What made Tom a bum? It's self-evident that Mig's deliberate, step-by-step take away Tom's life little by little. But, why did Tom allow this to happen? He was lying at the window watching the homeless man, he opened the door for Migg, and he chose to quit his job and spend all day with Mig Chaos in the name of his dream , or he forced away his faithful girlfriend Gerri for this way of life.
If a person finds that he is always in the company of the devil, either by chance or by chance, it can only mean that the devil in his heart has not been removed. Sadly, this is everyone's predicament, and everyone has a Mig that condenses all of our cynicism, indolence, and boredom with the trivialities of life. These are factors that we deny, so we don't usually open the door to the Mig in our hearts, unless - Mig cunningly uses what we identify with, carefully packaged himself - yes, the ideal . Mig used Tom's unrealized dream of a writer to dispel Tom's contempt for himself, and gained Tom's approval. Then, like mistletoe, it spread wildly in Tom's life, covering, and finally causing Tom to be like a dying man. Like the host plant, it has lost its own life, life is lifeless, and it is dark (in the play, it is shown as arrears and power failure, and the room is plunged into darkness). But as many film critics have said, Tom may have witnessed a car accident on the way to send his girlfriend to audition, which caused his heart to be traumatized, and let Mig in his heart and reality take advantage of it.
It is a taboo to find a good reason to escape, and what is more unforgivable is that we use "ideal" to do this good reason.
A life truly chosen for ideals should at least be surging with the power of upward growth. Maybe choosing an ideal makes us give up some responsibilities, but the ideal itself gives people the willingness to take on other responsibilities. Just as the purpose of destroying an old building is to rebuild it according to the blueprint in mind, so the construction itself is heavy labor. And Tom is just waiting for Mig to get the relief money for himself, drinking and losing heart with Mig all day, and hardly sees the reason why he chose to let Mig live in the first place - Mig can talk to him about his favorite writer. It can be seen that Tom's behavior is really just an escape from his own life. It's been this way since the beginning, and while he mocks the tramp, he's still staring at the window—he's looking only at a part of himself. He hates the tedious and uninteresting work day after day, and he despises the homeless and sloppy, but a long look proves that his heart is ready for this seemingly free life. His girlfriend Gerri said that Mig was just using him to satisfy himself, but he accused Gerri and Mig of being no different, and he had to do boring and trivial work to meet Gerri's needs in life. Tom's accusation and complaint here may be understood as a riot of the "ego". The ego is the servant of the three tyrants, the id, the superego, and the external world. Mig is more in line with the definition of the id, while Gerri is close to the superego, but also with the meaning of the outside world. It is true that Gerri, like Mig, "utilized" Tom in different senses, but there is a difference between the two. This difference uses Tom's apartment neat and chaotic as a contrast in the play. There are also different meanings in life understanding.
Desire also brings blindness. Just like Mig isolates Tom from the outside world, when people fall into this desire, they also fool and deceive themselves, appear defenseless and have no resistance to the brainwashing of the id - this is not surprising , because the id is a part of ourselves, and we cannot keep it out of reach, just as our immune system does not produce antibodies to our own cells.
The unexpected part of this story is that (obviously I feel clumsy...), I always thought that Mig was the condensation of Tom's idea, which was unreal; it turned out that Gerri was, maybe in the title of "Tom and Gerri" It has already been hinted. The story ends with Tom starting to build his life again with the help of "Gerri", getting his room back in order and getting on with his life refreshed - but it's based on the fact that he drowned Mig in the bathtub superior. Unfortunately, Mig, the real person, died in Tom's hatred of himself. Perhaps, the best way to treat Mig in their hearts is to invite him and Gerri to the living room together when Mig keeps knocking on the door, keep tolerant and understanding, and be vigilant, and the three of them have a good talk. Don't have to lose Gerri, don't have to drown Mig, don't have to bury his own life.
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