【Sea and River Night Talks】Revisiting \"The Shawshank Redemption\": Why Read So Many Books?
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This post was last edited by Desert Fish on 2021-12-4 at 13:03. This is a classic movie; you can download it to your computer and watch it whenever you have time. Watching it once can bring some insights: \"The Shawshank Redemption\" has accompanied countless people through the toughest times in their lives. Let the pessimists move forward, the helpless gain strength, the arrogant feel awe, the desperate see hope, and the confused begin to think. Every viewer can draw different energy from it. Years ago, when I watched this movie, what caught my attention was the exciting escape scene; I admired Andy’s intelligence. It is only by rereading this book now that I have come to understand its deeper meaning. A person’s knowledge system is the blueprint through which they perceive the world. This society is inherently unfair; the more useful you are, the more special you become. Books are like good medicine, capable of curing ignorance ； Books are like giant rulers, capable of measuring the world. Any time you spend on reading will pay off at some point in the future.
Learn more – acquire more knowledge and skills; use your brain to seize opportunities and improve your situation. Hardships are inevitable; even someone as outstanding as Shawshank couldn’t avoid suffering, and it took him twenty years to escape. Changing the status quo is not an easy task
Many times, literary and artistic works inspire reflection, whereas when we watch movies or TV shows, we often only pay attention to the plot……
It’s typical – when watching A Chinese Odyssey, we didn’t cherish it
So-called life insights are generally not gained through entertaining movies and TV shows; rather, they come from reflecting on and summarizing things that happen in life… And the conclusions drawn may not necessarily be correct.
Some of Stephen Chow’s films from his peak period appear to be comedies, but are actually tragedies; he was acting out his own life
If the plot is self-created, personal elements must have been added during that creation process……
Haha, so it turns out that enlightenment can also come suddenly during leisure time after meals. So, it’s not about the number of books, but about understanding. The so-called ultimate techniques take different paths; a knife is sharpened on stone, while a person cultivates themselves in the world……
The so-called ultimate techniques involve different paths; a knife is sharpened on stone, and a person improves themselves in the world... This sounds like a line from a **wuxia TV drama**