Is there such a kind of love? Even if there is no hope, a person can keep it in his heart for a long time; even if life blows it every day, it can never be blown out...
In "The Narrow Gate", Gide pushes the mystical experience of love to the extreme, telling us a love story that is pure and hot, but also contains boundless loneliness and infinite bitterness: Jérôme and his cousin Alyssa have been in love since childhood. When love sprouts, he and she love each other secretly, with all their innocence and enthusiasm, and they just want to become better people for each other. The two consciously put on the robes of ascetics, each with his lover as his only guide, and tried their best to climb the rugged and narrow road to the peak of virtue.
Reader comments
When you are too close, you will not love so much. It is Alyssa's self-sacrifice, and the same is true for Jerome. They are both afraid of affecting each other, and they have to squeeze through the narrow door, embrace the Lord, and sit on a shining person. Everything I do is to make you love me, but they squeezed into the gate and shackled each other. The unexpressed diary and the words that were not spoken in person are all efforts made on the road without letting each other see it. Cheng, love makes both parties bright, but they must also shine each other's light, don't pretend to be strong around the person you love each other, learn to show weakness, learn to say I love you, not just sacrifice your own rationality ´ₒ⦁⩊⦁ₒ`There are no lilies in the field, if there are, they are planted by yourself, there is a gap between ideal and reality, love is not a rule, no matter how noble love is, it also needs sincere expression [crying]
This book resonated with me because it told a love story just like mine and my husband's, pure and passionate. The protagonists in the book become better people for each other. This mutual growth of love moved me very much. Especially the sentence "You have to work hard to squeeze through the narrow door" made me understand that I also need to persevere and work hard in love. This is not only a book about love, but also an inspiration to life.
When you are too close, it seems that you are not so loved anymore.
When you are too close, you will not love so much. It is Alyssa's self-sacrifice, and the same is true for Jerome. They are both afraid of affecting each other, and they have to squeeze through the narrow door, embrace the Lord, and sit on a shining person. Everything I do is to make you love me, but they squeezed into the gate and shackled each other. The unexpressed diary and the words that were not spoken in person are all efforts made on the road without letting each other see it. Cheng, love makes both parties bright, but they must also shine each other's light, don't pretend to be strong around the person you love each other, learn to show weakness, learn to say I love you, not just sacrifice your own rationality ´ₒ⦁⩊⦁ₒ`There are no lilies in the field, if there are, they are planted by yourself, there is a gap between ideal and reality, love is not a rule, no matter how noble love is, it also needs sincere expression [crying]
This book resonated with me because it told a love story just like mine and my husband's, pure and passionate. The protagonists in the book become better people for each other. This mutual growth of love moved me very much. Especially the sentence "You have to work hard to squeeze through the narrow door" made me understand that I also need to persevere and work hard in love. This is not only a book about love, but also an inspiration to life.
When you are too close, it seems that you are not so loved anymore.