And this great detective with the surname "Monk" does lead a monk-like life.
Amon, who suffers from severe OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), has 312 items on the list of things he fears, and they are sorted according to the degree of fear, which is shocking. For example: bacteria, needles, milk, crowds, heights, enclosed spaces, birds, speeches...
Amon is a very unsocial person. When talking to a stranger, you need to look at the card you have written in advance to find the topic. Most normal people will laugh at Amon's strange thinking, for example, he will respond to other people's ironic words as serious words, which results in hilarious laughter. His cleanliness is also outrageous. Every time I shake my hands with someone, I will immediately wipe my hands with a sterile tissue, and the house is clean and clean because I often get up at three in the middle of the night to vacuum. Drink only one brand of water, and would rather die of thirst than touch other brands of water. Because of obsessive-compulsive disorder, he has to touch every street lamp and every tree, and he must not miss any of them. He twitched his body uncomfortably when he saw something uncomfortable. The most funny thing is that once he touched a 500-watt light bulb with his left hand and burned directly. Natalie immediately dragged him to the infirmary, only to touch the bulb with his right hand before leaving. OK, now I feel comfortable, my hands are equal, and they are all burnt.
Perhaps it is precisely because of such a serious problem that he has become an extremely keen crime scene expert. It can't be said that he only has golden eyes. Sometimes it is more of a natural insight, which enables him to see the scenes that others can't see. Even if everyone can see things, his ability to see the connections between things at a glance is amazing. Whenever others exclaimed his power, he will always say this: It's a gift, and a curse.
Amon's wife, Trudy, is the only person Amon cares about. And she is dead. If a person is still alive and can live with you to make you happy, or choose to leave you and make you sad, then the matter is man-made, and there is always a way to face and solve it. However, death is eternal, you will never know the variables behind, will never know whether she will betray you, never know whether she is worth your life to love. About this person, the person you love, all your impressions of her, all the feelings she gives you, will stay at the time of her death. All the memories she gave you are only the love at the time. And Amon's love for Trudy is preserved in this way.
The devotion to one person creates the ruthlessness to others, and sometimes people's character behaviors are so complementary to each other. I have to admit that Amon is really indifferent sometimes. That's because he really doesn't care. In his heart, he will always have only one person. I have been with him for three years (it seems more than that, I can’t remember clearly), and he is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The assistant Sharona who takes care of him and helps him is gone. He is not sad, he is just annoyed by no one. Help him do things. When Sharona was there, he never considered her feelings, everything was done according to his own ideas. The same is true for Natalie. Of course, when they are in trouble (usually this trouble is caused by him -_-!), he will desperately forget what he is afraid of and save him. But this only shows that he is still a very kind, very socially responsible person, at least he knows the peace of mind.
Do you really believe that he doesn't care about anything? That would be wrong.
The great Marxist philosophy tells us that everything is dialectically unified. Contradictory things are not really contradictions.
For example, our Amon, he actually cares a lot, cares about many things. Amon has no friends. In his life there are only trudy, assistant Natalie (formerly Sharona, who later left him), police partner Captain Leland and assistant Disher, and his psychologist Dr. Kroger. Amon longed for friendship and very much hoped that he had a good friend. In a certain episode, in order to obtain and destroy evidence of the murder, the murderer designed to enter Amon's life and became his good friend. How happy the innocent Amon is! In order to maintain this friendship, Amon can even tolerate the destruction of the rules that he has always strictly adhered to. Also in the episode with the child, the cute little boy kept yelling innocently: Monk Monk Monk... When Amon was so happy, how much he wanted to keep this child by his side and talk to him. Be companion, raise and accompany him to grow up. But he knows how serious his illness will affect the child's life. He never wanted the child to repeat his mistakes, so in the end he could only watch the child being adopted by another family.
Behind the perfect detective is such an imperfect life.
Perfection is created by many imperfections.
The reason why I can empathize with Amon's life is because I have found the biggest common ground between myself and Amon. The world is changing, and the people, things, and things around us are also changing. Only we have not changed. So I often feel that everything is moving away from us. We just want to keep everything we have now and don't ask for more. But he can't even keep it now. Maybe all viewers who love Amon will hope that one day, Amon can get out of the shadow of his dead wife, get rid of the shadow of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and integrate into the crowd into life. Everyone thinks that he will be happier in this way. But I think this is unlikely. If he can really integrate into life, is he still himself? Is it the real Amon? Is it really happy to live like others? There are always endless troubles in life, and there are a few people who can really not care about things in the world. Being born is not free, and even birth is not a choice for oneself. Amon once said desperately: My birth was a mistake! This is what I have always said. We have no way to change our birth. From now on, we have to be responsible for ourselves. No matter how difficult it is, we must stick to it. I was very pleased to see that Amon rarely thought of committing suicide, which was also the motivation to encourage me to move forward actively. I believe that Amon really saw through the world. My favorite teacher once told me that plain is not about being alienated from everything, but having compassion for everything. I very much agree with this sentence. As advocated in Buddhism, the real way to see through is to bring it up and actively serve the public. Many people are pursuing freedom, but they may not know what true freedom is. People always live for a certain purpose. I think Amon is really free. Even without trudy, he has no worries. There are so many things in this world that make him afraid and make him anxious all the time. He still chooses to go on bravely and use his talent to benefit the people. I think that freedom is not about doing what you want, and being able to bear the responsibility is true freedom. Maybe some people really don't need those worldly things, maybe there is a fairyland at the end of sorrow. I would rather believe that keeping this pure land in my heart is the true source of happiness.
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