First of all, regarding the name of "Les Miserables", I think if Mr. Hugo is alive, he may be sweating on the Chinese translation, right? The original title is "Les Misérables", which means "little people" or "miserable people" and "poor people". It seems easier to understand the whole story when you know the meaning, but look at the Chinese translation of the name It seems that it is not bad, because to a certain extent, the world is indeed composed of a group of miserable people, poor people. From a personal point of view, I prefer the original meaning.
The experience of the miserable person Jean Valjean makes people feel I feel miserable, but I feel that what is really miserable on the surface of misery is the human heart. Therefore, this play is a contrast between external misery and internal misery, and the representative characters can be imagined, Jean Valjean and Sand Wei; Fantine and the hotel owner husband and wife... It can be seen that if a sensitive person sees this work, he will feel extremely miserable, because I think the person who translated the title of the work in Chinese still has its praise. Haha~
Whole This film, from the film to the end, I feel two words: when I choose to
watch the film, there are two emotions fighting in my heart, one is a great sadness, the other is a kind of Huge hope. I can't say who has more and who is less, but these emotions suddenly appeared at the same time, and the one who won in the end was not the result of a fight with each other. I think it was my choice. I chose hope, just like the whole movie. The last scene of the film is the same! I think this is the message that Mr. Hugo wants to bring to the reader, right? Because you can still see traces of its romanticism in the play. Whether it is the dialogue or the only love story, or the final So I think this is actually the same as our life. On the road, there will always be two different forces struggling in our hearts, whether it is good
or evil. Of course there will be struggles, but I always feel that too much struggle does not There is nothing to solve, and what is really needed is a choice, and only after that choice can that struggle really help you get to the end!
It is also like the scene where Jean Valjean struggles in the church at the beginning of the film. The most important thing is that he made a correct choice. Some struggles, and in times of adversity, the struggles before that will come without reservation, but now because you have a clear line, it helps you not to be swallowed by the struggles. The struggle in this play should be for everyone, that is, the phrase "Who Am I?" by Jean Valjean that penetrates the whole play.
I think those who have this struggle in their lives are blessed, but the final choice will decide your end.
Even if Jean Valjean made the choice after the struggle - accepting salvation - his life would still be haunted by this struggle, but it should be the love of salvation that encouraged him to face this struggle. This is what depicts many people today who are seeking the true meaning of life (and it is also the trial process of many Christians on the road to sanctification). After choosing salvation, the involvement of the old self will make people doubt their own identity. also doubt the end of that salvation. Like Jean Valjean carrying Marius through the ugly and dirty sewers and finally coming out to get his life. Our life is also spent in a similar situation, but we must not forget the very important thing is where our end is! Even if you are tired, disappointed, you will lose some of your seemingly precious things, you will encounter unsatisfactory sewers, you will encounter old enemies that are relentlessly pursued, and you will face self-doubt... but the real search Those who have reached the end of their lives - the kingdom of heaven - will still go to the end like Jean Valjean, and see the fruit of salvation - Cosette's happiness.
This drama made me reflect on my true understanding of salvation. Have I really made that choice, as determined as Jean Valjean threw away that old "identity card"?
Think about it, some people seem to make a choice, but they don't, because the focus is on the inner decision. Because a person's heart can drive a person's actions, so the focus of a person is also the end point of the person's heart~ That's why, right? That's why Jesus said: Worship God in spirit and in truth! Thus, salvation is a gift for the soul! rather than by behavior.
Also in this play another important figure is the representative of behaviorism - Javert. He thinks his life is a life of justice, and I don't think his inner world will be easier than that of Jean Valjean! Because God put conscience in the heart of man. So just as Judas betrayed Jesus in those days, although it is different from Javert, it has the same "struggle" part. Therefore, the important part that echoes before and after in the opera is about choice. One is the one mentioned above. Jean Valjean's self-selection after being favored by the priest, one is Javert's final choice on the Seine after experiencing Jean Valjean's refusal to kill. The same music, the same struggle, the same favor, but a different choice...
At this point I think about the "predestination" part of the Bible, Romans 9:11-12 about Esau and In the time of Jacob: "Before the twins were born, and the good and the evil were not done, but because the will of God's election was to be revealed, not according to the deeds of the people, but because of the One who called them, God said to Rebekah: The elder shall serve the younger." And the following verse 15: He said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy"... Before, when I read this part, I actually felt that God is domineering, but when you read each character's life carefully, you will understand why God loves this and hates that! God gives everyone the same right to choose, but in choosing, whether our heart can follow the original conscience is the most important, because only it can lead us to the final destination - the kingdom of heaven - that is with the Father. Reunion place. That is the place that Jean Valjean was most worried about in the end that he couldn't go - the heavenly home! And Javert's jump after the struggle was part of the plan, right? From this it can be seen that God's predestination is for eternity, not just this life, as Rebekah did. Because what she thought was of this life, she did the following. And when you look closely at Jacob's life, it's actually not the kind of "big serving the little" life that people think, but a restless life in exile. This shows that the more important part of God's predestined is eternal!
At this point, the so-called miserable person should not be a person like Jean Valjean who was misunderstood and followed for a lifetime, nor a person like Fantine who was abandoned and forced to sell his body, nor should he not be the daughter of a hotel owner who gave her life for her lover. People who are really miserable should be people like Javert who, after experiencing forgiveness and the love of salvation, still don't know who they are, they choose this difficult road for themselves to know themselves The easiest way, but also the most tragic end!
(Of course, there are some differences between the characters in the original book and the movie, but the general characters are similar...)
Looking back at this era, just like the scene in the theater when I was watching the movie, you can hear noises and inexplicable laughs sound, or see Hanhan falling asleep... I don't know how many people will understand the true meaning of the movie, but I can't deny other people's appreciation. Just a personal view of a giant screen going from a small screen to our midst - Les Miserables
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