There is a kind of warmth, so simple and unpretentious, so silent and unobtrusive, but it can really move people.
"A man named Ovie decided to die" brought us long-lost warmth and touch, the author Buckman through the language of flat appeal, to tell people about an ordinary person in the face of various unfair encounters in society and walk through the life, like a cup of warm coffee in the warm winter sun, warm years.
The protagonist, Ovi, is 59 years old, eccentric, paranoid, grumpy, self-righteous, and always swearing and complaining about everything in life.
After the unexpected death of his beloved wife, Ovie was disappointed in society and life, and he tried to commit suicide several times, but was interrupted by various unintentional accidents.
It was the love and need of his neighbors that awakened the warmth in his heart. In fact, he is kind and upright, he cares for everyone's heart with his heart, and helps everyone who encounters difficulties with his actions. This strange old man used his paranoia and strength to cover up his love for the world, and he made us feel the warmth of the world.
Let's read this warm and healing book together, "A Man Named Ovie Decided to Die", I believe it will bring you warm feelings.
1. Hold on to your heart and love the world in your own way
People often say that "society is sinister, people are unpredictable, and the world is uncertain", but there are always some people who always keep their original intentions, always stick to themselves, and be a kind person and a person worthy of conscience.
The protagonist Ove is such a person, even if he is framed, even if misunderstood, he insists on his principles.
In the eyes of the world, Ovie is an old antique, he uses his own requirements to regulate the behavior of the people around him, but no matter who comes to him for help, he always swears and grins, but his body can't stop.
Ove, a man who loves the world in his own way.
He is like a lonely practitioner, clinging to his true heart in this noisy world, loving and hating what he loves.
2. There are always some destined people who break into your life, disrupt all your plans, and warm your years.
Ovie insisted on dying, and his neighbors accidentally saved him again and again because of various troubles and requests for help.
Ovi had to drive a neighbor to the hospital, help the neighbor fix the heat, help Parwana get a driver's license,
Preventing old neighbors from being sent to nursing homes, taking in homeless young people, taking in kittens...
In the process of helping his neighbors again and again, Ovie warmed others, but also warmed his lonely heart.
And the neighbors warmed Ovi in the same way, and when the little girl in the neighbor's house called him 'Grandpa', he must be happy at this moment.
There are always some unexpected surprises and emotions in life, which warm your years.
3. Even if the society betrays him, he is still repaying the society with kindness
In the face of Tom's booty, the deception of the fake insurance officer, the bureaucracy and inaction of the white-shirted people, a fire destroyed the house, and his wife died unexpectedly... All this suffering and misfortune brought Ove's patience to the limit, and he began to tire of the "world that was obsolete before it had expired."
He decided to commit suicide and went in search of his wife. However, every time the neighbors needed him, he reached out to help.
Help the neighbor to reverse the bucket car, heat and ventilate the neighbor's house, help the guy repair the bicycle, desperately help the neighbor's house to fight the fire, send the neighbor's little girl iPad...
People say that Ovie's world is black and white, just as you don't know his story and you don't know this man, but he brings a lot of warmth to the world.
There will always be many small episodes in life, and we should not give up our yearning for a better life no matter what.
The tree spring tree said: "You must remember the person who holds an umbrella for you in the heavy rain, the person who helps you block foreign things, the person who silently hugs you in the dark, the person who makes you laugh, the person who chats with you all night, the person who comes to see you in the car, the person who accompanies you to cry, the person who always values you." It is these people who make up the warmth of your life bit by bit, it is these warmths that keep you away from the haze, it is these warmths that make you a kind person. ”
For the rest of our lives, let us remember those warm moments in life and become a warm person for each other.