What is the message after dark?

After Dark only describes the story of one night. If someone else writes such a story, readers will feel bored, while Murakami's words are always meaningful and delicate, but they are completely essence. This book describes the protagonist Shirakawa as an ordinary side, while the real Shirakawa is the opposite villain. The first time I read this book, I couldn't understand what it was written. But from Shirakawa's description, what is written after dark is definitely an interpretation of evil. A villain like Shirakawa who bullied China girls and imprisoned Sister Mary thought nothing had happened. He looks at his behavior purely from the perspective of exchange value-I paid the money, in exchange, you must provide special services. And you can't provide it because of your illness. In exchange, you deserve to be beaten. In other words, Masaaki Shirakawa's "evil" is no longer a conventional form, and the traditional form of evil is no longer an "absolute evil", but an evil that transcends the standards of good and evil, even an evil that exceeds evil, so it may be a more common and terrible evil in modern society. What Murakami gave us was this sad revelation-the horror and deep hiding of evil. Follow-up: What does Sister Mary want to express? Answer: Sleeping Beauty-Ellie can be said to be the most distinctive character in the novel: the way of appearance is the most special, the most suspense and the most complicated! It should be said that she is an original, refined and peaceful figure of the author. Come out. We said her appearance was special. She was pushed to the camera in bed and "forced" to appear. I think if this is a play, let her choose, she should not choose-because she is like a living dead or a puppet in the script. She was defined as sleeping as soon as she appeared, and it was restless sleep. As we talked about Mary before, sleep itself is an escape. But what is she running from? Why does it take more than two months to sleep? We said that she was forced to appear, so in the whole novel, she didn't have a positive conversation, even talking in her sleep, only a slightly wonderful action. Like a mime, she appeared in silent films. She is a completely passive role in the whole novel, so we can only attack by innuendo and let camera understand her from the author's point of view! From her sister and Gao Qiao, we know that she is a beautiful woman, such as "one in a hundred", "Snow White", "Only girls from rich families can go to private system universities", "being a magazine model" and "being on TV", and so on, which are enough to make her "conspicuous"-yes, she grew up under the "attention" of a large number of people such as family, relatives and neighbors. Let's look back at her face. Or the author's layout idea: first notice that she is "we" (this "we" deserves further study). This "viewpoint", that is, the "camera" that the author compares, is not aboveboard, but a "sneak peek". After all, watching a beautiful girl sleep is not so justified and comfortable. Secondly, there is a faceless person wearing a transparent mask in the room. Of course it's her (it's worth studying who the faceless person really is, and we'll discuss it later, so we'll skip it here). Moreover, there is a TV set, which is sometimes good and sometimes bad. Of course, there are also many viewers on the TV screen. Who can guarantee that "TV" is not a hidden camera? It's just a big room. I don't know where the detector is hidden. ! Finally, we are the audience behind the scenes, watching the director finish editing "She". In short, she was stared at by countless eyeballs and cameras. This also directly led to her life-naked exposure! It can be said that this is the root of her pain and what she wants to escape. "It's just an idea," Gao Qiao said. "Look, did your sister suffer someone's meaningless violence in another place like' Alpha City', groaning silently and bleeding unseen!" "I tell you, of course I don't know the details, but your sister was afraid that she had a big problem in her heart and couldn't solve it herself, so she got into bed and slept in the dark, trying to escape from this living world for a while." These two sentences can be said to answer all our previous questions, but they are highly concentrated, like riddles, and need patience to dissect. "meaningless violence" is what we said above, which comes from "conspicuous" violence, but it is not absolutely "meaningless" "Meaningless" should refer to the actors themselves, that is, "our" audience, "camera" and so on, because their actions-looking at Ellie, of course, they can't get any substantial gains at all. For the affected people, that is, Ellie in our novel, it is not "meaningless" but "meaningful" and rich, because it is violence for her-all life is naked and exposed, and the most important thing is to lose personal freedom and autonomy! The information from the camera is not so much that she sleeps in the room as that she is imprisoned in the room for people to enjoy! Everything outside the room is isolated from the outside world, or more accurately, unable to communicate! All her efforts are just meaningless struggles, and what she said is just a "silent moan", so she can only "shed invisible blood", without autonomy and freedom ... All her personal efforts will be in vain! The author loves "her" efforts and does not spare the words: her efforts, her everything-room, layout, even her "slight lip movement" or even "snorting" will not be omitted by the author! The more auspicious and subtle the author is, the more unforgettable her pain is! Pay attention to the author's description. What he used in the film was a close-up technique, which was an enlarged part and a shortened focal length. Quotations about "silent moaning" and "invisible blood" are omitted. Then, let's talk about "a big problem"-a problem that can't be solved by ourselves anyway. What kind of question is it? And one person can't solve it anyway. "Some things can only be done by one person, and some things can only be done by two people. The key is to combine two people. " This is what the cricket said to Mary. Like a sleeping beauty, someone wakes up after kissing! Yes, Ellie's problem really needs two people to solve, and there are only two people. Just like the sleeping beauty and the prince, the "prince" Ellie needs is her sister Mary. She thought she was "deliberately keeping her distance", which was suitable for Mary, but "too loose" for Ellie, so she told Gao Qiao that she wanted to have a better relationship with her sister. We know that in the end, she got what she wanted. At the moment when day and night alternated, it can be said that it was dawn: my sister gave her a kiss that she had been looking forward to for more than ten years, ended her deep sleep for more than two months, and was finally hugged by her sister! Finally, her slight lip movements and her sister's affectionate kiss are so warm and moving! I believe this is her real dawn! She has sisterhood, and I believe they will overcome the setbacks in life together! At this point, we seem to have understood that the "problem" she faces is emotion. It can be noticed that her "only decoration in the room"-her five photos are "all her own personal photos, not with her family, friends and classmates" and are "professional photos" of the same color. This is very rare for an excellent woman, because "there should never be a lack of boyfriends". From Gao Qiao, we know that she "has no girlfriend to talk to". Therefore, the default emptiness of emotion is the root of all her problems: the blank of affection (referring to my sister, of course) and the blank of friendship ("unconfident girlfriend")! "She just wanted to talk to someone", but she couldn't find anyone, so she found Gao Qiao "such an ugly person" and "talked about a deeper personal topic", but after all, what she said with Gao Qiao was not easy to say! So finally her sister's return made up for her vacancy! And the trouble caused by the previous "blow" will inevitably be solved, which is the real solution to the problem! I believe that "the seamless or powerful spiritual bond I felt in the darkness of that elevator" will come back, because "we are sisters". Let's stop here. As for Ellie, as I said at the beginning, she is the most complicated character in the novel and can't be described! But she is my favorite character in the novel!