U
by I
About This Novel
The protagonist "I" in the book is an underappreciated writer in London. He met a stockbroker by chance. When he reached middle age, he suddenly responded to the call of his heart and rebelled against everything. He first went to Paris, and then to Tahiti in the South Pacific to live with the indigenous people. He devoted himself to painting and became famous after his death. After he became famous, "I" began to trace his past interactions with the artist and his subsequent life experiences. The artist's story is based on the life of Gauguin, a French post-Impressionist painter who lived in extreme poverty and was prepared to die in glory.
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How many people in this world can have such courage as Strickland? Everyone is looking for their sixpence with their heads down.
In fact, I imagined The Moon and Sixpence to be about a person's struggle between dreams and reality, and finally choosing one of them. After reading it, I found that this is not the case at all. Charles unswervingly chose his ideals. It feels pretty cool to watch. Maybe it's because he and I are so similar in that we don't care what other people think. I feel free and easy and brave for his courage to abandon everything just for his dream. But when his character becomes more and more indifferent, I think he is still quite anti-human, quite perverted, and quite a bastard. When watching it, I wonder if people have these qualities that are not beautiful or even evil. People may forgive him for having some extreme personalities because he is an artist. But I feel that in fact, amateurs all have these black humors that are tainted by society. They need to be processed and processed before they can be seen in front of people and reflect reality while still being understandable.
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Official(2)Scraped 11d ago
How many people in this world can have such courage as Strickland? Everyone is looking for their sixpence with their heads down.
In fact, I imagined The Moon and Sixpence to be about a person's struggle between dreams and reality, and finally choosing one of them. After reading it, I found that this is not the case at all. Charles unswervingly chose his ideals. It feels pretty cool to watch. Maybe it's because he and I are so similar in that we don't care what other people think. I feel free and easy and brave for his courage to abandon everything just for his dream. But when his character becomes more and more indifferent, I think he is still quite anti-human, quite perverted, and quite a bastard. When watching it, I wonder if people have these qualities that are not beautiful or even evil. People may forgive him for having some extreme personalities because he is an artist. But I feel that in fact, amateurs all have these black humors that are tainted by society. They need to be processed and processed before they can be seen in front of people and reflect reality while still being understandable.
