Let's talk about Gu first. Her tragedy was mainly caused by her sister Manlu. If it weren't for her sister's imprisonment, the
Let's talk about Gu first. Her tragedy was mainly caused by her sister Manlu. If it weren't for her sister's imprisonment, there would be no miserable life later. However, Shen is not firm enough to believe the news of marriage so easily. In the final analysis, he didn't love enough, otherwise he wouldn't marry anyone else. The family status between Shi Jun and Man Zhen, as well as the elder sister's problem, will be difficult to solve even if they get married, which will become the center of their contradiction. Shi Jun doesn't want to solve it, and he has no ability. He can't carry his family.
The main responsibility for Manlu's problems lies with her mother. Think at the beginning, one side is two of a kind's fiance and relaxed marriage, and the other side is a family. It's not that she doesn't know that choosing her life this time will have earth-shaking changes. Compared with the quiet housewife's life, no matter how sweet the life is, it is not as important as a sister-in-law and a school without food. Stubborn Lu can't watch his family break down like this. Take the initiative to break off the marriage and hide everything in the past under one name. But my mother was not old at that time, watching her daughter enter Yanhua Lane.
The confused mother never seriously considered for Manlu. She walked into the carnival and her mother agreed. She married Zhu, who laughs like a cat, but doesn't laugh like a mouse. Her mother agreed, and she was even glad that Manlu had married well. But if mother had some responsibilities and made more efforts to share some for this family, Manlu might not have to go this way. There is a comparison between this mother and You Laoniang in A Dream of Red Mansions. Her two beautiful daughters have an affair with her stepdaughter's husband and son. She turned a blind eye just to muddle along.
Everything that Manlu lost was dedicated. Won't she be jealous? Even her fiance took a fancy to Man Zhen, which made her unbearable. This caused her psychological imbalance and sacrificed her sister to save her marriage.
Like a confused mother, Manlu is an old-fashioned person who takes it for granted that two women work together. Anyway, there must be someone like Zhu around, so it's not more reassuring to be with his sister. E Huang Nvying did this, so did countless Wang Xifeng.
..... After a while, Man Zhen said, "Shi Jun, we can't go back." He knew it was true, and he was equally shocked when he heard it. Her head is already inside. ...
This is a description at the end of Zhang Ailing's novel Half-Life. Man Zhen and Shi Jun are finally reunited, leaving only where you will go, which makes people feel sad. Reading it again, I can't help crying and feel the sadness of female tragic characters in Zhang Ailing's works.
As a woman in the new century, today I will analyze the reasons for the tragic fate of the main female characters and the two sisters Lu.
First, the feudal ideology and culture dominated by patriarchal society in China for thousands of years is the fundamental reason, which has corroded generation after generation, and the elderly women in a weak position can't get rid of their own unfortunate fate.
In old Shanghai, my sister Manlu lived in the fear of being abandoned by her husband at any time because she lost her fertility. She is afraid of losing her position as a rich woman and her only backer, even if her husband has a married wife in the countryside, even if she is old and ugly, even if she doesn't go home all day, even if he calls her "rotten goods".
"It is indisputable to mourn his misfortune, but it is indisputable to provoke him." Man Lu is not only a victim of cruel society, but also a criminal and an accomplice. She finally plotted against her sister Man Zhen, which directly ruined Man Zhen's life. In the end, Man Zhen gave birth to a son, but it backfired and the authorities did whatever they wanted. Man Lu finally failed to keep her husband's heart, and finally died young in endless regret.
Second, the shackles of traditional feudal family, class and social identity, money is supreme.
In order to support the family, Manlu was forced to be a dancer at the Shili foreign exchange on the beach, but turned to dust. She cares about her humble position and feels deeply inferior. She gave up a promising young man who really loved each other and had an engagement, and married a bad speculator Zhu. In the face of the broken marriage, I don't want to give up the glamorous identity of "Mrs. Zhu", and I am afraid that my future in my later years is hopeless and I can't live a superior life like a slave.
Man Zhen, a new youth in the old city, has ideals, progress, independence and self-improvement. She should have been able to boldly pursue love, free love and happy marriage. But she always felt inferior, especially her elder sister's identity, and worried that she was not worthy of Shi Jun's family, which led to Shi Jun's hesitation and anger when she returned to Shanghai from Nanjing to propose to her.
Third, the influence of personal personality defects on their own choices.
Due to the early death of his father, the livelihood of a large family is imminent. Sixteen-year-old sister Manlu voluntarily gave up her studies and became a dancer at Shili Sheep Farm. Originally, a weak woman should be taken care of by her family from the beginning, but she took the initiative to provoke the burden of the whole family, earn money to support her family, take care of her siblings, and let them receive a good education, which made me admire and sympathize. Even in contemporary society, it is rare for women to have such a great spirit of sacrifice, which is still beyond the reach of men.
However, after Manlu entered the marriage, she was powerless to save herself in the face of such a bad husband. In fact, she can choose to divorce and find a self-supporting job, even if it is housekeeping, but she can't lose face. After all, she has studied and can do some part-time jobs. She can take the initiative to discuss with her mother and second sister, instead of quarreling and feeling sorry for herself until she has evil thoughts. Man Zhen has graduated from college, got a job, and usually works as a tutor. Of course, in the old society, it was not easy for women to find a job, and it was also difficult to be independent. Most women can only live by men, but there are always other ways to avoid this heinous evil behavior, which directly ruins their sisters' lives and makes them unhappy.
Man Zhen is innocent and fell into the trap of her closest relatives. She is innocent, but although she is a "new age woman", she is also inferior, weak, refined and indecisive. She has been in love with Shi Jun for more than two years and has been living in a fairy tale world. In the face of real marriage, she became timid and kept aloof from her boyfriend. If she could marry and leave her family earlier, she wouldn't be calculated by Lu.
She was hurt and knew Zhu's ugly face and ferocious face. When she learned that she had died of illness and there was something wrong with her child care, she chose to bow her head and marry Zhu. This mistake was her own making, which led to her never being able to continue her relationship with Shi Jun. Fortunately, she finally learned from a painful experience and finally spent a huge sum of money to file a lawsuit with Zhu and obtained custody of the child.
People regret the short-lived love between Gu and Shen, but forget that Gu Man Road originally had such love.
When I read the novel Half-Life, I cried many times, especially when I read that Man Zhen was cheated home by her sister, raped and pregnant. I guess I must have hated Lu at that time.
Times have changed. When I relive this story, I feel a little more pity for this woman who loves and hates.
In fact, love and missing are almost the main lines of the novel Half-Life Fate, not only limited to the fate of Gu and Shen, but also the fate of Gu Man Road and He.
Man Lu really loved her, so that her mentality changed later, but she still kept her beautiful fantasy. From beginning to end, Manlu longed for love. Once upon a time, when she was a naive girl, she longed for love with her fiance. Later, she experienced the warmth and coldness of human feelings, which made her expect more love. But she knew her situation very well, so she put all her thoughts on her sister, so that she later married Zhu. It is also because Manlu thinks from the bottom of his heart that he has feelings for himself.
She thought Zhu Hong was the one who loved her. As a happy woman, she didn't care so much. Therefore, Manlu is going to live with Zhu for a lifetime before marriage. She thought she had found a home, so she began to be sincerely happy. It was the happiest time for Manlu after she embarked on the road of dancing girls. At that time, the dancer who was once seven points provocative and three points romantic became a simple and happy little woman.
Gu is a new independent female image. Gu's life experience is very poor. Her father has been busy for a long time, and there is one less man in the family, just like a pillar without support. Her sister Gu Manlu also stepped forward to support her family as a dancer. She sacrificed her love and happiness for her family. For example, Gu defended her sister and said, "It's not her fault, it's this damn society. It's a shame to be with those clients.
Some readers think that Gu has a job after graduation, working as a typist and tutoring at night. She has her own ability and doesn't want to support her family by being a dancer's sister. She also told Mrs. Gu many times not to ask her sister for money. Gu wants to save the family through his own efforts, such as "mom, I will pay for the family anyway." Why did my sister provide for my school in the past, and I can't replace her now? " She is weak in appearance, but strong in heart. She wants to be independent and support her family like a man. She began to believe that she could do it. After meeting Shen, I don't want to marry him first. When her mother, Mrs. Gu, persuaded Gu, Gu said, "I am still young and can get married. At least wait for your brother to grow up. " I don't want to walk with him like this, let him go back and take over his father's family business and build an old-fashioned China family. After starting a business, I will set up a new family. She thinks he should go out to work and put his career first. She can also take care of his family. Once a man gets married, he has to take care of two families, which is a drag and will delay the future career development. Her thoughts are very advanced. That's the story that Gu Manlu designed to harm her after Cao Cao abandoned her. Gu Man Road couldn't give birth to Cao Zhu Hongcai's dislike. Gu Man Road and Zhu are not real-name couples. In order to lock Zhu's heart, she was stupid enough to design her own sister to be with Zhu and let Zhu rape her own sister. She actually thought of a stupid way to "borrow belly to have children". What a stupid thing it is, even if she owes it to her, she can't do such a despicable thing. God forbid, it's too irrational. In the end, she will hurt others and herself, even if she dies, she won't get much sympathy. This is a bit like Mr. Lu Xun's view of Ah Q, "Mourn his misfortune, anger his indisputable", and her persistence will be covered up by her ignorance. It's not her fault that she was abandoned as a dancer, but it's a big mistake for her to go back to her own sister, and she can't be forgiven.
The whole article also tells the story of a new woman's difficulty in wanting to be independent. It is difficult to find a bright way out in the dark night sky, just like groping, exploring and stumbling in the dark night, which eventually causes lifelong harm. In Zhang Ailing's view, this is endless sigh and helplessness. Ideal and reality are always disharmonious, and beautiful ideal and cruel reality always have a tragic collision. A tragic outlook on life and the world, she created a tragic love tragedy in Shanghai. Gu Manlu's design framed Gu's personality, and this damn society decided people's fate, resulting in personality tragedy and social tragedy.
But now that I think about it, I think that Ruby is even more tragic.
Manlu was a victim of her family from the beginning, but her sacrifice did not win the respect or even sympathy of the whole family.
As soon as the TV series started, we could see that several younger brothers of Man Lu obviously looked down on Man Lu, and felt that their profession and the image of Man Lu as a street bitch made them lose face.
Manlu's mother and grandmother are obviously afraid of Manlu, and their inner attitude is rejection. It is true that Manlu supports a large family by being a dancer, but she is a dancer after all.
Man Lu's father died early, and she was the eldest in the family, old and young. She can't go out to find a serious job like a boy, so she can only work as a dancer in the sea, and she can only experience herself as a worldly hooligan in a mixed social circle.
Without her depravity, Man Zhen could not find a job in the factory after school, her brothers and sisters could not eat and drink every day, and housewives like her grandmother and mother could not stay at home.
But what she paid was the intentional or unintentional contempt of her family.
It's a pity that her family abandoned her and her old relationship was over. Youth comes so early, but it ends so quickly.
The chaotic life made her lose her fertility early, but she married Zhu in one breath and found a way out for herself.
But this back road is not reliable. She needs a child.
If she complains, she will complain why it is her and not Man Zhen. But she didn't.
Man Lu also made great determination. She is hard enough for herself, and others are hard enough for her. Why can't she be hard on Man Zhen? If she can't continue to be ruthless, she will be completely abandoned by life and society. She is afraid, because she has been abandoned by her family, her lover and society, and she can't give up the last straw.
On the night of being raped by Zhu, Man Lu cried and laughed in the rain. She knew that she was destined to be punished in her life. Even though she was cruel, she still failed to forgive herself.
In fact, compared with ruthlessness, who can compare with Manluhe's mother?
Man Lu is a dancer, and she doesn't feel bad. Raped, Lu sent her away in a few words.
She gave birth to two daughters by mistake, and after destroying one, she let the other brutally destroy the other.
Meng Ying believes that the causes of the tragedies of Gu Manlu and Gu Manzhen can be analyzed from three aspects.
First, the social background.
Half-Life Destiny is a novel written by Zhang Ailing, which was completed at 195 1.
The story takes place in the old Shanghai beach. At that time, the remnants of feudalism still affected many people, including the mothers and grandmothers of two sisters.
At that time, it was difficult for a girl with no background and poor family background to earn money to support her family.
In order to support the family and change the fate of her family, Gu Manlu finally chose to be a dancer, sacrificing her beauty and reputation, but earning a lot of money in a short time.
Winning a lot of money is not terrible. The terrible thing is that the family members who pay the money also look at themselves like those who talk too much.
Second, family factors.
Gu Jia lives a well-fed life by Gu Manlu. Brother and sister can afford to go to school because of Gu Manlu, and mother and grandmother can also have food and clothing and have servants to take care of them.
However, no one has ever thanked her sincerely.
If Gu Manlu can get the understanding of his family every time he goes home, and does not look on coldly and cynically, perhaps Gu Manlu will not live so hard and feel inferior.
If the younger brother and sister say to her, elder sister, don't be afraid. We will support you when you are old. Maybe she won't pin all her hopes on a man who knows he is unreliable and only has money.
Gu, Cheng also took care of the road and lost the road.
Without Gu Manlu's protection and financial support, Gu could not be a pure intellectual woman in the new era, nor could she know Shen, the love of her heart. Her sister made her, but it was also her sister who destroyed her.
Third, personality reasons.
Gu Manlu could have chosen to marry Yujin and live her own life regardless of family size, but she chose to give up love and take care of a large family. It is not difficult to see that she is a strong and affectionate girl.
However, it is difficult to turn a tree into a forest. At that time, that society hit her one after another. Supported by the selfless concept of "paying for the family", she deals with people from all walks of life and supports a family.
But in the end, no one understood her. Once a strong woman was beaten out of the water by life and family, and finally became the last person she wanted to be.
Gu Manlu thinks he is strong, but he doesn't know that his "strength" is just self-righteous. In fact, her heart is fragile.
Under the impact of reality, she gave up on herself. In order to catch the unreliable man and keep everything she has now, she betrayed her proudest soul and framed her sister who she wanted most.
Gu grew up under the care of her sister rather than her mother.
Gu Manzhen is the woman Gu Manlu wants to be. She is independent, educated, idealistic and pursuing. But when she was worse, the dark side that grew inside wanted to destroy that beautiful side.
Therefore, Gu Manlu destroyed Gu Manzhen.
In their love, Gu and Shen are both naive idealists. Gu Manlu, who is ignorant and innocent, takes care of him too well.
If Gu Manzhen had half the means of Gu Manlu, I'm afraid she would have married a rich family and changed her family life. Perhaps, Gu Manlu would not choose to marry Zhu.
Moreover, this drama tells us that some important words and decisions must be made clear to people face to face and relayed by others, which is disrespectful to that person and irresponsible to oneself.
And educating children, we can't just protect them, be ignorant of the world, and be smooth and true. Maybe this is a better principle to educate children.
The above is my answer to this question, and I hope it will help everyone.
Some people say, "Mother is the feng shui of a family." This sentence is just right for the Manlu family.
If social factors are not considered, the tragedies of Man Luhe are all caused by their mothers.
Zhang Ailing's novels are full of secular flavor. Although the story happened in a special era, she still described the fireworks in the world with delicate brushwork and the most humble and helpless reality in life.
Manluhe's mother is the most cowardly, heartless and vicious character in the book. Just as Zhao commented on Fang Hung-chien in Fortress Besieged: "He is a good man, but he is totally useless." Their mother is like this.
Her husband died young, leaving several children behind. The oldest man Lu is in his prime, and the whole family is desperate. As the mother of the head of the family, she can only worry. Manlu, who is kind and filial, could not bear to give up her love in tears and walked into the playground to maintain the life of her family. She acquiesced in Manlu's choice, but she showed a helpless look, which made people feel disgusted.
She raised several children who should be responsible for herself with the money from Manlu's prostitution, but she didn't teach the children to be grateful to her sister, which led her brother to look down on her sister and her sister to hate her family. In fact, her son's behavior is not a reflection of her own heart, but how can she tolerate her brother's selfishness and ruthlessness with a little sympathy? If you can be a little considerate of your daughter, how can Man Lu be resentful and finally get back at her sister?
Manlu's destruction stems from his deep jealousy and his family's indifference to him. Manlu, an old woman, is no longer liked by friendly guests. She was deeply disturbed by the contempt and threats of the young dancers. When she returned home, she was subjected to cold violence from her family and her mentality gradually collapsed.
Finally, I found dirty Zhu, and finally my lower body had to rely on her. However, because I can't have children, I am faced with the dilemma of being swept out of the house. My sister can spend her whole life with the person she loves, which she longs for but gives up. So, her mentality finally collapsed. She felt that "all her youth is for dogs", so when Zhu made shameless demands, she made up her mind to destroy her sister and help herself.
And her mother acquiesced in all this, because she can never do anything, never be helpless, such a useless mother is the most cruel. The tragedy began with her, but no one can blame her.
If she can be stronger in life, be kind to her daughter and be hard on herself, maybe she can avoid a family tragedy. She loves no one but herself.
I believe some netizens have seen the movie "Half-Life" starring Anita Mui and Liming, or the TV series "Half-Life" in Ruby Lin. Half a Life is based on Zhang Ailing's novel of the same name. A new version of Half-Life, played by Carina Lau, Rulu, Joseph Cheng and Guo Xiaodong, will be broadcast soon.
Since Half-Life is based on Zhang Ailing's novel of the same name, what kind of story does Half-Life tell? What is the finale of Half-Life? Let's take a look together.
What is the half-life outcome?
Referring to the original novel "Half Life" and previous film and television dramas, the ending of the story is as follows:
Gu Manlu, Gu's elder sister, suffered from consumption (tuberculosis) after Gu left Zhu's home and eventually died. After her death, Zhu also went bankrupt. Gu returned for his children and married Zhu.
However, due to unbearable inner pain, Gu finally divorced Zhu. Gu also completely escaped from the place that made her suffer. Ten years later, when Shen and Gu meet again, Shen hopes to continue their love affair with Gu. However, Gu said that this situation no longer exists and everyone can't go back. Gu also began to move towards a new life.
Brief introduction of half-life story
This story happened in old Shanghai in the 1930s. The hero of Half-Life is called Gu. When I was working in a textile mill, I fell in love with Shen, who worked together. However, due to family problems, Shen's mother wants Shen to marry his cousin Shi.
Gu Manlu, Gu's sister, can't be understood by her family in order to become a dancer. Gu Manlu later married Zhu who made a fortune by speculation. However, after marriage, Zhu spent a lot of time drinking and drinking. Because she was worried about her status, Gu Manlu wanted to have children to protect her status, but she was desperate because of several miscarriages. Later, my sister used Gu's simplicity to get pregnant with Zhu's child.
Lying to Shen that Gu had married Zhu, Shen agreed to marry his cousin Depression. After giving birth to the child, Gu fled the humiliating place, but Gu who escaped from home found that she had married someone else.
Gu Manlu also became depressed after her sister left and died of illness. After Gu Manlu's death, Jia Zhu also went bankrupt, and even had no money to treat her children. Gu returned to the person she hated for the sake of her children, but because she could not face the person who made her feel uncomfortable, she finally divorced Zhu.
Half-life fate, Zhang Ailing, tragedy bar, multiple reasons! At that time, the chaotic society was changing dynasties, and the resistance was the Republic of China. It is definitely more difficult for women to go out to make money than men. After all, they are weak and have a home. No one in the family can feed them. Let a weak woman support them! Because my sister was under great pressure and my little sister was very kind, but she didn't escape. And that son, although younger than the two sisters, has grown up and has no responsibility! The fate of half-life is only half-life! Shili Yangchang is old Shanghai, and I didn't watch it either, because it was very sad at first sight! Love, life, the weak are of course bitter, so there are so many people who want to change their destiny!