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I think we're afraid of the same thing, and the reasons for being afraid are exactly the same. None of us have found a way to devote ourselves to life with all our hearts, and we are alone in our own values, convinced that we will fall if we experience one more bump. Isn't that the case?
This is a passage from Potter to Kit in "The Covered Sky." They want to change the status quo, but they can't find the right way, so they want to use travel to ease the gap between them. But they ignore time, always thinking that everything will improve over time, always thinking that something will last forever. Unexpectedly, Potter changed his mind during his journey. This is also the author's intentional arrangement for the fate of the protagonist.
The author of "The Obscured Sky" is a legendary American writer, translator, and composer. He wrote only four novels in his lifetime, but is regarded as the most representative writer in the United States in the 20th century, and Time Magazine called him the only writer of his time.
Tourists always feel like arrows after a few weeks or months of traveling, but travelers have no way back, and there is no difference between here and there, so the pace of travelers is always very slow.
Potter in the story. Mosby and his wife, Kitt, are materially rich and wealthy, but spiritually vain. Faced with the devastation of war, they feel that no place in the world can feel safe. So they left the European villages and began a long journey, hoping to destroy their self-knowledge and start a new life in the silent and empty deserts and skies of Africa.
Although Potter is eager to repair his relationship with Kit, he is afraid of the emotional burden that comes with it, and Kit does not intend to make any effort to ease the tension between the two. For each other, this year and next year are no different, and sooner or later they will come.
In a family relationship, if there is a lack of communication between two people, and they hope to repair the relationship in their hearts but do not put it into action, gradually the feelings will get worse and worse.
Dreams are always full of temptations, but reality makes people feel helpless. None of them are willing to do everything in their power to improve. Kitt cheats, and Potter loses his passport while traveling and contracts epidemic fever.
In the face of responsibility, people who love each other will try their best to take responsibility and change the status quo; people who do not love will only want to escape when they encounter difficulties. Kitt chose to escape, she was accustomed to a comfortable life, understood that taking care of the dying Potter was a troublesome thing, she had enough of the torment of the depths of her soul, and finally chose to run away and abandon Potter.
You never spend time chewing on the details of life, you always say come back another day, but in fact, everyone knows that every day is unique, it is always gone, you can't go back here at another time.
In the desert, Kitt threw himself into the desert with an Arab merchant, Belka. Sim's arms. She longs for the satisfaction of the flesh, but she also loses herself because of it.
"How happy," she thought, "not responsible—no decisions about what's coming!" In absolute surrender, Kitter found the satisfaction of "no need to think", she wanted to let it go, and that state was like a drug that eroded her entire body.
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The days will pass day by day, and they will never return. Kitt reveled in self-satisfaction and was reluctant to awaken. She felt "just and Belka. A creature of Sim that bears any slight resemblance to it can be like Belka. Sim was just as pleased with her. "She needs someone to dominate, she doesn't care who they are, as if she can only find herself when she's dominated." She refuses to take on the burden of awareness and responsibility.
Life is more like smoking a cigarette, and at first I felt so wonderful that I didn't think that one day it would disappear. Then you take it for granted, and then you suddenly find that it's almost burned out. At this time, you also tasted the bitter taste.
From another perspective, the book highlights the darkness of human nature. Faced with the responsibility of coping, you can choose to accept or choose to escape, but the result is different. A person who is afraid of taking responsibility will eventually lose a lot, and when he looks back on the past, he can no longer recover it.