Jenny is not a shallow girl

Demetrius 2022-03-25 09:01:08

I thought that growth education was based on a movie based on a novel, but I checked and there was no such book. Only a memoir of a female reporter. After reading the movie reviews, they all said that this is an old-fashioned story of a simple and beautiful girl being deceived, or that the heroine Jenny deserved to be deceived because she was greedy for pleasure, and some said that girls are not easy to raise, and it is too easy to compare in the process of growing up. The boy is in trouble.

In fact, I want to say that what they said is wrong.

First of all, this story is not an old-fashioned dupe story. Because Jenny is smart, opinionated, and connotative. She is not the kind of superficial girl that can be bought for the pleasure life brought to her by the hero, she is indeed deceived, but the reason is not single greed for pleasure. As for the last question, if you watch the film well, you can actually find the answer.

Jenny's living environment is very simple, excellent students in the girls' school, and strict tutoring. Her father has absolute authority at home, and Jenny is not allowed to touch anything unrelated to the exam. Such as French songs and works of art. Yes, an old love liar appeared later, but the reason why Jenny followed him was not because he loved his money, but because he followed him to live the life she really wanted. Following him, she could see art and go to concerts. These are things that her past living environment could not give her because of the hypocrisy of the school and parents. They don't care about what you really want, they only care about your grades, whether you get into college, whether you finish your Latin homework.

Jenny does enjoy the old liar's money, but no one hates it, does it? That doesn't mean that's what Jenny values. She dropped out to get married, but who ever gave Jenny the chance to really understand what the purpose of going to college was? She was only required to do so by her strict father and school. Now that she found that she had other paths to take, she naturally would not think about going to school. Jenny was far smarter than girls her age, so no one could give her a piece of advice. In the school-family repressive system, only her English teacher is really living a life that she truly pursues and loves, and only she is a real person. But it's a pity that she didn't understand what happened to Jenny's problem, so the communication between the two failed. Jenny thought that the teacher, like her headmistress, didn't understand the meaning of life, and the teacher thought that Jenny no longer loved literature. In fact, it's not that Jenny doesn't love it, it's just that what she loves the most is not literature, she loves art the most, but these are not available at school and at home. And literature, because Jenny is very smart, she is very good at this, maybe her teacher misunderstood her willingness, and the teacher did not understand what her home education brought her.

Jenny is brave. The mistakes she made were not entirely her own, but after refuting the principal, dropping out and finding herself deceived, she bravely admitted her mistakes to the headmistress. The reason is not entirely hers, but she still admits her mistake. But her headmistress, who looks very aloof, is sometimes the most hypocritical person. She doesn't understand the true meaning of life, but she thinks that she can arbitrarily decide other people's life choices, whether it is moral or immoral. She rejected Jenny's request to go back to school again. The reason is very hypocritical. I'm afraid you will waste our place. But how is that possible? For an excellent student like Jenny, if she is determined to get into Oxford University, what is the probability of wasting? The headmistress simply disliked Jenny's previous rebuttal, even though it was powerful and correct. As a member of such a repressive system, the only point of your existence is to be obedient. Your honor, your praise, is based on this. If you dare to question authority, dare to rebel against authority, then you are no longer who you used to be, and your existence is as meaningless as a piece of shit. Your past honors, praises, all vanished, even though you never changed inside.

Finally, let's talk about girls who are not easy to raise, especially beautiful girls. Just look at Jenny's experience. Their suppression of Jenny just pushed Jenny further into the arms of the liar. In fact, when she found out that the other party was a thief, she wanted to leave her, and she was not deceived by the other party's rhetoric, which was difficult for a 16- or 17-year-old girl with a simple living environment. This just shows that Jenny is not a simple and romantic stupid girl. If it weren't for the fact that the past life wasn't a real life at all, Jenny wouldn't have gotten so deeply into it, and it didn't end until she slept with each other and got engaged, and finally found out that the other party was irretrievably married. It is true that no reason can guarantee that a girl will not be deceived, but if she has something she really loves and can pursue freely, things will not develop to the point of getting out of hand.





Speaking of an unrelated association, some people are deceived and deserve sympathy, and some people are not.

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  • Hadley 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    The heroine is quite beautiful, and there are many big-name cameos~ For example, the principal is from True Love, and the blonde woman is from Pride and Prejudice~~ (cherish life, stay away from married men)

  • Cassandra 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    In fact, I am also willing to exchange all the men who are older than me for a Cambridge University classical literature and art offer

An Education quotes

  • Jenny: [Reading from envelopes she found in David's car] Mr. and Mrs. David Goldman. Mr. and Mrs. David Goldman. Mr. and Mrs. David- you're married!

    David: Legally yes, but...

    Jenny: When were you going to tell me?

    David: Soon, it just never seemed like the right time. You seemed so happy, and I was happy...

    Jenny: You were living with your wife all this time, around the corner! Byron Avenue. It's no wonder we kept bumping into each other, is it? What number?

    David: 34. Don't be like this, come on.

    Jenny: I have nothing. I didn't take my exams. I... I left school. Where's it all gone now?

  • Jack: We have to have this out. Well, if you won't do it, I will. I'm still your father.

    Jenny: You're my father again now, are you? And what were you when you encouraged me to throw my life away? Silly schoolgirls are always getting seduced by glamorous older men, but what about you two?