Reflections after reading "The Thorn Birds" - Loving you is like loving Drogheda

?When this book came to an end, the author finally mercifully explained the reason for the "thorn bird" to me, an idiot. "We all have something in our hearts that we are unwilling to give up, even if this thing makes us painful to death. We are like this, just like the thorn bird in the ancient Celtic legend, weeping and vomiting bloody We create our own thorns ourselves, and we never care about the cost. All we do is endure the pain and tell ourselves that it is worth it."

? Bird chest band. With thorns attached to it, it followed an unchangeable law. She was pierced by something unknown, driven, and died singing. At the moment when the thorns penetrated her, she did not realize that death was coming. She just sang and sang until her life ran out and she could no longer sing a note. But when we have a thorn in our chest, we know it, we understand it clearly. Yet, we still have to do it, we still bury the thorns in our chests.

?Whether it is Fei, Meji, or Zhu Siting, the three generations of women all have the same tragedy. They pursue the love they cannot get and fall in love with an older and noble man. Fortunately, they can finally get it. Have a good death.

I am reminded of a poem by Xi Murong, "There are always some wishes that cannot be forgotten but have to be given up, and there are always some boundaries that are reluctant to let go but unwilling to violate." If we had known the outcome earlier, you and I would still be stubborn and unrepentant. This is fate and reincarnation.

The entire novel has more than 500,000 words. From the end of February to the beginning of April, the other books in the middle were passed by in a blink of an eye, but I really revisited it seriously because something happened during that period. , during the reading process, I can clearly feel my mood changing. People who have not cried for a long night are not enough to describe their lives. The wailing and sadness that stayed up all night finally made me understand the power of pain better.

Do you believe in love at first sight? At that time, Meggie was 9 years old and Ralph was 28 years old. One was a little girl who came to Drogheda from New Zealand with her family to live with her aunt, and the other was a wealthy man walking in the Kiel area. The young godfather favored by the widow (none other than Aunt Meggie). That evening, a stunning man appeared in the thick dust. He squatted in front of her, held her in his firm, soft and friendly hands and asked, "Ah! Who are you?" "Meggie," he said. He was the one who took her to their new home, told them about the infrastructure, and was kind and considerate to them. This man, just as he could easily gain the respect and love of others, also won the favor of the Cleary family, except Frank, the boss, who hated this perfect man.

?I have seen many stories of staying together, and years are just a blink in their eyes, because the days with that person are so happy and fast, who can count the years in them. Until, until he realized that the 17-year-old Meggie was secretly in love with Ralph. Ralph also thought that he was taking care of Meggie in a covert way. How much did his aunt Mary like Ralph? , how much she hated her youthful niece. This woman changed her inheritance before her death and let Ralph choose whether he wanted a future or love. In fact, he had no choice but a future. Using part of Mary's inheritance as a stepping stone, this thirty-year-old priest developed his career at an astonishing speed, if the priesthood was also a profession. The money he left to Cleary was only a small part of his inheritance, but it still allowed these people, large and small, to live and work in peace and contentment. If everyone didn't feel that the benefits were deserved and were content, there would be much less resentment.

?Ralph is always leaving. He thinks that the solution that is best for everyone is to escape. He escapes the suspicion of Meggie’s family, escapes Meggie’s enthusiasm, and misses Meggie’s haste. At the wedding, this girl was too stupid to marry the one she loved, so she married Luke, a laborer who looked similar to him. After marriage, Luke slowly revealed his true nature, which was selfish, ruthless in collecting money, arbitrary and reckless. The rich girl was exploited and sent to work as a nanny, all for his dream of being a farmer. The annoying Luke and the naive Meggie were also tortured to the point of exhaustion.

?But I also hate Ralph. This man should not have appeared in Meggie’s life. Such a good person, who has been with me for half my life, who is clearly in love, but every time he wants to get closer, he He ran far away. It would be okay if he ran away and never came back, but he is also a passionate person and can't let go of girls. He comes back from time to time to flirt with her. On the one hand, he serves the Lord and on the other hand, he betrays the Lord. It is cruel enough to torture a person mentally to such an extent. , but whose fault is it? This is a thorn created by himself.

In the end, Meggie got a precious child from the priest she loved. This child was exactly the same as his father, but he could not escape his fate. He volunteered to be a priest. When he was 26 years old, At that time, the rescuer drowned. When I wrote a review of "Muslim Funeral" before, I boldly told Health that "death is the sublimation of the story." However, I don't want to die, and I don't want every beloved character to die. Eternal remembrance is not worth spending time together day and night, and leaving is never a good thing. But it has always been something we have to experience.

Yesterday, I told my baby a bedtime story. I told her the poem "Red Beans" and the song "Grandma's Penghu Bay". I talked about the naughty little bully until I almost cried. He kept shouting, "I'm so sad, can I?" No one dies, can we not separate?

?I have to admit the charm of this book, so I can't forget Drogheda. Regarding Australia, it is a place I have longed to visit since junior high school. It is not that there are more Chinese than Aboriginals, and immigration investment. In the eyes of overseas students, Australia is a money-burning and no-fun place. It is a vast and sparsely populated land with many magical creatures and a rich land surrounded by the ocean. Australia, Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra are all planned destinations, and through the author's Eyes, I so clearly previewed the beauty I expected and imagined. Although it has been a long time, and things have changed, but beauty has the ability to perpetuate itself. Beauty will only change its form of expression and will not disappear. , whether it’s the colorful environment in Meggie’s eyes or the endless pictures in my mind, they all exist.

If you know that love is not available, do you dare to devote yourself to love? Dare, it is really rare to meet someone who is attracted to you. At least for now, I still have the courage to get to know him, starting from asking his name.

Your home, your Drogheda.