Today, I would like to share with you the classic of Danish literature - "Lucky Pier"
Speaking of Danish literature, everyone will first think of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, although they are fairy tales, but they write all the reality and sadness, it can be said that they are the originators of dark fairy tales, the little girl who sells matches, the daughter of the sea, all of which are tragic and dark endings.
Henrik Pentopidan, the author of the novel "Lucky Pier", who wants to share with you today, is like Hans Christian Andersen, who is committed to exposing reality, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917, which was awarded the Nobel Prize as "a faithful depiction of current Danish life".
The novel tells the tragic story of a smart child who is eventually delayed by his family.
The protagonist Bill was born into a pastor family, the father as a Christian pastor, is inevitably rigid and severe, the family atmosphere is more tense, and always instill the child's original sin thinking, every day to tell the child, you are guilty, do not covet pleasure, can not eat too well, dress too well, to endure suffering to pray for God's forgiveness. Just like the old antiques we may have encountered that insisted on bittersweet memories, and the strength of Pierre's parents was even greater.
This Pierre was stubborn by nature, disobedient, and their family lived in a small port town, and the ships that came in and out brought in and out of the ship a group of sailors, and Bill mixed with them all day. These sailors were all in and out of the country, accustomed to trendy ideas. The idea that God is dead is not invented by Nietzsche, but the people at the bottom who are scattered outside, and it is certainly not God who can save their lives when they are born at sea and die.
To add here, the background of the novel is set in the Industrial Revolution period in Denmark, the traditional religion is in decline, the status of Christianity is already in jeopardy, so there is such a description in the novel, Pierre's dull father walking on the streets of the small town, occasionally being ridiculed behind his back, which is why Bill does not want to see his father, ask what child would not want to have a tall, majestic, respectable father?
However, the reason why Bill completely lost faith in his family was because his father ruthlessly crushed his self-esteem, because he stole the apple from the farmer's tree, and his father cursed Bill with the most vicious words in the Bible, "You will go into exile in the world", using the most vicious words in the Bible- "You will go into exile in the world" to curse Bill, and the dinner table was like a ridiculous play, which made Bill laugh bitterly, completely disappointed in the family, and only hoped to get out of the house as soon as possible.
Utterly disappointed, Bill sets up a huge Flag to become a respected engineer, but the subtext is that he must prove his parents wrong!
So looking forward to the stars and the moon, Pierre looked forward to growing up to leave his hometown to study in the big city, from a small place to a big city, Pierre, naturally very flustered, not only did not have an acquaintance, lonely and lonely every day, but also because he was ridiculed by his classmates from the countryside, so the distance produced beauty, Pierre rarely missed home. So in order to go home for Christmas, he had to save money and save money to go home by eating cold bread (of course, the family did not prepare his travel expenses home).
But when he went back, the original holiday atmosphere was good, his father and mother were all straight-faced, and they didn't even leave him food, and blamed him for wasting the road fare when he came back! Well, no one is completely desperate, and Pierre will not leave until the end of the festival.
This time, Pierre finally gave up his temperament, honestly developed his career, first made a result, opened a big one, and did not believe that his parents disobeyed him. However, the study was also arduous, and the efforts of the two tigers were wasted, and finally a design result was finally produced, and I happily took it to the teacher for a look, and the result was pointed out that there were many errors, and it was also identified as not doing the right thing.
Pierre is also angry, there are so many mistakes, can not be changed. He also said that he did not do the right thing, so he did not do the right thing to show you. So Pierre indulged, ran a dance every day, hooked up with a married woman, and even fought with the last lover of this married woman, and accidentally got the inheritance after the lover's suicide, the world is really wonderful.
At this time, Pierre's brother suddenly came, it turned out that his father was suffering from cancer and was in danger, Pierre suddenly woke up, how could he die? He hasn't even made a name for himself yet! So he drained his blood, boiled oil and lit the lamp, and miraculously changed the design, and this time after his revision, it was already an upgraded version of the previous! Pierre quickly got to the industry authority there for review, at first people were quite interested, but saw that the author is a twenty-something mao boy, and then investigated, found that this child has not even passed the exam, the diploma has not been obtained, directly rejected. Pierre was not reconciled, and with his own design, he ran around, all of which were turned away.
At this time, Bill met Ivan, the son of a Jewish merchant he had known before, and to add that the Attitude of Danish society at that time to the Jews was very bad, and after Ivan knew Ivan and his sister, Bill saw that this sister looked plump and watery, and thought about it, plus this Jewish merchant was also rich, which was quite helpful to his career.
So Pierre began to pursue this sister madly, but when he went to the house, he found that this sister was Ivan's little sister, and Ivan had a big sister named Jacoba. Pierre was attracted by Jacoba's knowledge and conversation, immediately saw different thoughts, and was a crazy pursuit of the chest, but also wanted to capture the reason and stir people's hearts, a few clicks to get Yakoba to get it done, Pierre's life on the highway, almost to succeed. Thanks to the blessing of this Jewish, not only did they have their own designs to help contact the publishing, but they could also travel abroad to study, and there were people everywhere they went.
But during the study tour, Pierre's father was gone, and although Bill had no feelings for his father, he still went back to the funeral, but the person who came back changed. Playing anything is not fragrant, studying is not interesting, Jacoba sneaked to see him is not interesting, design and published someone to support is not interesting, but it is the Christian religion that has been scorned before, let him have a strong interest, he began to secretly look at religious philosophy...
But wave after wave of unevenness, Pierre's mother moved to the big city not long after. Pierre couldn't care about anything this time, and although he refused to attend the funeral, he secretly followed the hearse all the way back to his hometown. Pierre was really lost this time, and his previous obsession with design was also weakened, and he ran to the countryside alone to visit the deceased.
And this deceased person was the sister of the lover of the married woman whom Bill knew when he was indulging in ignorance, and the sister's sister was a Christian who wanted to impress Bill to believe in Christ, not only introducing the local priest to Bill, but also matching Bill with the priest's daughter, and she thought that Bill should not marry the Jews!
It just so happens that this priest's daughter is the type that Pierre likes, plus Jacoba and Ivan urge him to go back to urge him to be a little annoyed, he is tired of the hypocritical life of the high society in the past, Pierre and Jacoba have been deadlocked for a while, and finally broke up, at this time, it has to be said that Pierre is the real scum, Jacoba is really pitiful, there are still Bill's children in the belly, or just break up with Bill, but also hide from everyone, one person ran to a foreign country to give birth, and the second child died shortly after birth...
Continuing with Bill, Bill, who escaped from his past life, eventually made a home in the countryside, not only formed a happy family with the priest's daughter, but also sought a good job in the local area, and had several children in a few years.
But Pierre was still unhappy, since the death of his parents, that sense of loneliness and nothingness has always been with him, he has never been able to let his parents see him prove himself, so he turns to doubt the meaning of his life, and he always remembers his father's curse - you will live in exile.
Under the domination of such fear, Pierre cared little for his wife, even the children were not often cared for, and his father-in-law could not look down, and every time they met, they must be sarcastic.
Until Pierre couldn't bear it, finally divorced his wife, and ran to the desolate countryside alone to work as a road maintenance worker, Bill's life was almost a foregone conclusion.
Whether the misfortune of the original family will ruin a person's life is difficult to answer with a definite answer, and even the happiness and misfortune of Bill's life is a topic worth exploring.
The problem of the original family is a topic often discussed in the field of psychology, and there is a phrase that is often mentioned, "Happy childhood, cure a lifetime, do not work in childhood, to use a lifetime to cure." ”
This is largely because the character formed in childhood will accompany us throughout our lives and will affect us throughout our lives. To borrow a quote from the book: "In the long days of our lives, we have personally imposed on ourselves the stumbling ropes that we did not bring from birth." We came from a race of slaves, and we only felt familyy if we were shackled or locked. ”
Hopefully, we can all learn to dance with shackles