Look up the moon

The protagonist of "Moon and Six Pence" is Strickland. He originally worked on the stock exchange. In the eyes of the people around him, he was an uninteresting, dull, boring, dispensable person.However, suddenly one day he left the house without warning, gave up all his wealth, and went to Paris, just to paint. Although no one bought his paintings, and despite his poverty, he still persisted. Later Strickland left Paris to reach Marseille and finally to Tahiti. On Tahiti, Strickland and Atta got married and made a mural painting with all their energy, but when leprosy was hanging, he told Atta to burn it. Maybe many people will not understand his irrational and irrational behavior. Art originates from life. In fact, there are people in this life who abandon the ordinary, the comfort, the glory and wealth for the dream.This kind of people may be regarded as aliens, but in fact, if there are no such people in life, everyone is satisfied with enjoying a comfortable life, and they are comfortable with the boring living environment, living in a pool of dead water, without a trace of waves. I can't think how terrible it is. I think the author wrote this book to commend Strickland's courage, encourage everyone to pursue what they have in mind, and pursue a more valuable life and don't be ordinary to all beings. "Chasing dreams is chasing your own misfortune. On a street full of sixpence, he raised his head to see the moonlight." This sentence in the book made me feel deeply. The warriors who chose the moon were small in the crowd. Perhaps they will not be understood by their family and friends, be ridiculed by others, and be considered to be independent, and go against the mainstream of society. Despite this, some people give up everything to find their own moon, which requires great courage. After reading this book, I vowed secretly that I want to be the one who is not caught by the reality and bravely pursues the moon, even if it is regarded as a maverick monster. But to really do the desperate behavior like Strickland requires great courage behind it. In the face of various external worries, obstacles and difficulties, many people have to choose to give in to reality. I also seem to understand the sentence "General people are not the kind of people they want to do, but the kind of people they have to be." Maybe we can't abandon everything and chase our dreams desperately like Strickland, at least not to give up the little light in our hearts in a mediocre life, and don't forget our dreams while working hard. Remember to look up at the moon on the road full of sixpence.