At that time, in the playground conference, in the classroom broadcast, the corridor exhibition board would call on everyone to collect donations and save lives. Most of my classmates have donated as many times as I did. With little effort, I have never seen what a leukemia classmate looks like, and I don't know the grief of their family. After some students donate, the TV station will come to interview non-stop, and then we finally saw the donor and the patient on TV standing on both sides of a pennant, smiling at the camera. After that, there was no audio.
Perhaps, at that time, our concern for patients was only for the patients, and we only took out so few dollars in our pocket money. We know how to pronounce the word death, but we still don't understand some truths at the end of life.
The movie is different after all, let alone in a clear, literary film like "I and Earl and the Dying Girl". Greg and Earle are a pair of buddies, their lives are very monotonous, because they are hardcore fanatical fans, immersed in the life of changing various classic movies every day. Withdrawal is their style, and they don't want to change, especially Greg. Although he maintains a basic acquaintance with every group in the school, in his eyes, everyone is weird. But the biggest freak is actually himself, because no one can love movies to this point like he and Earl.
Standing on the tail of a boring high school life, such a freak met Rachel, a girl who was diagnosed with leukemia in the summer. Because of his mother, he also visited Rachel to ask about his condition at first, as if he were on a routine task, and then there was no possibility of intersection.
But after Greg and Earle accidentally ate the hemp in Chinese rice noodles, the three of them became good friends. It is not that marijuana enhances their friendship, but on a scorching summer, two high school students who have no plans for their own lives, when they have fantasies in their eyes, they think of a trustworthy friend. Maybe it's because Rachel is also a girl who is about to die anyway, he should be immune to strangers.
They were eating ice cream on the corner stairs that afternoon, watching the fantasy in their heads and becoming friends. They thought about making a movie for Rachel as farewell, but the same blessings made people feel tired. At the same time, there was a sudden break in friendship, whether it was Greg and Rachel or Earl. Because they finally had to admit the fact that Rachel was about to die.
Throwing away those superficial greetings, the three young people were truly scared. Friendship fades with life. This is the unbearable pain in their carefree age. What's more, Greg has fallen in love with Rachel, and he will face the separation of death before his first love begins.
Finally, on the night of the prom, Greg wore a suit to visit Rachel in the hospital and showed her a special short film. It's a pity that the movie only presents a short period, but I can feel the chaos and depression on the screen, and the ensuing dazzling. It's not like a gift given by a person, but it's too much like the mess in their hearts. Blurred and intoxicating, just closing your eyes means closing your eyes, and there is no next chapter.
Greg's life must have changed. Faced with a real feeling of death and contact with the most cowardly chaos in his heart, in the end, Rachel continued to live in the memory left behind in his new life.
The problem is that life is too easy for everyone to talk about.
Text/Mr
. Fox posted on the WeChat public account of "The Great Mr. Fox" (tchengzhong)
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