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by H
About This Novel
"The Narrow Gate" is one of the masterpieces of French Nobel Prize winner Gide. It tells a love tragedy. Jerome and his cousin Alyssa have been childhood sweethearts, secretly in love with each other, and their love has been supported by the people around them. With all their innocence and enthusiasm, they only want to become better people for each other. But the deeper the love, the less she can tolerate any imperfection in real life, especially when Alyssa witnesses her mother eloping with others and her sister living a dull and loveless married life, and the more she cannot bear any obstacles that hinder the path to perfect charity. She even regards her own existence as the biggest obstacle for Jerome to pass through the "narrow gate" and approach God. So she turned to crazy religious beliefs. In order to allow her lover to reach the other side of heaven more freely and obtain something "better" than the ordinary happiness that love can give, she chose to escape and eventually died alone.
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Official(1)Scraped 4d ago
I don't understand what it means? ! ! I don't understand why falling in love is so awkward. Why? What does Alyssa want to do?
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Official(1)Scraped 4d ago
I don't understand what it means? ! ! I don't understand why falling in love is so awkward. Why? What does Alyssa want to do?
