Everything important in the world was gone, life was in ruins, and panic whistled through her heart like a cold wind. ”
At the end of the book "Gone with the Wind", such a text appeared in the book, which perfectly echoed the title of the article.
Outstanding writers are very good at selling off, and they generally don't tell readers what they want to express at the beginning. Only when you keep reading and read to the end of ** will you suddenly realize: it turns out that the theme that the author wants to express is like this!
Although many times, this kind of theme is already hinted at in the title of **.
The English name of "Gone with the Wind" is "gone with the wind", just looking at the literal meaning, it means "gone with the wind", probably for the beauty of the translation, so the image of "gone with the wind" was chosen.
So, in a sense, this ** is about the story of "loss".
* Set against the background of the Civil War, it vividly reproduces the social reality of the turmoil in the South during the American Civil War by telling the love entanglements and life encounters of the heroine Scarlett, which has a strong epic style and is also an enduring love classic.
Scarlett is the daughter of a plantation owner in Georgia, USA.
She lived a prosperous life since she was a child, with a wealthy and socially important father who respected and loved her, and a noble, elegant, kind, and near-perfect mother. Her father and mother were unabashedly in love with each other and gave her a very warm home, as well as a happy childhood and teenage years.
She was so well protected that until the age of sixteen, she had not experienced what it was like to be in a room with someone she didn't like.
She is not pretty, but she is very feminine, and she is very good at using this charm, which has won her the affection of many men.
Sixteen-year-old Hao Scarlett has beauty, fine wine, outings, dance parties, and many boys who pursue the ...... like the moon holding the moon
However, fate seems to be merciful, arranging blessings for her young, but it makes her experience loss little by little in the long years to come.
These "losses" deeply resonated with me, earned me enough tears, and began to discover: It turns out that many truths about love have long been written in the books I read when I was 20 years old, but I didn't understand them at that time.
Truth 1: Someone's absence makes him perfect in your heart.
Scarlett's first experience of "loss" was given by Wei Xili.
Wei Xili is handsome, elegant, and personable, and is a very good son and brother in the high society where Hao Scarlett lives, and at the same time, he is also a good playmate of Hao Scarlett.
Like many of the sons and sons of other manors around, Wei Xili often took Scarlett to various outings and banquets, and often came to Scarlett's Tara Manor to play with Scarlett.
Although he has never had any ambiguity or confession to Hao Scarlett, in Hao Scarlett's mind, Wei Xili admires him, just like those other sons and sisters.
However, the news of Wei Xili's engagement to his cousin Mei Lan was like a bomb thrown into the lake of Hao Scarlett's peaceful life.
Scarlett ushered in the first slap in her life.
But the unique and charming thing about Scarlett is that she is not the kind of "lady" who follows the rules in the mainstream concept, she does not accept this arrangement peacefully, but chooses to take the initiative to fight for it.
So, during the engagement banquet between Wei Xili and Mei Lan, in the library of Twelve Oaks Manor, Hao Scarlett made a bold confession to Wei Xili.
This kind of confession did not achieve the effect that Scarlett expected. Wei Xili rejected Hao Sijia in a righteous and stern manner, Hao Sijia was annoyed and ashamed, blurted out and slapped Wei Xili in the face, Wei Xili left the library and "gently closed the door" ......
While reading this, the reader may not realize that such a joyful scene has laid the groundwork for many tragedies that follow.
On that day, Scarlett's radiant charm conquered almost all the young men at the banquet, but not Wei Xili.
This kind of not being conquered, but has become a certain obsession in Hao Scarlett's heart.
As Yan Geling wrote at the beginning of "The Sojourner":
You're still young, and you must remember that you've made this mistake when someone's absence makes him perfect in your heart.
Hao Scarlett was so angry with Wei Xili, but Wei Xili's image in Hao Scarlett's mind was unscathed, but more dazzling.
Truth 2: Love is sometimes a grand imagination.
Hao Scarlett, who was rejected, married Mei Lan's younger brother Charlie, a boy without any manliness, and started an unhappy married life in a daze.
After that, the Civil War began.
No matter how much Scarlett hated war before, her life was inevitably associated with and deeply affected by it.
Charlie joined the army, and Charlie died again.
Scarlett gave birth to a child and became a widow again.
Wei Xili also joined the army.
As a widow, Scarlett is invited by Melanie to come to Atlanta from Tara Manor to relax.
Since then, the subtle and complex and sincere friendship between her and Mei Lan began, Mei Lan, a woman who was originally called "like a little mouse" by Hao Sijia, and Hao Sijia have become the closest comrades-in-arms in their lives, witnessing various important moments in each other's lives.
The changes in the middle are related to Wei Xili. Wei Xili, who was returning home from visiting relatives, asked Hao Sijia to take care of Mei Lan, Hao Sijia loved the house and Wu, and agreed to Wei Xili.
Although the initial care was not willing, it was beyond reproach: in order to help Mei Lan deliver the baby, she missed the opportunity to see her dear mother for the last time; took Melanie from Atlanta to Tara Manor and took care of her all the way; When she arrived at Tara Manor, she was given the greatest kindness.
Scarlett may not be particularly kind, but she is very righteous.
For Wei Xili, how humble is Hao Scarlett's love?
The details in the book are poignant to read:
Wei Xili, who came home from visiting relatives, was intimate with Mei Lan every day, and Hao Sijia, who was on the side, looked forward to the most when Mei Lan was not by Wei Xili's side, she could stay alone with Wei Xili for a while.
And at night, Mei Lan entered the room with Wei Xili with a happy face, and the moment she closed the door, how did Hao Sijia, who was outside the door, endure it? (Her heart is so strong).
Later, when they lived together in Tara Manor, Hao Scarlett couldn't help but confess to Wei Xili again, but Wei Xili still refused.
This refusal still did not extinguish the love in Hao Scarlett's heart.
She didn't dare to confess rashly again, but chose to love and protect Xili in a more forbearant way.
While at Tara Manor, take care of the lives of the Wesleys.
After returning to Atlanta and building a sawmill, he hired Wei Xili, who couldn't do business and always lost money, to teach him to do business and give him enough patience.
During this period, Scarlett experienced a second marriage and gave birth to another child.
Then he started his marriage with Rhett and began his love-hate entanglement with Rhett.
However, what has supported her spirit has always been her love for Wei Xili.
What makes her love for Wei Xili so strong and so persistent?
The philosopher Tayena said, "Nine-tenths of love is caused by the lover himself, and one-tenth depends on the object of love." ”
Between Scarlett and Wei Xili, what is the imagination of nine out of tenth?
Later, Hao Scarlett, who finally woke up, figured this out by herself:
He never really existed, only in my imagination.
I love something I've imagined myself, something as lifeless as Melanie is now. I made a beautiful outfit and fell in love with it. When Helly came on horseback, so handsome and so distinctive, I put the garment over him and let him put it on, whether it was appropriate for him or not, and I did not want to see him for what he really was.
I've always loved that outfit – not at all.
It's a pity that Scarlett Hao understood too late!
What a painful realization!
To be continued, to be ......
Stay tuned!