Author: Ono Girl
Some people say that "love" is long-term companionship;
Some people say that "love" is a journey that is desperate;
Some people say that "love" is an island that belongs only to two people;
James. Kane's "love" is a literary, ambiguous murder.
Based on a real case that shook the nation in the 19th century, "The Postman Always Rings the Bell Twice" was put on the screen four times and became one of the bestsellers in the United States of the last century.
Nobel Prize-winning literature laureate Camus's famous work The Outsider was also inspired by this novel.
This work is about love, about human nature, about desire, about death, opening up a diverse world for the reader.
1
Love and lust
I don't know what to do, but I go deeper.
The most moving love words in the world are nothing more than those described in the poem: "You are the blossom of a tree and a tree, the swallow whispering among the beams, you are love, you are warm, you are hope, you are the April day on earth." ”
Perhaps Frank had said something similar to Cora on an early spring morning.
Frank starts out as a poor homeless guy and is soon taken in by Nick, the restaurateur, but Frank falls in love with the hostess, Cora.
The two men showed their love for each other, in the back kitchen of the restaurant, and Nick was out of the distance, and frank and Cora, two parallel lines of different directions, intersected at a certain moment.
"Is the door locked?" frank? ”
"Yes, I don't know why the door was locked."
"Then let's keep it locked."
So, the two embraced each other deeply and responded to each other's love with the warmest kiss.
She was short and fierce; he was sincere and bold.
Outside the door is ethics and morality, but inside the door is the sinking of desire.
Cora is tired of Nick's racial identity and wants to regain his lost youth in Frank, a white man.
Frank wandered for half his life, longing for the peace of his soul in Cora.
The famous writer Márquez once said: "When a woman decides to be with a man, there is no wall that she cannot jump over, there is no fortress that she cannot push down, and there is no moral concern that she cannot abandon." ”
Admittedly, this stimulating extramarital affair freed the two men from the shackles of morality, and they supported each other in search of the glimmer of light deep in the forest.
Since then, the sea of love has no end, and there is no shore to turn back
2
Love and sin
She looked up at me, her eyes shining like two blue stars. It was as if we were having a wedding in a church. ”
Cora could not resist Frank, just as a moth could not resist the flames, and the fire of desire was like a flood of beasts, surging forward. At this time, the spark of stars had already ignited the entire jungle.
Two people who initially abandoned morality have now lost their humanity.
In order to stay with Frank forever, Cora decides to kill Nick.
But the initial assassination did not succeed, with a cat and a policeman sabotaging their plans, and Nick was only slightly injured.
After the two take Nick to the hospital, they decide to elope.
On the way to the wandering, they broke up.
Although she loves him, she loves wealth even more, and she is not willing to give up the restaurant she has painstakingly operated for many years;
Although he loved her, he loved freedom even more, and he didn't want to stay in a city for a long time.
The two return to their original points, but fate tricks Nick, who has just recovered from a serious illness, meets the wandering Frank again in the billiard hall.
The kind Nick did not blame Frank for not saying goodbye, but took him home with great interest.
When he and Cora meet again, Cora is like a young girl whose heart is just beginning, and her soul is ignited again.
The magic of love allows them to continue to have a moment of beauty and brilliance. So the love continued, and the killing never stopped.
It didn't take long for them to plan a new operation.
As the three of them hum a song and embark on their journey, Frank and Cora create a car accident that Nick dies.
Cora and Frank's love affair has since been cloaked in sin.
To their surprise, Nick's death did not add a happy ending to the relationship.
The pervasive guilt plunged Korra and Frank into another abyss, the plight of the heart, the messiness of reality, and not the redemption of their souls.
When the tide of love fades and the devil is already growing, does love still have meaning at this time?
3
Love and death
With the help of a lawyer, Frank and Cora escaped the law and were paid a lucrative insurance payment that they could have started a new life like a prince and princess in a fairy tale.
But while the judge hears the bizarre car accident, Frank betrays Cora at the instigation of his defender, and in order to shirk his responsibility, Frank signs his name on the indictment form accusing Cora of being the only murderer.
Although the lawyer helped Cora wash away his guilt, Frank and Cora could no longer fall in love as brazenly as they had before.
"You betrayed me, Frank."
"Well, Cora, I betrayed you. I was just momentarily timid, that's what happened. I didn't want to do that, I tried my best not to. But he brought me down. I couldn't resist, that's it. ”
After being released, Frank was always worried that Cora would call the judge to tell the truth of the matter; Cora was always on the lookout for Frank to sneak away and run away from him.
When they cleared all the obstacles for the relationship, they themselves became the biggest barrier to this love.
It is often said that human nature does not stand the test, and so does love.
Despite Frank and Cora's efforts to repair this aberration mixed with doubt, fear, and hatred, death finally comes.
Frank is in a traffic accident on his way to the hospital for a maternity check-up.
Cora and the fetus in his womb died instantly, but Frank was convicted of premeditated murder and was about to be executed.
Cora didn't know until she died that the car accident was an accident and that Frank never wanted to kill her.
Death hastened the withering of their love, it was a bone-chilling cold, it was a desperate goodbye.
Perhaps the most hurtful ending in the world is that you and I have given everything, including our lives, to this vigorous love.
4
Sanmao once wrote in the article: "Love is a colorful balloon, no matter how colorful, it cannot withstand the tip of a needle. ”
Cora and Frank were truly in love, but this beautiful encounter was doomed to be tragic from the start.
"The postman always rings the bell twice" translates as if to say:
God will always give those who make mistakes twice, and if they do not know how to cherish again and again, they are destined to accept the punishment of fate, and justice will always triumph over evil.
Frank found Father McConnell on his deathbed and prayed with him:
"May people love each other in the next life."
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