Reading | Thousand Rivers and Moon
Love is giving and responsibility.
-The Rose of Saint Exupery
"If someone falls in love with a unique flower in the vast starry sky, then this person should feel extremely happy when looking up at the starry sky. He will tell himself,' My flowers are somewhere in the distance'. "
-Little Prince
I shared the relationship between the author and the work with you yesterday. I think:
Knowing and understanding the author is also the best way to deeply understand his works. Although many writers say that after the work is finished, it will be handed over to the readers, which has nothing to do with me. In fact, there is no absolute thing in this world.
The author's views and attitudes must come from his life and experience, and there must be a constant connection between the artistic truth created by the author and his real life. No work can be completely divorced from the era when it was produced and the person who created it-the work and the author can never be completely separated, but how to grasp this degree requires the wisdom of readers.
In Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince, the fox asks the little prince to tame him, and they establish a connection. The fox fell in love with the little prince, and the little prince missed the roses he had worked so hard to sweat, so the fox finally lost the little prince. The fox didn't get the little prince's love, so he let him go in a clever way. His wisdom made the little prince understand that true responsible love must be a bond established by time and effort, and true love is between himself and the rose.
In real life, Saint Exupery wrote to his second wife, Consuro, "You are a rose." In other words, Consolo is the realistic prototype of the rose in The Little Prince. Let's take a look at how the little prince in the book treats his beloved roses:
"I should eat breakfast. Please also think for me ... "
"I hate ventilation. Please give me a screen."
"It's too cold here, you cover it for me ..."
With the little prince's love, the vain rose is full of femininity, and her uncertain temper makes the little prince feel tired. Love in reality has always been like this. Because women love each other, they deliberately want to prove their position in each other's hearts, so they make all kinds of actions that confuse each other. Some people say that without work, there is no death. But is there a kind of love that you don't do?
Seeking the promise of peace of mind in the passion and panic of love is the uniqueness of love. The more you love it, the more you have to do it, abuse it and abuse yourself at the same time. This kind of behavior and abuse is precisely the part of love that makes people want to stop. As the little prince in the book said when he woke up:
"At that time, I was too young to cherish and love her."
"What she said about Tiger Claw should have touched my heart, but I was angry with her."
"At that time, I really didn't understand. To judge a person, you should not listen to his words, but look at his actions. "
Saint Exupery suddenly woke up in the fairy tale, and understood love, responsibility and mourning for his wife Consuro. In real life outside fairy tales-according to "Memories of Roses" written by Kang after Anthony's death-they are like this:
1929, Anthony? Saint-Exupery was sent to South America to open up new routes. When he returned to France at the end of his mission, he met Consulo in Buenos Aires and fell in love with her at first sight. At this time, Kang was an adventurer. Goldman? Galileo's petite widow with long black hair is as headstrong, vain and moody as the "rose" in fairy tales. She always needs the attention of others, and when she lies, she coughs and faints to divert her attention. She has asthma, and her sensitivity to air is like a rose protected by the little prince with a glass cover. But she is lively, smart and full of artistic flavor. She is the kind of woman who can tell at a glance that a snake is swallowing an elephant in a hat. "
Her beauty and "wild soul" deeply attracted Saint Exupery. St. Exupery, who was carried away by love, "kidnapped" Consulo on the plane and then made love to Consulo under the threat of a plane crash. He succeeded ...
The wedding was held two years later.
Anthony likes freedom by nature, and Consolo is lively and sociable, which makes them always fall into endless quarrels after marriage. It is said that Saint Exupery can summon Consolo from thousands of miles away when he is happy, or he can say, "Go away, there is no place for you here."
A talented writer is not necessarily a good lover or husband in real life, and artists generally lack a sense of reality, so they lack a sense of responsibility, which makes Saint-Exupé ry like a little boy who has not grown up, with both childlike frankness and unacceptable immature rudeness.
However, as long as Saint Exupery calls, Concello will not hesitate to return to him.
After marriage, Conselo became nervous, always nervous, suddenly out of control and crying in public, and liked to complain everywhere. This is the state of many women who love more than men in love, because this kind of love makes her extremely insecure-just look at the marriage between Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse. However, after Saint Exupé ry lost contact, as the wife of Saint Exupé ry, she was criticized and rejected by many people. Because of the fame of Saint Exupery, this vain and beautiful woman bears unfair accusations.
This experience reminds me of Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman for no reason. Their love is as bright and warm as fireworks, and their marriage is more chaotic than a chicken feather.
Saint Exupery and Xu Zhimo are both literati and idealists who yearn for freedom. Xu Zhimo expressed them in poetry. Saint Exupery wrote novels and all died in Wan Li. Perhaps the wings of freedom took them to the sky and made them suddenly disappear. Consolo and Lu Xiaoman are both social women, beautiful, charming and talented. They can draw pictures and perform wholeheartedly in love, and regard love as the only goal in life.
What's more, after the death of their husbands, both women washed away their lead, closed their doors and lived in seclusion. They also began to sort out their dead husbands or write their own stories. And the attitude of the world towards them is surprisingly consistent. Although their deaths were not directly caused by their wives, people can't help blaming their sociable, vain wives for the deaths of novelists and poets who died young.
From Consolo's book, we can see the truth of the writer in real life.
When it comes to love, girls always love hard. Boys are always half-beat, in a daze, watching girls play games in the fog cover, at a loss. Maybe you must meet a woman as smart as a fox and let him know his favorite roses.
The fox told the little prince, "roses are very important because you spend too much time on them." Men often forget this truth. After the conquest, you have to take charge of it all your life. You are responsible for the rose. "
In his novels, Saint Exupery understands that love is giving and responsibility.
In fairy tales, the little prince angrily left the rose and embarked on an interstellar journey, seeking comfort and healing his sorrow. Sweet and lovely rose, defenceless, facing the danger of sheep biting alone. However, the first step to leave Rose is the beginning when the little prince misses her.
In real life, during the war-torn World War II, Saint Exupé ry left France and was displaced in the United States and Canada. Consolo was left alone in turbulent France, like a rose left by the little prince, unable to move, facing the war alone. Her vanity and pride made her suffer from love.
As for the fox, he didn't get the love of the little prince, but every time he saw the golden wheat field, he still remembered the little prince with golden hair. This golden color still fascinates him, which is all he got from this relationship.
Love is not necessarily having, but maybe-let it go.