simple and happy life

Benjamin 2022-04-21 09:03:38

I like the style of this comic. Although it was during the war, it would not make people feel too depressing. Vibrant flowers and plants often appear in it, with bright colors and bright tones. I think it also conveys a new life. Open and optimistic attitude towards the future.

Through the author's comics, he tells the life of his parents, the ordinary and happy life of a small family. At the same time, during World War II, the people faced the scenes of unemployment, broken families, life and death, etc. I like my father's optimistic attitude and calmness in the face of the ordinary, while my mother manages the odds and ends of the affairs at home. The two cooperate with each other to turn an empty house into a vibrant and warm little family. Both of them are making life better and better little by little. Although the family cannot be made more lively due to the age of the mother, the small family of three people is also joyful. The only small regret is not having a grandson. Although parents still have some traditional ideas, they will not force their children to do things they don't like. They are also lucky to be able to live in peace. During the war, their homes are constantly being destroyed and rebuilt. Seeing other people's families being destroyed, they feel powerless and can only pray for the war to end soon. Time passed by, and they were getting old slowly, until they left, crying here, moved by their simple and warm life, life is not easy, it is the two who bring each other a good life through mutual support. A little sweet.

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Ethel & Ernest quotes

  • [first lines]

    Raymond Briggs: [voice over] There was nothing extraordinary about my Mum and Dad, nothing dramatic, no divorce or anything, but they were my parents and I wanted to remember them by doing a picture book. It's a bit odd really, having a book about my parents up there in the best seller list among all the football heroes and cookbooks. They'd be proud of that, I suppose, or rather probably embarrassed too. I'd imagine they'd say, "It wasn't like that," or, "How can you talk about that?" Well, I have, and this is their story.

  • [last lines]

    Raymond Briggs: [with Jean, looking at the full grown pear tree in Ethel and Ernest's back yard] I grew it from a pip.