Chapter 024: Helen Burns
Although I want to apply for normal colleges, I have to wait for the results of the college entrance examination to come out before making detailed plans.
Recently, he watched Su Youpeng's version of Heaven and Dragon Slayer, and he liked to watch the episode where Zhang Wuji's Guangming Dome broke out. There is a similar situation in the Tianlong Babu Xuzhu in the temple where the hanging of foreign monks broke out. The feeling of not making a sound, the sensation of being a blockbuster, the pleasure of shocking all the people around him, he likes and worships it very much, and in modern terms, it can be called sullen.
Sullen is not a very sullen, very sassy meaning, not a derogatory term, generally refers to a person who is calm on the outside, fanatical on the inside, silent but actually full of thoughts and connotations. This group of people does not easily express and reveal personal joys, sorrows, and emotional changes, but they often behave unexpectedly in specific occasions or circumstances. This can be more or less categorized into the realm of superiority and loneliness.
Here's a classic quote from Helen Burns:
To me, life seems too short to be held against each other. Everyone in this world will have a sin, and it will be, but I believe that there will soon be a day when we will be free from the rotten body and at the same time we will be free from these sins. At that time, the depravity and sin will leave us with the burdensome flesh, leaving only the spark of the spirit—the source of life and thought. With this creed, revenge will never worry me, the Fall will not make me feel unduly hateful, injustice will not completely overwhelm me, and I will live in peace, looking forward to the end times.
Before Jane Eyre met her, she was a person who was drowning in hatred.
"Jane, you value human love too much, your feelings are too impulsive, your emotions are too intense."
"Why should we sink in sorrow when life is soon over and death must be the entrance to happiness and glory?"
Helen Burns was to Jane what Gus was to Miss Farnase, and Bishop was to Valjean, she shook her world and shook her faith.
They all behaved similarly, at first trembling and surprised, then falling into a period of confusion, then gaining a broader perspective, and finally repositioning themselves.
Here's a description of Helen Burns' death:
I'm glad I am, Jane, and don't be sad when you hear that I'm dead, there's nothing to be sad about. One day, we will all die, and the disease that is now taking my life is not painful, it is gentle and slow, and my soul has rested.
I believe that I have faith, and I go to God, my Creator, and yours. I'm sure there is a future kingdom, and I believe God is merciful. I can entrust him with my immortal part without reservation.
You will come to the same happy place, or be accepted by the same great, universal Creator, no doubt, dear Jane.
Are you warm? My dear
Good night, Jane.
She seemed more precious to me than ever, and I felt like I couldn't let her go, and I lay down and buried my face in her neck.
Good night, Helen.
I saw her face, pale and haggard, but very calm, and I went into her little bed and kissed her, her forehead was cold, and her cheeks were cold, only the smile remained.
I was asleep, and Helen was dead.
Although he didn't quite understand what Helen meant by the words "God", "land", "immortal part", "future kingdom", etc., he could feel a very reasonable feeling, and he admired and admired her thinking and calmness very much.
There is also a very profound description of the understanding of death and immortality in Naruto, which can provide a certain explanation of the "immortal part" mentioned by Helen from one aspect.