"... ... indeed, they help each other" (p. 165). When Athos and Jacob moved to Toronto, Canada, Jacob decided to marry, devoted himself to poetry and translation, and the war ended. The "shadow" of Jacob's childhood tragedy was "overwritten" to some extent by the love of his first married female Alex, but Jacob could not understand what happened to Bella, but in his heart There was a bad wound. . He knows whether he is still alive and is always injured.
I was born in Vietnam and the war affected everyone I know. There are five uncle around my mother; they all serve the armies of both sides, and they all drunk a lot of wine. Two of them are lifelong alcoholism. The war destroyed half of their lives; the alcohol spoiled the other half. One of my two alcoholics is probably receiving cancer treatment caused by smoking and drinking. When I grew up, I witnessed how alcoholism depleted my family's happiness and wealth. Because people are drunk and can not control themselves, the celebration of the New Year changes from joy to incongruity, anger, violence, bitter taste. I personally dislike drinks; I can manage glasses of wine and beer from time to time, but I can not do too much.
American society is terrible for everyone. Industrialism harms the physical environment, the food and pharmaceutical industry harm our health, infotainment (most on the screen) harm the cognitive environment, schools soothe descendants before fighting. Is there progress on this? Can you really say that my grandfather has spent his 20-year life in the American dream? What are the benefits of millions of young people whose lives are restricted by geographical conditions and destiny? Myth of progress is myth of disguise of Sisyphus
Modern liberalism and conservatism for many generations have contested to weaken the wonderful contemporary civilization built by primitive liberalism. . Nevertheless, since the corruption and collapse of primitive liberalism both the left and the right have carried out a nationalistic duality with regard to the ideological imagination of the world, this savage attack in these two directions remains unabated. This duality needs to be broken. Our civilization promotes it and first we need to remember the long forgotten liberal tradition that humans can see what we really have. This is the mandate of today's liberalism.