Author: Fox Fairy
01
The book "Gone with the Wind" was read by me quietly in the bed with a flashlight, and when my classmates brought it to me from her sister, they were only returned two days later. At that time, I was full of curiosity about the outside world and full of fantasies about the love in the book, but the Prince Charming in my mind was not fixed, one moment was the big hero in Jin Yong's novel, the other was a weak scholar in Qiong Yao's pen, and occasionally felt that the righteous male protagonist in the TV series was also good. Naturally, the heroine is all beautiful in appearance, gentle and kind, dignified in character, etc., in short, a good woman without compromise.
But after watching "Gone with the Wind", I was a bit blindfolded.
Hao Sijia subverted the appearance that the heroine in my mind should have, vain, superficial, publicity, impulsive, and wanted to rob other people's boyfriends, especially she also had a selfless, tolerant, generous reference object Melanie. In my limited vision, I have never seen such an "ugly" heroine on the inside.
And the male protagonist of the book, Brad, did not enter my eyes at first, but before I saw a small half of him was attracted to him, and then liked, this idea annoyed me, Bradley is not a gentleman, nor a hero, and a bunch of friends of the three religions and nine streams, will cross the wind and moon place, and even a layman who has no national feelings and only wants to stuff his hair and get rich.
Oh my God, how can you like such a person?
Heine says in the poem, "If I restrain evil desires, it is a noble thing; but if I cannot restrain them, I have some great joy." ”
With a nervous and irrepressible heart, he explored what kind of person Brad really was, cynical or self-righteous. Is it unruly, or is it self-indulgent?
As the plot progressed, he had a preliminary imaginary look in my mind: he liked to grin and smile badly, but he was very gentlemanly to women; he seemed cynical and decisive in his handling of things; he had a disdain for everyone but had great respect for people of high moral character; he was wise, transparent and frank, but at the same time he was also a man who was ashamed to express.
It turned out that his wandering skeleton was just a cover-up, and the real he was mature, wise and affectionate.
The first time he saw Hao Sijia, he was amused by her angry, annoyed and pretending. She was completely different from, or out of place, from the ladies of the southern nobility, and her bad eyes, her "evil thoughts," her selfishness and ego, were clearly presented to him. He saw through her careful thoughts, smiled slightly, with a little mockery, a little teasing her a few words. But he was happy, and at this boring gathering he was happier to see someone who, like him, did not take the world seriously.
Liking a person is not how good he is or how good he is, but where he has some kind of fit with you. Unfortunately, Hao Sijia did not have him in her eyes, when she heard that the neighbor brother Wei Xili, who had been admired since childhood, wanted to marry Melanie, and she ran to the room in a stomach full of anger, so she ignored the instructions of her mother and Black Grandma, picked up a vase and smashed it, but almost hit Barry, who was hiding in the room to rest.
The vase turned into Cupid's arrow and hit Barrid's little heart.
Unfortunately, Eros only patronized Barred alone. Hao Sijia didn't even look at him, regretting that the spit she had just made was heard by the nasty person, affecting the image of a lady she had pretended for a long time.
Although he fell in love with the little woman in front of him at first sight, but Brad's long-standing people, and the woman in front of him had others in his heart, he would not circle around her all day like a pair of silly boys in the Tarlton family.
He's gone.
Probably he himself did not expect that this little girl would be burned into his heart from now on. In the midst of the war, Brad maneuvered around different crowds and places, paying attention to everything about her. At a dance, he took the initiative to greet her, invited Hao Sijia, who had just become a widow, and led her around in circles. He knew that she did not love her husband who had just died in battle, but she loved the lively ball and being pursued and admired.
He took her to break the eyes of the world, spinning freely in the middle of the stage.
02
If Barred is initially impressed by Scarlett's frank and playful appearance, he discovers another side of her during the Civil War.
At that time, when the contradictions between the north and the south of the United States intensified, the North began the Industrial Revolution and developed rapidly; the South was still in the black slavery system, and the differences in policies and directions between the North and the South seriously dragged down and restricted the unity of the United States, causing the people of the North and the South to launch a war, which later evolved from maintaining national unity into a revolutionary war to eliminate slavery. The southern manor where Hao Sijia lived was enslaved to blacks for generation after generation, and they had deep-rooted feelings and dependence on the land and on the manor for their slaves.
Hao Sijia, who has no chicken power, is full of affection for her own hot land, just like her father. But the war is cruel, their men are all on the battlefield, and she did not flee in the turmoil of the times, in the war, after losing her homeland, but took the initiative to bear the burden of the whole family and fled with the family.
Along the way, she relied on her strong will and ability to help her family, love enemies and herself through the difficulties. Whenever she faced a desperate situation, on the one hand, she tried her best to solve the problem, on the other hand, she comforted herself: no matter what, tomorrow, tomorrow is a new day.
Si Jia, who seems to have no "shame", did not flee in the wilderness under the turmoil of the times, in the fires of war, after losing her homeland, but took the initiative to bear the burden of the entire family and fled with the family. Along the way, she relied on her strong will and ability to help her family, love enemies and herself through the difficulties.
Whenever she faced a desperate situation, on the one hand, she tried her best to solve the problem, on the other hand, she comforted herself: no matter what, tomorrow, tomorrow is a new day.
Seeing this, I began not to hate Hao Sijia, only to see her tough, optimistic and brave side, and then to understand why Mitchell wrote such a character as Hao Sijia.
In terms of heart, Hao Sijia's sense of character layering is richer and more vivid than Melanie's. In her we see not greatness, holiness and beauty, but vanity, selfishness, ego, and the strong, cunning, calculating, and so on. What is more interesting is that in such a person who is full of human "small self", he found the beautiful side of his human nature, and he did not feel a little abrupt, and even felt that she was cute and real.
After the war, she faded the nobility and reservedness of the noble lady and gave birth to many new life insights, that is, to be independent and make money, so that she could guard her homeland and protect her family.
She even snatched her sister's boyfriend, the ugly man with a "goatee" and married him at the first time. She didn't care how immoral it was for people to talk about her sister's fiancé, she only knew that if her sister married him, she would no longer take care of the family, and she could use the financial resources of the "goatee" to rebuild the home and let the whole family rely on it.
She is both realistic and romantic, selfish and great.
People habitually define others with a secular perspective and sociality. Just as at that time, men had to go to the battlefield to "kill the enemy", and women had to contribute financially to the war and abide by the way of women. Ke Sijiacai did not care about this, she first thought about the survival of herself and her loved ones. Secondly, it is incumbent upon you to chase what you want, even if your head is broken and bleeding. Moreover, she will automatically shield the tribulations encountered along the way, capture the flashes of light in life, and firmly believe that this light will come tomorrow.
Her two husbands, Wei Xili, did not understand this, only Brad understood.
He saw her darkness and selfishness, saw her ambition and optimism, and saw her vulnerability and timidity.
He saw his own shadow in her, so he felt sorry for her more than anyone, and he knew how to enlighten and help her. However, he was too proud, he was afraid that she would look down on his infatuation, and he was even more afraid of exposing his vulnerability. Even if he immediately proposed to her after learning that she became a widow for the second time, he did not admit that he loved her, but said in a mocking tone, anyway, she did not care about the reputation, did not care who the other party was, as long as he had money, he had a lot of money, then it was better to fulfill her and marry himself.
After marriage, Brad became a completely different person, doting on Sijia in every way, dissolving her shadow caused by the war, giving her full sense of security and material satisfaction; extremely fond of their common daughter, and considering her future, making himself a gentleman loved by everyone. He stubbornly believes that one day, Sijia will fall in love with her and discover that he is her true destiny.
Unfortunately, this day can not come for a long time.
He pretended for too long, and one day he cried like a child in front of Melanie, and he confided in her how deep and painful his love for Scarlett was. He even knew that Si Jia didn't really love Xi Li much, she only loved an illusory shadow, but it still broke his heart.
Unfortunately, Sijia was as obsessed with pursuing herself as Reed, and also had a rebellious spirit, and the more she did not get, the more she longed, and Vichy became the Buddha in her heart, holy and noble, and she could not even see that he was weak like a piece of tofu, and needed Melanie to give him strength to support his weak body and will; she could not see that her feelings for Vichy were only an illusion from beginning to end, like a pilgrim in the direction she imagined.
Thus, Wesley was her white moonlight, and Brad became her mosquito blood.
There is reason to believe that this is the author Mitchell's elaborate meme, she let two people who love to play, people with a spirit of resistance, have not stopped. Because, once one side compromises, the story comes to an end.
04
A person's admiration for the starry sky is only out of disappointment and doubt about reality.
Si Jia is only an obsession with Xi Li, she has never tried the beauty of two loves, does not know what love is, and how to love a person, will be obsessed with chasing a phantom, will lose Brad. Just like the famous line in "Journey to the West": There was once a sincere love placed in front of me, I did not cherish it, and when I lost it, I regretted it, and the most painful thing in the world was this.
I don't know how many people's heartstrings have been touched by this passage, and I don't know how many people have such regrets.
It's like when I watched "Gone with the Wind" and couldn't put it down, like a fool, looking around for a sequel, until two years later, I finally got my wish. It's just that the sequel wasn't written by Mitchell herself, but was appointed by the American Southern female writer Alexandra. Ripley continued. When I forgot to eat and sleep after watching the thick sequel, the whole person was not good. The Si Jia in the sequel "Scarlett" is basically a different person, that is not the Si Jia in our hearts at all, it is a good woman who has been transformed.
It was many years before I really realized the deep meaning of the ending of "Gone with the Wind". It does not need a sequel at all, the ending of the original book is the best ending, it makes the reader fall into a deep regret, entanglement and regret, why not be Sijia's mood at that time?
Yes, have we ever been like her, stubbornly chasing things that do not belong to us, and constantly beautifying them, and finally becoming an undefiled god in our hearts?
But one day will suddenly wake up, what we can't forget is actually just the softest and most hidden corner of the heart, hiding the regrets and dreams of youth, when the reality of life will be broken, not only will not be stagnant, but more mature. Just like Sijia, we have reason to believe that she will rekindle her desire for life, even if Brad no longer loves her, even if they can never go back to the past, she will still have "tomorrow", and that tomorrow is the last glimmer of light in the sea of her life...
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