But why didn't she talk?
- Euripides, Alcutis
Alex McLeetz had a different affection for Greek mythology, perhaps because his father was Greek, and he was familiar with these stories.
Not only that, but these myths and stories have also become his continuous creative inspiration. The Greek tragic story "Alkitis" written by Euripides has also become the most important spiritual core of his suspense novel, "The Silent Patient".
At the time of her husband's murder, Elicia was 33 years old. She fired five shots in the face at her husband and never said a word again. She was taken in by the psychiatric clinic and became the notorious "silent patient", the only thing left to the outside world was a strange self-portrait.
I, the psychotherapist Theo, was drawn to her story and hoped to help her out of the silent dead end through psychotherapy. I was sure that only she could tell the truth, that only I could make her speak.
This book not only tells about the invisible contradictions between husband and wife, but also explores the psychological impact of the original family on a person's life.
Deformed love
Both Alicia and Theo love their partner far more than they love themselves.
Alicia sees her husband as the "Jesus" who saves the suffering, while Theo believes that without Casey (Theo's partner), her life will be meaningless and there will be no more fun.
Love yourself first, then love others.
In fact, in the book, it can be seen that Alicia's friends are more or less dissatisfied with Alicia's husband. This is very different from alicia's husband written in the diary, and in the diary, alicia herself can also feel that alicia herself is also suppressing her dissatisfaction with her husband.
Theo's teacher directly persuaded Theo to break up with the other party and suggested that Theo was the only way to achieve happiness.
But neither Alicia nor Theo listened, and they fell into a twisted vortex of wanting to be loved, unable to extricate themselves. Although they can clearly feel that the other party has hurt themselves, they do not know how to fight back to protect themselves.
Because they have not learned since childhood, how to love themselves
After Alicia's mother died, Alicia heard her father curse, why didn't Alicia die instead of her wife?
Alicia was sitting on a roof that her father couldn't see, and quietly said to her brother, "Daddy just killed me."
From that time on, Alicia was dead. She gave up the qualification to learn to love people, and she did not experience the taste of being loved.
Even after she started a family, when her brother borrowed money from her because he had no money for gambling, she fell into a huge self-blame. She felt that her brother was having a hard time, but she didn't know how to help him.
Similarly, Theo has a very "strict" father, who often can't stand his temper. Even if he succeeded in becoming a counselor, the scene of his father scolding him has always survived in his mind.
The influence of the original family on them is buried deep in their subconscious, and they grow up with them.
The two protagonists in this book can not be redeemed in the end. The plot of the story is simple, but it is made wonderful because of the author's narrative approach. Step by step, guide the reader deeper and deeper in the wrong direction, but at the end of the return to the carbine to scare the reader. The unexpected and reasonable results make the reader deeply immersed in it.
Aktis died for her husband, and when he returned from hell, he chose to treat his husband with silence. So what would Alicia say to Theo after six years of silence?