No matter what kind of youth has passed, there will be an end

Gregory 2022-04-23 07:01:08

On June 6, 2017, there was a light rain last night, and the ground was still wet. In the morning, I listened to two verses of C language in a daze, then I lay in bed, put on my headphones, and turned on one of the first movies I knew - "Trainspotting".

I don't know why I haven't read "Trainspotting" seriously, but at this time, I'm at the end of my youth, and I feel a lot of emotion.

In the film, a young Mark lives a rotten life with his friends, surrounded by drugs, robbery, theft and endless sex. No matter what the bad mood, even if the baby left by promiscuity died in the cradle because there was no time to take care of it, it only takes a spoonful of melted drugs to forget all troubles. It's not an exaggeration to say that you are drunk. The time of being intoxicated is very cool, but it is short-lived. If you don’t quit, you are destined to spend your whole life running around buying drugs, stealing drugs, and taking drugs. Occasionally sober Mark seems to understand this point, the first time to get rid of drugs can be said to be well prepared, but it is easy to get rid of drugs but difficult to get rid of drugs, and soon re-addicts. Until the drug that almost killed him, after a painful struggle, Mark succeeded in detoxification. When he came to London, he found a decent job in rental housing, cut off contact with Spud, Simon, etc., and went well with his little girlfriend Diane, and seemed to be on the right track. But the good times didn't last long. Begbie and Simon entered his life one after another, disrupting everything. His life had just begun and was about to end. Just when I couldn't bear it, came the bad news of Tommy's death, which was naturally related to taking drugs. The old brothers were reunited, and just after the funeral, Begbie announced that he had obtained a batch of heroin from Russian sailors and planned to make a fortune together, and poor Mark returned to his old life. Back in London, it was finally sold for £16,000, and the four of them embraced each other happily. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, Mark carried his bag alone and chose to betray these friends who were like-minded in the journal. Mark was walking on the road, he said that this would be the last time and that he would start a new life.

Such youth must be rare in China. We are all good youths of socialism, and we dare not even think about drugs and robbery. The college entrance examination will take place tomorrow, and tens of thousands of Chinese students have chosen to take this stable path. What about after the college entrance examination? Looking back on this time last year, I was equally worried, and my family placed high hopes on it, and I was absolutely a good young man. What about today? Today, tens of thousands of students are decadent again. Or obsessed with the king, or indulged in the alliance, sleepy all day long, holding a mobile phone and computer, not listening to lectures, not studying, and having lofty and great dreams!

Think about it, it is essentially the same as the plot in "Trainspotting", but the order is reversed, and the degree of decadence is divided.

Different choices, different life trajectories, but no matter what kind of youth has passed, there will be an end. It's time for the rebellious youth to end. Mark smiled and prepared for a new life. I will also put away my phone and lift my sore head. It's time to listen to the class.

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Trainspotting quotes

  • Begbie: [to Renton] You better clean up your fuckin' act, sunshine. Cut that shite out forever.

    Mrs. Renton: [Nodding her head] You listen to Francis, Mark. He's talkin' sense, kid.

  • Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: [to Mrs. Murphy] I'm sorry Mrs. Murphy. That wasn't fair Spud goin' down and not me

    Begbie: [to Mrs. Murphy] Well it's not our fault! Your boy went down because he's a fuckin' smackhead! And if that's not your fault, then I don't know what is.

    [Mrs. Murphy turns to walk away]

    Begbie: I was the fuckin' cunt who tried to get him off it.