I still remember a story called "Five Sugars", a super-class killer found his prey drinking coffee when he was sniping at a long-distance target, and added five spoons of sugar to the coffee in a row, so he gave up killing.
A seemingly absurd story actually reflects human nature and life. A killer, it's his job to kill, he's honed his skills over a long period of time, but at the same time becomes numb and hollow.
He said that he works to make money, and after making money, he buys delicious food, and so on. It wasn't until this mission that he realized that he had forgotten the taste of coffee and sugar. Is it just that? Is it because killing loses people's hearts and blood loses its nature? Maybe that was the case when he started killing people, but it seemed a little far-fetched when he saw killing as his job.
In a way, the killer is no different from other professions, it is more lost in the constant desert of life than in blood and human life. It's like a person trying to move forward day after day, just to move forward. As he said, killing is actually very simple, as long as you forget the taste of sugar.
To be honest, there are parts of "Monster" that I don't understand, and I don't know why, but I know it's reasonable because it gives me a real feeling.
The protagonist gave up almost everything just to pursue a goal, and it was also because this goal attracted many people and performed many things. Each story gave people a real feeling, bizarre but not exaggerated and twisted and not contrived. Sometimes content that seems to be irrelevant to the main thread turns out to be so essential.
The inspiration given to me by "Monster": For life, for literature, for movies, if you want a deeper understanding, you may really need more experience. If you want to know the taste of coffee, the best way is to taste it yourself.
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