Best-selling author Clay Hammond’s new work "The Words" is about to meet with readers, and he will read his new work to readers at the new book promotion meeting.
"The old man stood in the rain. He watched Roy and Dora Janssen walk into the car, feeling that the rain deliberately avoided them." This led to a story related to creation.
Rory Janssen has a dream of writing and has been working full-time at home to create, but he has no ambitions. Because of his lack of fame, although his work was appreciated by a publishing house, the other party said that publishing this work was a risk, and no publishing house would publish his work.
In fact, it also exposes a very common phenomenon in the literary and art world: when you are famous, everyone wants to praise your work; when you are unknown, no one wants to take the risk to praise you. So no matter which circle you are in, the road for newcomers is very bumpy, and opportunities often play a decisive role.
Rory and Mrs. Dora went to Paris for their honeymoon after their wedding. They found a seemingly old but very durable briefcase in a middle-aged store. Dora felt that it was a good match for Rory and bought it to him. While digging out his briefcase, Rory accidentally found a manuscript that was forgotten by time. This is a romance novel that records the Paris in the 1940s. After reading the manuscript, Rory was deeply attracted by the stories in the novel, and at this moment he realized that he would never be able to write this kind of novel in his entire life.
Rory worked very hard in creation. During the day, he went out with his wife to experience the life in the city, the stories of friends, and the stories around him to find inspiration. When night fell, he sat at the computer desk and began to write novels. But art values talents, and diligence alone cannot create excellent works. When writing once fell into a bottleneck, Rory finally broke through the moral barriers in his mind after a fierce quarrel with Dora, and typed the manuscript word by word into the computer.
When Dora finished reading his novel, he was deeply moved and encouraged him to go to the editor of the publishing house and try to publish the book. As expected, this book was named the best-selling book of the year in the United States, Rory As a rising star in the American literary world, he finally stood at the top of the literary world, and was qualified to laugh at writers without writing ability, including himself.
When Rory and his family were immersed in the honor and embrace that swept through, the appearance of an old man broke the joy in his heart. It turns out that this old man is the real author of the manuscript. This novel tells the story of the meeting, falling in love, and separation between him and his wife in Paris, and it is this manuscript that strung this story.
This film tells three stories nested within each other. Although there is no clear explanation of the ending of the story in some places, some clues can still be found. The theme throughout the play is related to "choice". The dilemmas faced by the three writers are also related to the choices they made. They struggled for their choices, succumbed to each other, and finally achieved each other.
The old man and his wife were temporarily separated because of the death of the young girl, and because the manuscript was completed, the wife returned to her side, and then separated again because the manuscript was lost by his wife on the train. The old man's choice between the manuscript and his wife proved that he liked the book more than his wife at that moment.
Even if he missed her every day for the rest of his life, it was done, and his wife had a new family and a new life, and he could no longer make choices; even if he spent the rest of his life in regret, he must bear the pain. "You take those words, you take the pain." is not only what he said to Rory, but also a summary of his choices back then.
Although the old man did not blame Rory for stealing his own work, because even he himself felt ironic. At this time, the things that were so cherished at the time were worthless. The old man left his loved one because of the loss of his work. In the end, When I found this book, I "don't care" and "don't care" about it. Instead, I was plunged into thinking and regret for my beloved throughout my life.
At this moment, Rory is also facing the same choice. He stole the old man's manuscript, and he must choose between telling the truth and continuing to hide it. After experiencing a strong ideological struggle, Rory chose to confess with his wife, but a fierce quarrel followed. The wife blamed Rory for not thinking about their family when he chose to steal the manuscript, and Rory believed that his wife who knew so well would be able to recognize that it was not from him after reading the manuscript. He blamed his wife for the same vanity. Trick yourself to accept.
Rory found the old man and told him the self-blame and regret in his heart. He wanted to tell the world the truth and abandon all the honors that did not belong to him. The old man persuaded him to "go forward and don't look back", because even if he speaks out The truth will not change anything. It is better to do nothing, because you have already been punished in your heart by taking away things that do not belong to you.
When Rory was desperate to ask his father for living expenses due to writing, his father said to him: "You have to learn to be a man, no matter what you do, it is your own decision." Rory and his wife in the novel Although there was a quarrel after the confession, the two felt that they might be separated because of this incident, but in the end Rory apologized and obtained his wife’s forgiveness. Window of The Tears.
And the author of the novel "The Words", Clay Hammond may have had a fierce conflict with his wife in real life, and the stubborn Hammond did not save his wife. So when he kissed the young book fan Daniela after telling her the ending of the novel, Rory and his wife reconciled in his mind. This was a pity in his heart. He failed to apologize to his wife for forgiveness. Forever Having lost her, he always wears the wedding ring and is in regret.
There are countless choices in human life. Although we are all greedy and want to get everything, I always believe in the law of conservation of energy. When you want to get something, you must give up something. For example, if you choose money, you give up pain. (Haha, shaking cleverly)
We will always walk at the crossroads of life, although from time to time we will regret the ups and downs, shouldn't we choose another path in the first place? Maybe other roads will have better scenery, but since we have chosen one of them, we must keep going. I believe that although there are thorns along the way, there will also be pleasant scenery. Variations are the source of happiness." Well~
I remember that the end of KY's article made me deeply touched: "Take responsibility for all your choices and experiences. People who cannot be responsible for themselves will fall into self-remorse for a long time once they encounter bad results. Only when you can take responsibility for yourself can you have the courage to face the various possibilities of life, and continue to explore and grow." After all, life is a process of constantly fighting monsters and upgrading. We fight monsters all the way and feel the joy of customs clearance. In the age, it still has to be a little bit of Ah Q spirit haha.
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