inexplicable fate. In order to resist all this, she disguised herself as an adult, used the image of a rebellious girl to vent her anger, and used her strength to cover up her fear and helplessness. Obviously Sam's rebellious performance was a failure. This unfamiliar cover up made her life chaotic. In the eyes of her classmates, she was not really happy when she changed her face. She was annoyed to find that the taste of growing up in an instant was not the same. Feel good, this so-called strength, just like we see bald heads, shirtless, flower arms, big gold chains, will only make people far away and not feel cute, Sam's sense of loss offsets the joy and excitement of rebellion, this gesture Can't resist anything. Sam has come back in a new reincarnation. He doesn't worry about why he died, and he no longer escapes from his fears. He starts to think about how to get out of reincarnation. Accept death and positively change your life. The change in her mood allowed Sam to successfully escape the cycle of death, but after witnessing the friend who died in her place, her inner kindness and pure conscience made her feel guilty and self-blame. She knew that it was what she had to endure and she could not escape. After all, he can't escape the cycle of death, and he can no longer take the life of a friend because of selfishness. Later, Sam gradually understood that he fell into reincarnation in order to save Juliet (a girl who was betrayed by keeping secrets for her friends). Juliet had been hurt and devastated by school violence for a long time. Those rumors, indifference and ridicule made Juliet's heart be whipped with pain and pain. The scars and the loneliness of being excluded drove her astray. At the same time, the teacher's ignorance and the classmate's run made him have to resist on his own. The abuser was immersed in the pleasure of abuse and ignored the harm caused to others. The surrounding classmates were irrelevant. The attitude of hanging up high has become an accomplice of violence, so he is exhausted physically and mentally and wants to commit suicide. Sam's various attempts are also powerless. In the end, he can only choose to save Juliet with sacrifice, but he has completely passed away. , Sam used her life to save others, and at the same time completed self-redemption, this is the road of redemption she finally chose, which is a sublimation of altruism.

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Before I Fall quotes

  • Samantha Kingston: [Graffiti beside Samantha on the bathroom wall] Only those who attempt the absurd, achieve the impossible.

  • Samantha Kingston: Do you ever feel like you're living the same day over and over again, only like a few things being different?

    Anna Cartulo: Aw shit Samantha, you just described my whole life!