How much do you want to change your life?

Tristin 2022-03-19 09:01:04

When I changed jobs before, before I left the old company, I was constantly filled with fresh blood. Therefore, all those who have walked along the way to cut thorns and thorns and sit in high positions should have some ability to see far-sighted. Who's mind has left, and which team is not easy to lead, they probably know in their hearts. So it's better for Xiaoqing not to play, and it's better to work in a stable manner. The new colleague I met before I left wrote a book called Revolutionary Way, which is literally translated from Revolutionary Way. Originally, I was still thinking about what kind of content it would be to take out such a shriveled name—especially for the Chinese public, who were frightened by the word revolution, or, as Xiao Xiong told me, "desensitized". A term derived from politics that doesn't know how to fit into a surge of emotion. So, to me, the title of the book doesn't have any appeal.

Not long after that, however, the stunt of Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dipcario working together again after an eleven-year hiatus became the film's most common news. In the middle eleven years, Dipcario's childishness receded, and he gave birth to the loneliness of a mature man. After several efforts, a handsome face is not the style that Hollywood wants; Winslet is more and more beautiful, and the charm of women As time passed, it became more and more abundant. I remember when I was in high school, the streets were full of photos and postcards of Jack and Rose. A boy in the class bought a black T-shirt with a white pattern of the Titanic and their heads on it. Jack's hair was on one side, which was impressive. Of course, there's that, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Back then, he wanted to give me a gift, which was a wall decoration made by someone. He asked, what character should I write? I said, my heart will go on. He sneered, then took the word in his hand and changed it to "The mountain of books has a road, and the sea of ​​learning has no end."

The rhythm of the film is a bit slow, and it is probably about a crisis in the middle, a crisis in marriage, or the gap between self-identity and social reality. There were two scenes that shocked me at the beginning. The first one was a quarrel between the two. The sweetness of the past had vanished. April had an expression of "I don't want to talk to you." Frank was considerate and comforted, but it was just another quarrel. I've never quarreled with anyone, yes, there are contradictions, but no such quarrel. Just beside the telling highway, the two of them poured out their anger with their own thoughts, so scary and real. The second scene is when Frank goes to work. At the train station, on the train, and in the company building, the people who are carved out of models are so similar to the situation I live in now! When you queue up at the subway station in the morning, and the countless flowing backs of your head during transfer, it is really easy to make you feel hopeless or even lose yourself.

Naturally, you can say that everyone is living the same life. Why is it that you are not satisfied? Do you think there is something special about yourself? Or, do you think you are better than others? Like Frank's colleagues, like those neighbors who live on "Revolution Road". For this kind of questioning, most of the time, you will be speechless. Because when you think about it, there's really nothing special about you; if you have to set yourself a characteristic, then relatively speaking, every individual in the world is unique. However, you are indeed different. Under the same living state, you do not have the satisfaction that others can feel; you do not even have the possible happiness of others. So, start finding a way for yourself to free yourself.

Zhang Huimei sang, relieved, and first admitted that she had made a mistake. That is, before starting a new state of life, first deny what you want to change and strengthen your confidence in living the following life. It's like "negotiation," either emphasizing what's good or targeting what's bad today. April had been imagining what their possible life would be like if they went to Paris; she couldn't say why the current state of life could not satisfy her. It was that lunatic, full of truth and truth, hoping that the two could choose to leave after all, at least give each other a chance, but it failed in the end.

I always felt that the failure to make such a trip could not be attributed to an unintended pregnancy or an accidental promotion at the company. Yes, Frank kept saying to April, I love you, but since they met, he didn't know what he wanted. Even after working for many years, still do not know. April knows what he wants, but suffers from no chance. So she has to give herself a chance, and at the same time hope that her husband can also find what she really wants to do. However, as everyone knows, for many people, life is a kind of turbulent continuation, and the flower of ideals will always bloom only on the other side. Therefore, Frank may not want to find what he wants at all, and he is also worried about whether he can really find it. Yes, he could keep saying how boring my job is today and how much I don't want to follow in his father's footsteps; but he would also say that that decision was too impulsive and irrational.

When that madman said all the truth, when he exploded, it was nothing more than being stabbed in the sore spot by someone else. The lunatic and April can actually be regarded as the same kind, the masters of "free or die". Therefore, he was able to express his dissatisfaction with Frank and April at the same time, which was actually reflected on him, that is, expressing his dissatisfaction with himself.

April finally got rid of the child, but also got rid of himself. She was relieved in a special way. Frank didn't. Live with the kids and maybe find a woman, a less impulsive, realistic woman. And life goes on. In addition, even if they go to Paris, there should be a tragedy of another situation. Life itself is a tragedy.

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Revolutionary Road quotes

  • Bart Pollock: Frank, let me tell you something my father told me. A man gets only a couple of chances in life. If he doesn't grab'em by the balls, it won't take long for he's sitting around wondering why he got to be second rate.

  • [first lines]

    Frank Wheeler: So, what do you do?

    April Wheeler: I'm studying to be an actress. You?

    Frank Wheeler: I'm a longshoreman.

    April Wheeler: No, I mean, really.

    Frank Wheeler: I mean really, too. Although starting next Monday I'm doing something a little more glamorous.

    April Wheeler: What's that?

    Frank Wheeler: Night cashier at a cafeteria.

    April Wheeler: I don't mean how you make money. I mean, what are you interested in?

    Frank Wheeler: Honey, if I had the answer to that one, I bet I'd bore us both to death in half an hour.