redefine ourselves

Jeffery 2022-03-27 09:01:23


Just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is another autumn rain in Beijing. If this sudden rainstorm falls in the evening or late at night, it will give me a comfortable leisure time listening to the rain or a night of sleep with a warm blanket. However, this The rain did not hold back in the end. When I stepped on the subway, the rain poured down and poured down. As soon as I stepped out of the car, I was hit by the rain from the roof of the car, and I was very depressed. .

Trapped at the station with dozens of and more and more "friends in distress", looking at the densely woven slanted rain curtain outside, a feeling of peace of mind arises spontaneously for no reason. Zhang newspaper, sitting on the ground, back against the wall, put on headphones, and started a movie in the rain.

"Smart People" is a low-budget independent film that won accolades at the Sundance Film Festival. The story of this film is bland, and there is not even any thrilling explicit conflict. Except for a woman who is pregnant, there is not even a fight, but it is such a bland story, but it makes me quiet in the rain Sitting in silence for an hour and a half...

The protagonist has multiple identities: he is a scholarly professor who is not popular because of his arrogance, and a man who has never been able to get out of the pain of being widowed and unable to start a new life. A middle-aged man, he is a father who has neglected the education of his children and his relationship with them has gradually drifted away. He is an older brother who has a prejudice against his adopted brother and is afraid to avoid it... Each of us plays a role in our life. With various roles, lovers, subordinates, friends, relatives, these relationships from others constitute our sociality, and also define each of us in another sense, and sometimes, The identity of a certain aspect suddenly goes wrong, and then the "chain reaction" occurs instantly, which will soon affect various other relationships, and eventually lead to this person being "redefined" at the level of social relations. Just like Professor Lawrence in the film, the death of his beloved wife made him devastated. The loss of his husband's identity affected his other identities. He became more and more closed and self-conscious gradually took over the theme of his life. He could not see others but himself. , which he himself will not realize, walking in the crowd, living in the self.

Change is an adjustment. Adjustment requires an incentive. Love is a good medicine. The appearance of a female student more than ten years ago changed Professor Lawrence's life. The flame of love made him feel the coldness of his life, but he still needed to be prepared to take steps towards this enthusiasm. To paraphrase a saying: this is not one small step for Professor Lawrence to love, but one giant leap for him to start changing his life. The chain reaction of influence will also come as expected. On the way to learn how to love, Professor Lawrence was happy with the publication of his son's poems, and began to pay attention to his daughter's thoughts. He stopped arguing with the publishing house in a rigid manner. He began to feel that this adopted brother was indispensable and valuable... Indeed, Life is a mirror, and you can see who you are depends entirely on where you stand.

This is the end of "Smart Man", it is not vigorous, not fighting, not noisy, not hot, just quietly posing a person's life, and also the life of each of us, show us . At this time, I felt a little sore in my neck, more and more people gathered in the station, the rain was still falling, I stood up, moved my arms, fastened my backpack, I opened my umbrella and strode into the rain...

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  • Destinee 2022-03-31 09:01:09

    Just inexplicably like it!

  • Briana 2022-03-30 09:01:11

    It provides confidence to the students who advocate teacher-student love..

Smart People quotes

  • Chuck Wetherhold: These children haven't been properly parented in many years. They're practically feral. That's why I was brought in.

  • Chuck Wetherhold: [to Lawrence] You spend $50 on dinner, that's grounds for intercourse.