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I am　distressed to　waｔch thiｓ film.Ｉ cａｎ’ｔ imａgｉnｅ ｔｈat　hｏw　John cａn lｉve　wｉｔh　theｓe “ｓhadoｗ” in　his minｄ．Ｉ can’t imaginｅ　ｔhaｔ　ｗhaｔ ｓhould a　ｐerｓｏn do　wiｔh a　followiｎg　oｎes whｏ tell　ordeｒs　ａｎd　ｃｏntｒｏｌ one’s life.　I　ｃan’t imaｇｉne　that a couｐｌｅ can be iｎsepaｒable ｃoｎfrｏnting gｒeat ｄifｆcuilt ａnｄ povｅotry ｎever ｇivｅ up. I　also caｎ’t imaｇine　ｈoｗ theｙ　can shrug　and　ｔurn ｂack ｉnｄiffeｒeｔｌｙ,bｕt　nｅｖer　ｓay ｇoodｂｙe　to the pａst.
　 I haｖｅ to　aｄmiｔ thａｔ Ｉ　am　just　movｅd　whｅn　I firstly ｗatcｈeｄ thiｓ film，ｂut whｅn I waｔｃhed iｔ ｆor ｔhｅ　seconｄ and　tｈiｒd ｔｉｍeｓ.I fiｎｄ ｔｈat　John is ａ very ｃｏnfiｄent,dｉssoｃiaｌ,ｈeurｏtic，ｓｅnｓitiｖe and serioｕs—ｍｉnded.As ｔhｅ saｙiｎｇ goes:Scieｎtisｔｓ　oｎ　the ｔｏp must ｈaｖe　an　uｎcommｏn ｄissoｃial bｒaiｎ.It　is ｔhe reaｓｏn why Jｏhn go ｍad.He is so ｌｏnｅly that he nｅedｓ to iｍagine soｍe ｐeople who can uｎderstand　ｈim and ｓｕpply　him ｓｕpｐｏrts．　But aｓ John　ｔells hｉｓ ｓtudeｎts:“Ｅaｇer ｙｏｕng mｉnｄs oｆ tomorｒｏw.”Hｅ ｈas hiｓ　own luｓt　whｉｃh he　ｆalｌs iｎ　and he can’t　ｂreak ａwaｙ froｍ.His lｕst ｉs knｏwledｇe,sｕcceｓs,apｐrｏhａtｉｏn ａｎd matｔｅｒ.As hｅ hiｍself has ｓaid he ｎｅeds to　looｋ through thｅ　goｖerniｎｇ　dyｎａmicｓ，ｆind ａ　ｔｒulｙ oｒginal evｅr　dｉsｔｉnguｉsｈ hｉｍself.It’s the oｎｌy　ｗay thａt he will evｅr　ｍａtteｒ.He do not ｃarｅ aｂｏｕｔ wether oｔheｒ schｏolｂoys 　have already pｕblisｈed.ｈe is so　coｎfｉdent that he thｉnk clａsseｓ wｉll ｄuｌl peoｐle’ｓ ｍｉnd,destoｒy ｔhｅ potｅntiaｌ for ａutheｎｔic ｃrｅａtivｉng. Even　whｅｎ ｔhｅy need ｈim cｏmｅ bacｋ hoｓpital agaiｎ，he aｌso telｌ doctor　wiｔh confｉdeｎce:“I　sｏlｖｅ pｒｏbleｍ,that is　ｗhaｔ l　do best.Alｌ l haｖｅ　to do is aｐplｙ ｍy　mｉnd．”l have to admit l adａre John’ｓ　this ｋind　of ｎatｕre．Ｂｕt he　do not　know　it iｓ lｕｓt thａt　leａds him to ｇo ｍaｄ,and he must sｐeｎd his whｏle　lｉfe to solｖe the problem from ｈis ｓenｓiｔive ｈｅaｒt.l believe ｎoｂody　caｎ suppoｓｅ tｈat thｅ reｓｕlt ｏf ｌust is sｏ heavy that John　can’t ｓtand．Ｓo hｅ　ｎｅedｓ fｒiｅnds and this ｉs ｔｈｅ ｒeason ｗhy　Ｃharleｓ、Ｐarcher、Mａrcee ａpｐeａr.Ｉn thｉs hallucinａtｉｏｎ,Ｊoｈn has ｔwo　bｅst ｆｒiｅnds caｌled Charleｓ ａnｄ Maｒceｅ.Hｅ ａlsｏ becomes　ａn　ｈero beｃause　ｏf Paｒｃher.Besｉｄｅs，he also　hａs a beauiｔｆul ａnｄ ｗｉse wife in fact.Hoｗ woｎderful ｗorld he hａs,buｔ ｓomｅｄay he　is sent tｏ hｏspiｔal and he ｈaｓ went　mad.Ｆrｉenｄ, anｄ fｉｎdｓ ｔhａt hero　ａｒe just　in　ｈis mｉnd． Ｈe refuses　to　believe that these who　drink witｈ ｈim,ｅcoｕragｅ hｉm,ｃheer wｉtｈ　hｉm　aｒe noｔ real.Tｈeｙ ｅven dｏｎ’ｔ eｘist for one　secｏnｄ.He cａn’t stanｄ thiｓ ｌosiｎg from haｐpiness．Ｗe caｎ imagｉne thａｔ　ｉf　ｗhen we aｒe told that we　aｌwaｙs beｌｉeve neｖer eｘsit,whａｔ shｏｕld wｅ ｄo to kｅep　the　valｕｅ　ｏf ｏｕｒ ｌives．Ｇod　giveｓ　Ｊohn two ｃｈoices—Firsｔ　one　ｉs to proｖeｓ　aｌl　thesｅ people anｄ ｔhings　ａre　ｒeal， he　dｏ　not　ｇo　maｄ and he is a ｒｅａｌ genius．Second is　to admit　hiｍseｌｆ is juｓｔ an　average perｓoｎ whｏ ｊusｔ is　aｌiｖe.
　 He ｃｈｏoses　thｅ seｃｏnd,nｏt because ｏｆ hｉs luｓt but ｈis love ｆrom ｈis　fｒiends　ｅspeciallｙ　his wｉfe,Aｌｉciａ,a ｇreat wiｆe（each of theｍ　ｈａs a　beaｕtiful mind)．It ｉs　her ｔｈａt briｎgs　luck to　johｎ,as Beｎdaｒ　said:”Ｊohn is　ａ very lucｋy　ｍａn.”Aｆter Jｏhn’s ｇoｉnｇ　out frｏｍ hospiｔaｌ,Aliciａ sends thｅir　cｈiｌd ｔo heｒ mother’s home　so that　she ｃaｎ ｍakｅ　　ｍore　monｅｙ and take caｒe of John.ｌ think iｔ　is difｆcult　foｒ ａ　ｗｏmaｎ to face　all tｈese whｅｎ　hｅr huｓband　cａn’ｔ offeｒ ａny help.Alicia hａs sａid:“l ｔhiｎk ofteｎ what l fｅｅl is obｌｉｇａtion or　ｇuｉlｔ oｖer wanｔing　to ｌeave ．Raｇe agａｉｎｓｔ Joｈn.agaｉnｓt Ｇod.But tｈen looｋ　ａt hｉm　and forcｅ myseｌf　to seｅ　the man that　l mａrｒied and hｅ beｃoｍes ｔhaｔ man.hｅ　is ｔranｓfｏrmed intｏ someone that l lｏｖe and l　tｒａnsformed ｉnto　ｓoｍe wｈｏ loves ｈim.lt’ｓ　noｔ all the ｔime,bｕｔ iｔ’ｓ enougｈ.”this is how　Aｌiｃia ｆａces ｔｈe　truth—fａciｎg eｖeｒything ｗiｔh hｅr bｅautiful mind.Iｆ you didｎ’t ｗａtch thｉｓ ｆiｌm，wｈeｎ Ｊohｎ’s ｉllnesｓ bｅcomeds ｍｏre ｓerｉous(because he stoｐｓ　taking　mｅdicｉne　),the ｄoｃtor asks　John to go back　hospｉｔal anｄ he tｈiｎｋs iｔ ｉs　ｄａnｇerous tｏ thｅ　oｔhers　ａrouｎｄ,caｎ yｏu　guess ｔhe reaｓon ｗhｙ Johｎ　sｔoｐ　takiｎｇ　medicｉｎe?l am shｏcked　by Jｏhｎ’s aｎsｗer—“Ｂecａusｅ l caｎ’t ｄo　my wｏrk, l can’ｔ helｐ with the　baby，ａnd ｌ can’ｔ respoｎd ｔo my　wife.”Beseｄes,Joｈｎ　ｒefuｓeｓ to　ｇo back　hospｉtal　ａnd　hｅ ａｆraiｄs ｈｅ can’ｔ go　bacｋ ｈomｅ.Facing ｈusband’s hope,Ａlicia ｄecides　to sｔａy ｔogeｔhｅr ｗiｔh Joｈn at home no matteｒ whａt　hａd　happｅn． She ｇivｅｓ　Jｏhn　ｇreat suppoｒt　both mａtｅriaｌly ａnd ｓpiritualｌy.Shｅ　ｔelｌs Ｊohn:”ｄo　you want to know　what ｉs reａｌ?” She pｕtｓ her　hand　on herｓｅlｆ fａｃe　ａnd ｓayｓ　:　“this(Alicｉa’s faｃe),tｈis（Ｊoｈｎ’s ｆace).Tｈis （ｈｅr heaｒt),tｈesｅ(both ｏf their　ｈｅaｒｔ)ａre real.maybｅ tｈｅ pａｒt ｔhａt ｋnows tｈe wａkｉng　from the　ｄｒeaｍ．Maｙｂｅr it is　not heｒe(brain),Maｙber　iｔ iｓ　here (heａrt).l nｅed to beliｅｖe that something exｔrａｏdｉｎary is poｓｓiｂｌｅ.”Personaｌly，l　thiｎｋ Alicia is　thｅ　greaｔesｔ giｆt fｒom　Ｇod for　Ｊohｎ.John has alwayｓ beｌｉｅved in numbｅｒs,ｉn the equations aｎd lｏgics ｔhaｔ leaｄ to reasｏn. But after ａ lｉfe　oｆ such puｒｓuits,ｗｈat trｕly ｉs logｉｃ who ｄeｃｉdes　ｒｅasons.Joｈｎ’s ｑuest hａs takｅｎ Jｏhn through the　pｈysicａl,ｔhe ｍeｔaphysiｃａl,tｈｅ dｅｌuｓionaｌ，ａnd back.As John ｓay iｎ　his ｓpeecｈ :“ｌ hａｓ mａｄe　tｈe most imｐｏrtａnt discoｖeｒy　of my career，thｅ mosｔ　impｏrtａｎd ｄｉｓｃoveｒy　of my ｌiｆｅ．Iｔ is　onｌy iｎ　the　mysｔeｒｉouｓ equatｉｏn　of love tｈａt oｎly lｏｇicaｌ ｒｅaｓｏns caｎ ｂe found.”
Ｗｈat　ｌｅａds Joｈn tｏ　ｓuccess　anｄ　ｈaｐpinｅsｓ.ｌ beliｅvｅ it　is love ｆrom Aｌiｃia,Marｔiｎ,Heｎsen　who　give hiｍ help,encoｕｒaｇenｍenｔ　aｎd ｗarm to Jｏｈn.lｔ　iｓ　them and John himｓelf ｗｈo ｇive Joｈn ａ　wonｄerｆuｌ　lｉfe with a bridge to bｅauｔiｆｕl miｎds　
　 Aftｅr ｗatching tｈｉs ｆilｍ,l　feel　that　l am so ｐimｐing　coｍpaｒｅd wｉｔh　Alicia　and Johｎ. Tｈey　are ｂrａvｅ and　unseｌf.Nｏｗ,l caｎ　rememｂer mｙ dｒｅａｍ wheｎ l wａs cｈｉld.l wａｎｔed to be　a great paitｅr or ａ greａt ｐolｉceｗｏmaｎ. I ａlｓo waｎted ｔｏ hａve　counｔless ｍoney　that ｃan ｆill wｉth　hｏuse and liｍｉtlｅsｓ aｕthority.Bｕt now　I recoｎgine thaｔ ｔｈe simｐｌy ｌife witｈ lovｅ is ａ　ｇrｅateｓt　happiness.Hｅre I ｗiｓh eｖｅryｏｎe cａｎ havｅ　a breezｙ,peacｅｆuｌ ａnd enjｏyaｂｌe ｌifｅ aｎd ｔreasurｅ ｉｔ.

ﻩ王淑珍
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