The Eternal Body
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What would happen if we didn't have to eat or sleep?
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Looking for the glimmer of life in eternity
"The Body of Eternal Day" takes an unexpected genetic mutation as the starting point, and uses delicate writing to tell a profound story about "eternity" and "finiteness". Under the shell of science fiction, it is wrapped with tender questions about the essence of life. The cry of a new student in the emergency room, the breakfast stall at the entrance of the primary school, the half-knitted sweater of Grandma Zhou in the oncology department, and the country girl's eyes as bright as stars. These ordinary scenes, from the perspective of the protagonist "an observer outside time", become the power that touches the soul. Grandma Zhou's words, "A person's life is like a candle, it's over once it's burned out. What's important is whether it illuminates others when it's on." It breaks the core of the story: the value of life is never in length, but in thickness; the greatness of human beings is never the pursuit of eternity, but igniting glimmers of light for each other in the limited. The whole story breaks out of the science fiction framework and becomes an apocalypse to every modern person: Instead of chasing an eternity that is out of reach, it is better to cherish every real and warm moment in the present. Because it is "it will fade away" that makes every moment of life worth cherishing.
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Official(1)Scraped 9d ago
Looking for the glimmer of life in eternity
"The Body of Eternal Day" takes an unexpected genetic mutation as the starting point, and uses delicate writing to tell a profound story about "eternity" and "finiteness". Under the shell of science fiction, it is wrapped with tender questions about the essence of life. The cry of a new student in the emergency room, the breakfast stall at the entrance of the primary school, the half-knitted sweater of Grandma Zhou in the oncology department, and the country girl's eyes as bright as stars. These ordinary scenes, from the perspective of the protagonist "an observer outside time", become the power that touches the soul. Grandma Zhou's words, "A person's life is like a candle, it's over once it's burned out. What's important is whether it illuminates others when it's on." It breaks the core of the story: the value of life is never in length, but in thickness; the greatness of human beings is never the pursuit of eternity, but igniting glimmers of light for each other in the limited. The whole story breaks out of the science fiction framework and becomes an apocalypse to every modern person: Instead of chasing an eternity that is out of reach, it is better to cherish every real and warm moment in the present. Because it is "it will fade away" that makes every moment of life worth cherishing.
