In the eyes of the artist, Charles Strickland in Maugham's novel The Moon and Sixpence focused his life on the dream of the painter, a genius worthy of sympathy, leaving many unique masterpieces for the world.
However, in the eyes of many others, he is a complete scumbag who is impatient.
First of all, in order to paint, Strickland, who has been married for 17 years, abandons his wife and children, takes away all the savings of the family, and leaves only a letter of despair of less than ten lines;
Secondly, when he was down, a kind fat man repeatedly helped him, but Strickland was not grateful, and sneered at the fat man, first seducing the fat man's wife, and then abandoning her;
In the end, he married the indigenous Aita, still for the purpose of painting, because Aita never bothered him, she took care of him and the children wholeheartedly, giving him the greatest creative space and freedom.
Is there really such a selfish, ruthless man in the world?
Whether as a husband or a father, Strickland was incompetent and unqualified.
The family once thought that he was a widowed and unlucky negative man, so that when the original wife Amy and the children were completely indifferent after hearing his miserable situation, the son even thought that he deserved it.
Regardless of his merits and faults, imagine what would you do if you were his original wife Amy, who had been sleeping with him for 17 years, and he abandoned his wife and son?
If you don't think about it, let's take a look at what Amy did in the novel.
For the character of Amy, at first I hated and sympathized with her, but in the end, I found that she was actually very remarkable, a "fierce" character.
Amy, who is in high society, although very cultured, loves vanity, she is keen to make friends with celebrities, and often interacts with writers, which does expand her circle of life;
Married for 17 years, she never understood or supported her husband's hobbies, and his husband would go to night school three or four days a week to learn to draw, and she always thought that her husband was going to play bridge;
In her eyes, Mu Ne's boring husband was a small citizen without a little literary attainment.
When Amy learns that her husband has run away from home, her first thought is that her husband is having an affair, and she cannot imagine or accept that he left her for a sacred ideal in her heart, "I must paint".
Amy says that if Strickland leaves for the sake of a woman, she can forgive him; if he abandons her for the sake of ideals, she will never forgive.
Because she thinks she has won over women, but she can't fight his ideals.
In the face of her husband, who has made up her mind and has no change of heart, and she has been raised by her husband for 17 years, what is she going to do next?
Instead of constantly basking in hatred and sorrow, Amy sold her apartment and everything in it and opened a typing office.
She runs her small business well, but is ashamed to mention her extraordinary courage and excellent business ability;
When it comes to her children, she feels proud and proud, although she still pretends to be high and vain;
Later, she sold her typing house, and although she still thought that a truly decent woman should be supported by someone else, she could quickly forget that she had done all the disgraceful self-supporting things.
Seeing this, the image of a strong and independent heroine jumped on the paper.
The real winner is not a "silly white sweet", nor a complaining woman, neither blindly optimistic nor self-pitying, but someone who has enough courage to calmly solve all challenges one by one.
Amy is indeed such a person, a full-time wife who has been raised for 17 years, after being abandoned by her husband, she can rely on her own hands to start a business and work hard, making the business prosperous and has a good reputation.
At this time, she has found that independent self and lived a free life.
From this point of view, Amy is indeed an amazing inspirational woman who deserves our respect.
It is said that women should learn to be independent, of course, this does not mean declaring war on men, but only self-respect.
Self-reliance and self-reliance will make you live more freely and autonomously with dignity, without caring or worrying about the betrayal of others at any stage.
Only by not losing oneself can one dominate one's own happiness.
For the rest of your life, may you not be confused, determined, confident, and wonderful to live yourself.
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