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Roel 2022-04-21 09:03:38

A very beautiful story about life, from Ernest and Ethel's meeting, falling in love, getting married and having children, to the end of life, it shows us one by one in the form of comics. The life of the two people is plain and happy. Marriage and family are full of warmth, philosophy and wisdom, and it seems that they have understood that two people can be harmonious and different when they are together, a housewife, a milkman, Ernest and Ethel when discussing politics Ethel asks Whether he wants to eat bread or not, when Ernest said that Hitler was going to publish a book in the UK, Ethel said that it sounds like Hitler is great... Although the two have differences, it does not affect their feelings. There was no quarrel in the whole plot. Every time Ethel was sad, Ernest would say intimately: I know, I know, it's all out of love and understanding. It's a very peaceful state, and the hostess has a straightforward personality. , There are different opinions and outspoken, the male host is tolerant, and it is the best state for two people to be together. There is a detail in the play. When the male protagonist discusses the congressman, the two have different opinions. He arrogantly says that he is also an educated person. Ethel says that he is indeed uneducated, and he is the same. Ernest sadly agrees. She hugged each other, and the heroine comforted, who would be rare to be a member of Congress, and the two smiled knowingly. Very harmonious and warm.

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Ethel & Ernest quotes

  • [first lines]

    Raymond Briggs: [voice over] There was nothing extraordinary about my Mum and Dad, nothing dramatic, no divorce or anything, but they were my parents and I wanted to remember them by doing a picture book. It's a bit odd really, having a book about my parents up there in the best seller list among all the football heroes and cookbooks. They'd be proud of that, I suppose, or rather probably embarrassed too. I'd imagine they'd say, "It wasn't like that," or, "How can you talk about that?" Well, I have, and this is their story.

  • [last lines]

    Raymond Briggs: [with Jean, looking at the full grown pear tree in Ethel and Ernest's back yard] I grew it from a pip.