Never at ease

Bonnie 2021-11-14 08:01:23

Watched a very old film. It is hard to imagine a person like Papillon.
The beginning of the story is that he was mistakenly convicted of killing the pimp and arrived on the island. When a friend is frustrated, he helps, ran away, was arrested, and detained, so hungry that only half his life was left, but he thought about it but never betrayed his friend.
Bobby has always said that he is innocent, but that wasted dream, his sin, is also the sin of almost every one of us. After that, Daiger told him that he had the opportunity to make arrangements and only tolerated it for three years. However, it was Papillon and refused.
Papillon’s escape route is a support for the infinite pursuit of freedom, and will never give in to life. Difficulties and obstacles, I hope, that time, he succeeded.
Even when his hair is gray, he can get along with his friends and cultivate on the island.
At the end of the story, Papillon once again invited Louis to travel with him. Louis said that I had no money, and the money was taken away. Yes, "you can't buy freedom with money". Maybe Louis is us who are entangled in mundane affairs, without the courage to pursue, let alone possibly fail again. And in life, how many silly hard work hope to buy freedom with money? And I imagined what a wonderful life might be.
The last pursuit is a jump full of courage. How brave.
Louis watched him as he walked away, flipping away in the waves, tears in his eyes.
At the end of the story, Papillon won in the narration and finally lived the life of a free man. It's comforting.

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Extended Reading
  • Ruthe 2021-11-14 08:01:23

    It can even be said to be better than "Shawshank's Redemption"

  • Guadalupe 2022-04-20 09:01:35

    In 1930, Henry Charliere was arrested and imprisoned for the murder of a pimp, and he went on a lifelong unsuccessful escape from prison until he was about to be pardoned because of his old age, but he refused the gift. Throw a bunch of coconut shells on the sea, drift away, use your actions to win real freedom.

Papillon quotes

  • Prisoner: I know you, you're Dega. You're a very intelligent man!

    Dega: Thank you. I seem to be known in all the wrong places.

  • Camp Commandant: Make the best of what we offer you, and you will suffer less than you deserve.