The well-behaved reflection on American family issues, the protagonists are two young girls with distinctive personalities and metaphors.
A girl with a high IQ was the daughter of a middle-class family who killed thoroughbred horses, but why did she kill thoroughbred horses? She lacks normal human emotions, no fear, no sorrow when she loses her loved ones, she is not happy to win cards online, and she has never even thought about the meaning of life, but in order to integrate into the society as much as possible, she pretends to be crying, especially when attending funerals. There are "tests" occasions. I guessed that she had only one strong emotion left, jealousy. This might be her only motive for killing a horse. A person from an insignificant background would be jealous of a horse of noble blood.
The other girl is a rebellious girl who married into a wealthy family with her mother.
They represent a new generation of Americans with emotional numbness and rebellious character. I kind of like these two personalities.
The two girls met again many years later. The numb girl witnessed the unbearable family situation of the rebellious girl, and proposed that the rebellious girl murder her arrogant stepfather, with no more solemn tone than killing a horse.
The rebellious girl adopted the suggestion after struggling several times, and told the numb girl that she had taken the medicine in her drink. If she drank it, she would faint, and would blame her when her father was successfully killed.
The numb girl with a high IQ was really numb. She drank all her drinks, knowing the plan, and was willing to be blamed. The rebellious girl asked her why? She said that life is really meaningless.
It's sad and intriguing ending. It is obviously wrong to say that she has never thought about the meaning of life. She has not only thought about it, but also blocked all passages.
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