阅读感悟:
全篇总结为2个圣人和一个可怜的姑娘的故事,大圣Tim,小圣John,可怜的Savannah哭的不要不要的。
1、爱情是不能分享的,真爱也不能是礼物。情圣们是见一个爱一个,见了这个忘了那个转换很快,但同时真心爱着俩个的就很难理解了,但把爱情当物品就容易多了,扔掉哪个都肉疼,肉疼的肯定不是真爱。也许有时候并不知道真爱在哪儿,也许有一天会发现真爱就在身边,但不敢去争取恐怕永远都不会知道。
2、圣人。凡人图利,图名,圣人呢(有的)图的是什么呢,你的渺小衬托他的伟大,你的愧疚给予他力量,是他生活的动力,其实有时和图名利的凡人一样。这几年流行的政治正确,道德婊等等。
卡列宁是个圣人,伯爵夫人对安娜说:“你的丈夫是个圣人,要为了俄罗斯珍重他”,安娜是这样控诉:“八年来,他窒息了我的生活,窒息了我身上一切有生命的东西,他从来没有想到我是一个需要爱情的活着的女人”,不说谁对谁错,卡列宁对安娜的爱到底是丈夫还是父亲的爱多些,是怕肉疼还是心痛,同样的问题Tim和Savannah是兄妹的爱多些吧,责任多些吧,Savannah需要的到底是什么Tim要是真理解的话,也就不会眼瞅着老婆总到院子里吸日月精华而装作不知道了吧。不过激情燃烧的岁月里为进城骨干配的小媳妇几十年磨下来似乎也不错,但当年是没的选,要是有的选的话怕是另一结局。
3、以下少儿不宜 :D
John是个性压抑者,Savannah的每次与身体接触都让他激动,她每个动作他都会细细揣摩回忆(有当过兵的朋友理解深刻就是看到母猪都是双眼皮的)他活在了自己的世界里,并把自己封存在过去“ I dwelled endlessly on the past, trying to escape an emptiness that wouldn’t go away.
Savannah 丈夫大病她的压力很大,她甚至需要每晚激励自己每天醒来可以有勇气面对一切, John出现了,干柴烈火,若激情过后他们应会更理性的去分析面对,很可惜他被Tim感化了,他逃了。
小说毕竟是小说,催泪和争议是畅销的保证。结尾每到月圆之时,他俩对月吸取日月精华的段子,我甚至恶毒地想,若干年后他俩吸够了会不会变成狼人来拯救世界。哈哈
感谢海露,马月俩位老师的组织与引导,带我进入到了作者构造的世界中,读完了我的第一本英文书。
导读问题:
1. Why did John leave the hospital and went back to his hotel.
When he was watching Savannah and Alan he suddenly knew that he didn't belong here,Savannah never looked up,John felt haunted by all that he and Savannah had lost.
2. What did Tim worry about the most? What did he learn from his parent's death?
He worried about Alan,he was only 19,and he was needed to be take care of for whole life.
Tim learned that life isn't fair, but it's possible to go on,no matter how impossible it seems. The grief ,lessens may not go away completely,but after a while it's not overwhelming.
3. Were Savannah still in love with John?
Yes ,She was.
4. What decision did John make in the end? How do you think of it ?
He felt his love for Savannah somehow wrong, Love should bring joy, it should grant a person peace.Then,he made the decision that he entrusted dealer to sell those coins ,and deposited it in the account that had been set up for Tim's treatment by lawyer he hired. he made himself being an anonymous benefactor, and he tried to never contact Savannah again.
John thought he had done the right thing ,but it seems not "right" enough,It's not a true love story I think,it's just a story wrote about two saints and a sad woman.