Heart is like a desert, no grass grows

Burnice 2022-04-20 09:01:04

A recent QQ signature of a child's shoes reads: The work place is next to Sichuan-Tibet Road, but it is farther and farther away from Tibet.

Have a heart.

Traveling to Tibet alone is already a hypocritical behavior in the eyes of some people, but in my opinion, if you travel to Tibet, it will only be because it is the roof of the world, the sky is high and the sky is clear, and you can see your nature. And people think a lot of things when they are only themselves.
In conclusion, as long as you travel alone, you can go anywhere, Tibet is just an optional condition.

Humans are social animals. If they want to survive in society and deal with people, they will inevitably be confused and hurt. At this time, probably many people have the idea of ​​"left behind and independent", but always is neglect of action.

When Chris was young, his parents divorced, and his mother left with his other brother, while his father refused to admit it and concentrated on developing his own career after the continuation. Little Chris then spent his childhood without warmth, and could only warm each other with his sister.

After graduating from college, Chris refused the opportunity to go to Harvard for further study, destroyed his ID, donated all his savings, burned the cash, and walked into the wilderness alone.


The plot summary is probably as mentioned above. While watching the movie, I sighed at the magnificence of nature and the richness of Chris' life, but in the end I was full of regrets.

Although Chris is an extreme idealist, he is obviously not a person with a social disorder. Although he is penniless on the road, in order to achieve the goal of "going to Alaska", he also works a lot and goes to the wheat field to harvest. Machine (T_T I also want to go), go to fast food restaurants to make hamburgers, buy necessities after getting salary; and in the process of wandering, he also made a lot of friends, even family and love in front of him, but by him Refused.

So why did he burn his money and choose the extreme path of self-imposed exile? Chris's father is a businessman. In Chris's opinion, his parents are already "financially obsessed" and even have little affection for him. When he graduated from college, his father and stepmother offered to buy him a new car, he asked : "Why do I think I need a new car? Is it because I have to give my neighbors an explanation?" A powerful refutation of the parents' value of money.

It can be inferred that in Chris's heart, he abhors money, and too much money indirectly destroys his family. He didn't understand how indifferent people were in this money-oriented society. University education didn't help him solve this problem, and Harvard's advanced studies didn't help, so he skipped his studies and set out on his own with no money to figure it out. (GJ!)
But after he's seen the beauty of the United States of America, the problem isn't solved by traveling 10,000 miles. Chris feels depressed and alienated in the city: he can't understand what a love-hate relationship is between people!

Angry and confused, Chris decides to self-exile and go to Alaska.
From the fact that he had the idea and acted on it, to the fact that he rejected hippie couples, teenage girls, old lonely old men, I deduced a sad conclusion:

Chris doesn't really understand the relationship between people. Love and hate that (well, I don't understand either, and I can't quite explain it properly). In a word, he likes nothing and loves no one. The normal communication between him and people is based on good education. If he crosses the border, he can only touch the invisible but always active wall (you read that right, it is A.T.Field !) Chris went to Alaska, both to escape from society, and it is understandable that he wanted to fill the huge gap in his heart by asking himself.

When Chris finally starved to death, he felt cold, shaking his hands and tightening the zipper of his jacket, but thinking about the warm embrace of his parents: what if I opened my heart at that time? Thinking like this, a lonely smile spread across his face.

Before he died, the words written in the Bible marked him as finding his own answer:
happiness only when shared.

So, the ending is even more regrettable.

The heart is like a wilderness, and no grass grows. The title of the film into the wild may have the same meaning. Chris paid the price of his life for this.

After ending this sad story, I choose to face life more sunshine.
Brave girls, open your hearts! O(∩_∩)O

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Into the Wild quotes

  • Carine McCandless: Chris was writing his story, and it had to be Chris who would tell it.

  • Walt McCandless: Don't you walk away from me, woman! Woman!

    Billie McCandless: Kids! Look what your dad is doing to me!

    Walt McCandless: For God's sake, look what your mother is making me do!

    Billie McCandless: Fuck you! I hate you!

    Walt McCandless: There ain't gonna be no party. I'm gonna cancel Christmas this year.

    Billie McCandless: Cancel Christmas? Who do you think you are? God?

    Walt McCandless: That's right! I'm God!